R D Blackmore wrote a three-volume novel called Perlycross: a Tale of the Western Hills which is set in the fictional villages of Perlycombe, Perlycross and Perliton, which represent Hemyock, Culmstock and Uffculme respectively.
Ritchie Blackmore | Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow | Leigh Blackmore | Blackmore's Night | William Henry Blackmore | Blackmore Vale | William Blackmore | Susan Blackmore | Richard Blackmore | R. D. Blackmore | Penelope Blackmore | Peter Blackmore | John Blackmore | Frank Blackmore (traffic engineer) | Frank Blackmore | Fort Blackmore, Virginia | Edwin Gordon Blackmore | Blackmore River | Blackmore |
A colourful character, he also organised trips following the history of Lorna Doone by R. D. Blackmore.
R.D. Blackmore drew on the history and legends of this area to create his world-famous novel Lorna Doone.