THE FOREST OF EXMOOR. 



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Dumokesbroke, in the confines 

 of the counties of Somerset and 

 Devon to Cornesyete, the place 

 where the survey was begun." 



EXPLANATION. ORIGINAL. 



a thing of the past. Stonchiste is 

 doubtless the spot where Withy- 

 pool joins at one corner the 

 parishes of Exmoor and Exford. 

 The boundary then travelled 

 south to the Berghel, i.e. Barle, 

 where the Schurebiirji, i.e. Shear- 

 don, stream joins the main water 

 at Schureburnessete, i.e. Shear- 

 don Hutch. From this point to 

 Willingford Water-crossing, now 

 a bridge, the line is easily trac- 

 able. Hockleston, between these 

 points, is still locally known. 

 (An aged inhabitant says, '* They 

 used to hook their horses to it," 

 but this interpretation is perhaps 

 doubtful.) From Willingford 

 Water-crossing, on the Dumokes- 

 broke, i.e. the present Danes- 

 brook or Dunnsbrook (the two 

 names, Willingford Water and 

 Danesbrook belong to one 

 stream), the boundary followed 

 the present division of the coun- 

 ties of Devon and Somerset to 

 County Gate. 



It will thus be noted that in Edward I.'s time 

 the whole Forest of Exmoor lay within the county of 

 Somerset, though the charter of King John above 



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