[1] When Blackmoor House was being rebuilt in 1867, a Roman cup with bronze enamel was discovered.

[5] Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne bought Blackmoor estate in 1865,[3] where he would commission architect Alfred Waterhouse to design St Matthew's Church, in addition to a school and cottages for the village as well as a new Blackmoor House.

[7] Designed by Herbert Baker, the Blackmoor War Memorial cloister, framed by timber, was added to the church grounds in 1920.

[7] After a fire destroyed the roof of the original school, its premises were converted in the 1990s to Blackmoor Village Hall.

[8] St Matthew's Church of England Primary School opened in 1962 and teaches over 150 pupils.