Barnstaple i/ˈbɑrnstəbəl/ or /ˈbɑrnstəpəl/ is the main town of North Devon, England, and possibly the oldest borough in the United Kingdom. It is a former river-port, located at the lowest crossing-point of the River Taw, flowing into the Bristol Channel.
Population: 32,532
Latitude: 51° 04' 48.79" N
Longitude: -4° 03' 29.09" W
Barnstaple Town railway station was an intermediate station on the L&SWR line to Ilfracombe, England. The station replaced Barnstaple Quay – opened in 1854, and renamed Barnstaple Town in 1886 – which had been located on the Junction side of the Com…
Three miles west of Lynton and eight east of Combe Martin on the North Devon coast of England, stoney-beached Woody Bay nestles among the steep cliffs of the rugged coast below the heights of Exmoor.
St Giles in the Wood is a village and civil parish in the Torridge district of Devon, England. It was never a manor of itself and the parish church only came into being in 1309 when licence was obtained from the Bishop of Exeter to build a chapel of…
Roborough is a village in the South Hams of Devon, England.
The River Heddon is a river in Devon, in the south of England. Running along the western edges of Exmoor, the river reaches the North Devon coast at Heddon's Mouth.
Parracombe is a rural settlement near Lynton, in Devon, England.
Newton St Petrock is an ecclesiastical and civil parish in the Torridge District of Devon in England, occupying approximately 1,500 acres (6.1 km2).
Lynmouth Lifeboat Station was the base for Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) search and rescue operations at Lynmouth, Devon in England from 1869 until 1944. Its best known action was in 1899 when the lifeboat was taken 15 miles (24 km) acr…
Langtree is a village and parish in north Devon, England, situated about 4 miles south-west of Great Torrington and 8 miles south of Bideford. Its name means "tall tree".
Kingsley School, Bideford, is a co-educational independent school situated in Bideford, Devon. It was founded in 2009 as a result of the merger of Grenville College and Edgehill College. It is a member of the Methodist Independent Schools trust.
George Hakewill (1578 or 1579 – 1649) was an English clergyman and author.
Challacombe is a small village on the edge of the Exmoor National Park, in Devon, England. The village has a small general shop/Post Office and a single pub, the Black Venus. The whole village is set upon one road and is close to Simonsbath.
Bull Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Bull Point, about one mile (1.6 km) north of the village of Mortehoe, on the northern coast of Devon, England. The original lighthouse was constructed in 1879 after a group of local "clergy, ship-owners, merc…
Bishop's Tawton is a village and civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon, England. It is in the valley of the River Taw, about three miles south of Barnstaple.
Arlington is a former manor, village and civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon in England. The parish includes the villages of Arlington and Arlington Beccott.
Abbotsham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Devon. In 2001 its population was 434 increasing at the 2011 census to 489.
Yelland is a small village in North Devon between Instow and Fremington in the English county of Devon.
Yarnscombe is a small village and parish in the Torridge area of Devon, England. It is situated approximately 5 miles (8 km) from Great Torrington and 8 miles (13 km) from Barnstaple.