Will Bowden's Avatar

Will Bowden

@willbowden.bsky.social

Usually on Exmoor designing buildings and dreaming of The Alps or messing about with Boats or Land-Rovers. MuddyRed.co.uk

10 Followers  |  21 Following  |  5 Posts  |  Joined: 07.01.2025  |  1.7063

Latest posts by willbowden.bsky.social on Bluesky

Hoar Oak Cottage, Exmoor One-Place Study. Image: An extract from a large scale (25 inch to the mile) Ordnance Survey map published in 1890, showing a cluster of three buildings (one highlighted in pink) named Hoaroak. The buildings are set amongst fields which have symbols indicating rough grassland and moorland. To the East is a river running roughly from South to North, named Hoaroak Water. The only means of access to the buildings is via a footpath or track. A county boundary is marked; most of the land covered by this map extract lies in Devon, but a small portion in the Southwest corner lies in Somerset. Web address: www.one-place-studies.org/studies/ One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.

Hoar Oak Cottage, Exmoor One-Place Study. Image: An extract from a large scale (25 inch to the mile) Ordnance Survey map published in 1890, showing a cluster of three buildings (one highlighted in pink) named Hoaroak. The buildings are set amongst fields which have symbols indicating rough grassland and moorland. To the East is a river running roughly from South to North, named Hoaroak Water. The only means of access to the buildings is via a footpath or track. A county boundary is marked; most of the land covered by this map extract lies in Devon, but a small portion in the Southwest corner lies in Somerset. Web address: www.one-place-studies.org/studies/ One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.

It is both #MapMonday and #ExmoorDay today, so here is a map (published 1890) showing the only #OnePlaceStudy in Exmoor registered with us: Hoar Oak Cottage. Our Hoar Oak Cottage, Exmoor One-Place Study profile page has more on this OPS, and a link to the Friends of Hoar Oak Cottage website.

13.10.2025 15:59 — 👍 10    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
Post image

Cold winter morning site meeting. Not all bad with skies like this #architecture #pubdesign #Exmoor #Lynmouth

07.02.2025 12:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

Bit of colour on a grey cold day. Once 3 cottages, then a guest house, now 3 cottages again. All rented to people working locally! A win for village life. #Planning #Exmoor #Lynmouth #Architecture

07.02.2025 12:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

More interesting treasure arriving at @thebarquelynmouth.bsky.social #NewPub #Lynmouth #Exmoor #PubDesign #Architecture

22.01.2025 15:21 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Post image Post image Post image Post image

Twas a cracking night
#LynmouthSailingClub
#LynmouthShantyCrew

22.01.2025 07:26 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Post image Post image Post image

Darkness coming to #Lynmouth as The Barque returns. Watch this space! #newpub #freehouse #Exmoor #RealAle #RealCider #pub

07.01.2025 13:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

Snow shower heading in from the Bristol Channel towards Dunkery Beacon on Exmoor this morning #snow #exmoor #dunkerybeacon @stormhour.bsky.social @snowhour.bsky.social @photohour.bsky.social @exmoor.bsky.social

07.01.2025 12:56 — 👍 10    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0

@willbowden is following 19 prominent accounts