Holnicote Estate

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Holnicote Estate is a National Trust property consisting of 12,500 acres (50.5 km²) of Exmoor National Park situated in West Somerset, England. The property has been in the ownership of the National Trust since 1932.

Holnicote Estate contains over 100 miles (160 km) of footpaths. It includes Dunkery and Selworthy Beacons, and the villages and hamlets of Selworthy, Allerford, Bossington , Horner and Luccombe as well as the Horner and Dunkery National Nature Reserve.

[edit] Trivia

During the early 1940s the property was used by the Somerset County Council as a children's home where many children born from liaisons between African American service men and local women were housed, after being given up for adoption.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Watson-Smyth, Kate. "GI babies abandoned during Second World War reunite to trace their", The Independent, 2000-07-28. Retrieved on 2008-03-27. 

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