Dulverton
Dulverton is a small town and also civil parish in the heart of West Somerset, England, near the border with Devon. The community has a population of 1,408. The parish consists of the communities of Battleton as well as Ashwick which lies about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north west of Dulverton. To the west of the district lies Ashwick House, built in the Edwardian style in 1901. Additionally neighboring is the estate of Northmoor, formerly a seat of Sir Frederick Wills,1 st Baronet of Northmoor, one of the four Wills Baronetcys, and also the founders of the Imperial Tobacco Company. In 1929 Sir Frederick's child & heir, Sir Gilbert Wills, second Baronet, was raised to the peerage as Baron Dulverton, whose primary seat was at Batsford Park, near Batsford, Gloucestershire. Dulverton is a preferred vacationer destination for checking out Exmoor, as well as is house to the Exmoor National Park Authority head office. The town lies on the course of the Exe Valley Way as well as Land's End Trail.
