Barnstaple
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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 