South Molton
South Molton is a town in Devon, England. It belongs to the North Devon local government area. The town gets on the River Mole. According to the 2001 census the civil parish of South Molton had a population of 4,093, increasing to 5,108 at the 2011 Census. The community likewise has a selecting ward with the exact same name. The population of this ward at the same census was 4,875 We have therefore the uncommon scenario where the community is larger than the ward. The town was just one of the districts reformed by the Municipal Reform Act 1835. It retained this standing as a municipal district till 1967, when it ended up being a country borough in the South Molton Rural District. South Molton is a sturdy market community trading mostly in sheep as well as cattle. South Molton had a train station on the Devon Railway up until 1966, when the branch line was ultimately shut. The station was defined carefully in the very best marketing railway publication the Country Railway. It is located on the southern side of Exmoor just off the North Devon link road, which in part follows the route of the railway line.
