Barnstaple
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What will happen to the port of Bideford after local government reorganisation? That is the question being posed in a recent proposal from Bideford Town Council. At the moment, Torridge District Council (TDC) is the harbour authority and its Harbour Board, consisting of both councillors and independent members, oversees its statutory role. But with district…
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I’m very fond of the heritage statues peering into Cooper Street from the walls of buildings. We have a salmon fisherman, a cooper, an old merchant, and Sir Richard Grenville himself, heavily armed and armoured, reminding us of Bideford’s role in the colonisation of the New World. These provide a vivid depiction of our maritime…
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Which was the more important port historically, Bideford or Barnstaple? A cartoon in Barnstaple library suggests the question has been a matter of longstanding rivalry. But historical records show that we were closely connected and very much part of the same economic system. Two types of records from 1582 – only nine years after Bideford…
Bideford and River Torridge Heritage Harbour 