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subsequent to the Highways Act of 1834. There 

 were tracks, and each parish stopped the worst of 

 the holes in its own tracks. The road from Withy-; 

 pool by Porchester Post, Willingford Water, and 

 Cuzzicombe Post is a good specimen of what the 

 old roads were like. The roughly-made bit from 

 Porchester Post to Willingford was made and 

 metalled under the award for the enclosure of Hawk- 

 ridge Common Specimens of old roadway of a 

 more civilised type may be found between Cutcombe 

 and Hart Cleeve and in the old parish road from 

 Porlock Weir to Culbone, and from Porlock, by Butt 

 Walls and Yarnor, to Broomstreet and Countisbury. 

 Till well on into the last century the post chaise 

 at the Lion, the Acland travelling carriage at Pixton,, 

 and Mrs. Beague's travelling carriage at Hollam 

 were the only wheeled vehicles in the town of 

 Dulverton, The valleys, such as that from Porlock 

 to Dunster and Williton, were no doubt provided 

 with fair roads in quite early times, and probably one 

 of the earliest was that from Porlock to Dunster. 

 Porlock and Minehead were both considerable ports, 

 but most of their goods must have been carried on 

 pack-horses. We find, however, in the entries of 

 account of the manor of Porlock in 1425, " In pay- 

 ment to John Godde for going to Dunster with the 

 lady's wagon and 2 servants to fetch one pipe of 

 wine and carrying it to the house, 4d." From which it 

 is clear that there must have been some sort of wagon 

 road between the two places even at that early date. 



