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Title: Devon Place Name Help Needed
Post by: nellie d on Sunday 14 September 25 20:07 BST (UK)

I thought I would post this on the Devon page as a familiarity with place names might be more helpful than ease of reading old handwriting.
The place I am trying to discover is circled in yellow in the accompanying photo.
It has been transcribed at Southminster, which is in Essex not Devon and I really don’t think it looks like that. The only Devon place name with South that I can think of, apart from South Hams, is South Milton.
Does anyone have any thoughts please?

Title: Re: Devon Place Name Help Needed
Post by: sugarbakers on Sunday 14 September 25 20:24 BST (UK)

South Molton

Title: Re: Devon Place Name Help Needed
Post by: goldie61 on Sunday 14 September 25 22:31 BST (UK)

I'd agree it could well be South Moulton.
About 10 miles south of Barnstaple.
It has a nice Victorian pannier market if I remember correctly!

Title: Re: Devon Place Name Help Needed
Post by: nellie d on Sunday 14 September 25 22:58 BST (UK)

Thank you for the confirmation sugarbakers and goldie61  :-*