South Molton, a municipal borough (1590) of Devonshire, on the Mole, 10 miles ESE. of Barnstaple. It has a fine Perpendicular church (restored 1865), a market-house (1864), and some manufactures of woollens. Pop. (1891) 3126.
South Molton
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 593
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