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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River Torridge (section List of bridges)
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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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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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 (BWH&AR) was a railway running in north west Devon, England. It is unusual in that although it was built...
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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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North Devon Railway (redirect from Bideford Extension Railway)
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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River Taw (section List of bridges)
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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River Severn (section Bridges)
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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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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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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and then passenger trains ran from Barnstaple to Bideford from 2 November 1855 after the Bideford Extension Railway reached Torrington and a station...
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