Morebath
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Morebath is a sheep-farming village in Devon, England.
In the sixteenth century, it consisted of only 33 families, living and working on the southern edge of Exmoor. An account of life in Morebath can be read in Eamon Duffy's book The Voices of Morebath (Yale 2001). During the Reformation, Morebath relied on the guidance of its priest, Sir Christopher Trychay (vicar of Morebath 1520-1574). His detailed records provide a striking insight into the life of this small English community.
The village used to be served by two railway stations. Morebath station (inititially ""Morebath and Bampton") on the Devon and Somerset Railway was about two miles from the village and opened in 1873. Morebath Junction station, opened 1928, was a halt in the fields without an access road or even a footpath. However it was closer to the village, and on both the Devon and Somerset and the Exe Valley Railway, and therefore had a better service. Both stations closed in 1966.
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