South Molton
South Molton is a small town in Devon, England. It belongs to the North Devon local government district. The community gets 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 community also has an electoral ward with the very same name. The population of this ward at the very same census was 4,875 We have therefore the uncommon situation where the town is larger than the ward. The town was just one of the boroughs reformed by the Municipal Reform Act 1835. It retained this status as a municipal district up until 1967, when it came to be a country district in the South Molton Rural District. South Molton is a durable market town trading mainly in lamb and livestock. South Molton had a train station on the Devon Railway until 1966, when the branch line was ultimately closed. The station was described in detail in the most effective marketing train publication the Country Railway. It is situated on the southerly side of Exmoor simply off the North Devon web link road, which partially follows the path of the railway line.