The link below allows you to look at a monograph entitled “Exmoor’s Native Sheep and their Wool, Past and Present” produced in September 2022 for the Exmoor Horn Sheep Breeders’ Society by Lindy Head.
Exmoor Native Sheep and Their Wool Past and Present
Grateful thanks to Exmoor Magazine for special permission to reproduce the four articles below for the Society. Please visit the magazine’s website and support them to continue with their work championing local farming at every opportunity. www.exmoormagazine.co.uk
Articles are copyright © Hoar Oak Publishing Ltd. and John Richards. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part is prohibited without written permission.
Over four issues, John Richards charts the seasonal work and history of Yarner in his series of vividly described and lavishly illustrated articles.
Grateful thanks to Exmoor Magazine for special permission to reproduce the article below for the Society. Please visit the magazine’s website and support them to continue with their work championing local farming at every opportunity. www.exmoormagazine.co.uk
Articles are copyright © Hoar Oak Publishing Ltd. and Lindy Head. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part is prohibited without written permission.
The following article by Lindy Head appeared in the Winter ’22 issue
Grateful thanks also to the Exmoor Magazine for permission to allow reference to the following article in the “Weaving” section from the Winter 2015 issue, copyright P Bayer.
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The following article was commissioned from Lindy Head by Philip Hull of the Dulverton Weir and Leat Conservation Trust in 2021 and published on their website. It looks at the historical close reationship between wool and water.