South Molton
South Molton is a small town in Devon, England. It is part of the North Devon local government area. The community is on the River Mole. According to the 2001 census the civil parish of South Molton had a population of 4,093, enhancing to 5,108 at the 2011 Census. The town also has an electoral ward with the same name. The population of this ward at the exact same census was 4,875 We have consequently the uncommon situation where the town is larger than the ward. The town was just one of the districts changed by the Municipal Reform Act 1835. It preserved this status as a metropolitan district till 1967, when it came to be a country district in the South Molton Rural District. South Molton is a strong market community trading mostly in sheep and cattle. South Molton had a railway station on the Devon Railway up until 1966, when the branch line was ultimately closed. The station was defined carefully in the very best marketing train publication the Country Railway. It is located on the southern side of Exmoor just off the North Devon web link roadway, which partly complies with the path of the railway line.
