Spanish inquisition
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Bideford welcomed in the spring with a special History Day, held at the Amateur Athletic Centre on The Pill, organised in conjunction with the South West Maritime History Society. Ninety people packed into the hall, some from as far away as Birmingham, Bristol, and Gloucester, to hear a programme of talks focusing on the Tudor…
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Researchers at Bideford Archive have been investigating the story of Northam’s Bone Hill monument as reported in the local press in 1897. The initiative came from William Blakeney, who had retired to Westward Ho! after a career as a Navy hydrographer drawing up maps of the coast, mainly in the Far East. He belonged to…
Bideford and River Torridge Heritage Harbour 