Monksilver
Monksilver is a small parish straddling the boundary of the National Park on its eastern edge. The boundary cuts through the middle of the main settlement.
Area: 321ha; area in National Park 187ha
Population 2001 census: 109; occupied households: 57
County: Somerset; District: West Somerset; Ward: East Brendon
Meaning of place name: monk's wood. The manor was given to the Priory of Goldcliff at Monmouth in the 12th Century. In the Domesday Book it was simply Selvre, from the Latin silva for a wood or it could possibly mean a clear stream.
Cottages at Monksilver
| From 2001 census | Monksilver | Exmoor average | England average |
| population density: persons per hectare | 0.34 | 0.16 | 3.45 |
| % of population 15yrs old and under | 11.8 | 14.9 | 20.15 |
| % of population 60 yrs old and older | 37.3 | 25.95 | 20.75 |
| % males/ % females | 43/57 | 48/52 | 48/52 |
| average persons per occupied household | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| holiday and second homes: % of all household spaces | 0 | 9.92 | 0.64 |
| % population change since 1991 census | +1 | +2 | +4 |
The Notley Arms
Monksilver, Elworthy and Nettlecombe Village Hall
Combe Sydenham