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    Bideford Long Bridge in North Devon spans the River Torridge near its estuary and connects the old part of the town, and formerly important river port...
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    "by the ford," and records show that, before there was a bridge, there was a ford at Bideford where River Torridge is estuarine; and at low tide, it is...
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    River Torridge. The bridge provides a bypass to Bideford avoiding the Bideford Long Bridge. Known additionally for its suicides the bridge has since been improved...
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  • Long Bridge may refer to: Langebro (Long Bridge), Copenhagen Barnstaple Long Bridge, Devon Bideford Long Bridge, Devon Long Bridge, a former bridge in...
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    of bridges over the River Torridge listed going upstream from the estuary at Bideford: Torridge A39 Road Bridge Bideford Long Bridge Halfpenny Bridge, Annery/...
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    medieval bridges in Britain, it is a Grade I listed building and ancient monument. Another major medieval bridge, the Bideford Long Bridge over the River...
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  • Bridges in the United Kingdom is a link page for significant road bridges or footbridges in the United Kingdom. Significant railway bridges are listed...
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    The Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway (B, WH & A, R) was a railway running in north west Devon, England. It is unusual in that although it was...
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    The Burton at Bideford is an art gallery and museum on Kingsley Road in Victoria Park, in Bideford, Devon, England. It houses collections on various topics...
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    is a seaside village near Bideford in Devon, England. The A39 road provides access from the towns of Barnstaple, Bideford, and Bude. It lies at the south...
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    The following is a list of bridges over the River Torridge in Devon listed going upstream (south) from the estuary at Bideford. The left bank of a river...
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    The manor of Bideford in North Devon was held by the Grenville family between the 12th and 18th centuries. The full descent is as follows: Hubba the Dane...
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    and former large estate near Bideford, North Devon, England. The house is about one mile west of the old centre of Bideford town, its entrance drive leading...
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    Junction railway station, as it was the junction between lines to Ilfracombe, Bideford, Taunton and Exeter. The Taw Vale Railway & Dock opened a railway to carry...
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    Barnstaple railway station. The plans allowed for reopening of the Barnstaple-Bideford railway, should this become financially viable. As with any project of...
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    Stamford Bridge (/ˈstæmfərd/) is a football stadium in Fulham, adjacent to the borough of Chelsea in West London. It is the home of Premier League club...
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    was a railway company which operated a line from Cowley Bridge Junction, near Exeter, to Bideford in Devon, England, later becoming part of the London and...
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    and at the town of Barnstaple, formerly a significant port, empties into Bideford Bay in the Bristol Channel, having formed a large estuary of wide meanders...
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    South West Coast Path (category Long-distance footpaths in Dorset)
    upstream to cross the river by the 13th-century Long Bridge at Bideford, which is the site of the Bideford Railway Heritage Centre and terminus of the North...
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  • Heritage Books. pp. 2+3. Rudge, David. "Descendants of a Webber family from Bideford, Devonshire Co. England". Dave Rudge's Genealogy Page at Western Michigan...
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    HMS Bideford was a Royal Navy Shoreham-class sloop. She was named after the town of Bideford in Devon and was launched on 1 April 1931. The British Admiralty...
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    Tarka Trail (category Long-distance footpaths in England)
    Barnstaple and Bideford. The railway line was purchased for £515,000 in 1986-87 from British Rail. In 1989, the remainder of the line between Bideford and Meeth...
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    the first successful attack by a guided missile, striking the sloop HMS Bideford; the warhead did not detonate, and the damage was minimal. On 27 August...
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    claimed it is twinned with Bideford, Devon in England, based on a long-forgotten informal meeting. In April 2008, members of Bideford's town council visited...
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    reach Barnstaple were put forwards: an east-west route from Tiverton to Bideford, via Mid Devon and Barnstaple; and a north-south route from Barnstaple...
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    The Sports Ground is a football stadium used by Bideford A.F.C. on Kingsley Road in Bideford, Devon. The Sports Ground was constructed on the west side...
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    tributary to enter the tidal stretch of the Severn, doing so at Framilode. Bideford Brook drains the easternmost part of the Forest of Dean, entering the Severn...
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    as c. 1630 Tristram Risdon reported, "It hardly beareth small vessels." Bideford, lower down the estuary and benefiting from the scouring by the fast-flowing...
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  • 17 walkovers occurred in this round as Baldock Town, Barnstaple Town, Bideford, Carlisle City, Crowborough Athletic, Evesham United, Flackwell Heath,...
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    where it is set. The Tarka Line railway line to Barnstaple, and Tarka Trail long distance footpath and cycle path, are named after the book. Although Williamson's...
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