Julian and Barbara bought it in December 2019 with the aim of protecting it and one of the adjoining fields for nature and amenity. With inheritance money from the sale of his mother’s house, Julian and Barbara bought Langley Moor in December 2019 with the aim of protecting it and one of the adjoining fields for nature and amenity. Before we bought it the two fields had been used as sheep pasture.
Before that, back in the nineteenth century, the old tithe map shows it heavily sub-divided with farm buildings, orchards, pasture and a range of other probable uses. The stream that runs through the middle is heavily overgrown, but there are still traces of what might have been sluice gates or possibly foot bridges. A derelict barn at the southern end dates from the early 1800s and was probably an open sided linhay. The footpath that crosses the field near the barn has probably been walked for centuries but whether there was ever a proper bridge to cross the stream is anyone's guess. In the coming years our plans and ideas will evolve - we're in no great rush. But we want to increase the amount of wildlife in the fields, we're likely to make the marshy bits more marshy, we'll almost certainly plant a lot of trees. We can't do all of this alone. We'll need help! Tree planting, dreging, cutting, stacking - all those things. Keep an eye on this page for ways to get involved. The best access route is via the public footpath (Cutthroat Lane aka Dog Poo Alley) from Luxton Way in Wiveliscombe. If you're walking across the field please respect it, as you would any farmland. Keep dogs under control, don't leave dog-poo bags even temporarily, don't litter, just enjoy. As they say; leave only footprints, take only memories (and a few blackberries).
