"Molton" redirects here. Or see Molten or Moulton.
South Molton is a small
town in Devon
, England
.
It is part
of the North
Devon
local government district. The town is on
the
River Mole. According to the
2001 census the
civil parish of South
Molton had a population of 4,093.
The town was one of the boroughs reformed by the
Municipal Reform Act 1835. It
retained this status as a
municipal
borough until
1967, when it became a rural
borough in the South Molton Rural District.
On
14 March 1655 Sir
John Penruddock was captured after a
three-hour street fight in South Molton by soldiers of the
New Model Army under the command of Captain
Unton Crook. With his capture the
Penruddock uprising came to an end and
so did the 1655 plans of the
Sealed Knot
to restore King
Charles II to
the throne of England.
It is a small, well built
market town
trading mostly in sheep and cattle.
Situated on the southern side of Exmoor
just off the
North Devon link road.
Education
There are
good local educational facilities, South Molton College which is a
state secondary school rated as a
specialist technology college and West Buckland
School
a co-educational independent school just outside
the town.
South Molton Primary School was one of the schools studied in the
1950s by Iona and Peter Opie.
Sport
There are clubs in South Molton for
badminton,
bowls,
football,
gymnastics,
judo,
rugby, running,
table
tennis and
tennis. There is a local
public
swimming pool & climbing
wall.
References
See also
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