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In 1818 the Crown sold the Royal Forest to John Knight but the outgoing warden, Sir Thomas Acland, fortunately took 30 of the Exmoor ponies and founded the Acland Herd, (now known as the Anchor Herd), whose descendants still roam the Winsford Hill. Farmers from Withypool and Hawkridge who had worked alongside the warden also bought stock at the disposal sale and founded several herds of which Nos 1, 10, 12, 23 and 44 still exist
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