South Molton
South Molton is a village in Devon, England. It becomes part of 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, boosting to 5,108 at the 2011 Census. The town likewise has an electoral ward with the same name. The population of this ward at the exact same census was 4,875 We have for that reason the unusual situation where the town is larger than the ward. The town was among the boroughs changed by the Municipal Reform Act 1835. It maintained this status as a municipal borough till 1967, when it became a rural district in the South Molton Rural District. South Molton is a well-built market community trading primarily in lamb and cattle. South Molton had a railway station on the Devon Railway till 1966, when the branch line was lastly closed. The station was explained in detail in the best selling railway publication the Country Railway. It is situated on the southerly side of Exmoor simply off the North Devon link roadway, which in part complies with the course of the train line.