South Molton
South Molton is a 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, raising to 5,108 at the 2011 Census. The community also has an electoral ward with the exact same name. The population of this ward at the same census was 4,875 We have therefore the unusual situation where the town is larger than the ward. The community was one of the boroughs reformed by the Municipal Reform Act 1835. It kept this condition as a community borough till 1967, when it ended up being a country borough in the South Molton Rural District. South Molton is a sturdy market town trading mostly in sheep and also cattle. South Molton had a railway station on the Devon Railway up until 1966, when the branch line was ultimately closed. The station was explained in detail in the best selling railway publication the Country Railway. It is located on the southern side of Exmoor simply off the North Devon link road, which partially complies with the course of the train line.