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Barnstaple

For other uses, see Barnstaple (disambiguation).

Barnstaple
Barnstaple Clock Tower
Coat of arms
Barnstaple is located in Devon
Barnstaple
Barnstaple
Location within Devon
Population23,976 (Parish, 2021)[1]
31,275 (Built up area, 2021)[2]
OS grid referenceSS5633
Civil parish
  • Barnstaple
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBARNSTAPLE
Postcode districtEX31, EX32
Dialling code01271
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireDevon and Somerset
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Devon
51°05′N 4°04′W / 51.08°N 4.06°W / 51.08; -4.06

Barnstaple (/ˈbɑːrnstəbəl/ or /ˈbɑːrnstəpəl/[3]) is a river-port town and civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon, England. The town lies at the River Taw's lowest crossing point before the Bristol Channel. From the 14th century, it was licensed to export wool from which it earned great wealth. Later it imported Irish wool, but its harbour silted up and other trades developed such as shipbuilding, foundries and sawmills. A Victorian market building survives, with a high glass and timber roof on iron columns.

  1. ^ "Barnstaple parish". City Population. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Towns and cities, characteristics of built-up areas, England and Wales: Census 2021". Census 2021. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  3. ^ G. E. Pointon, ed. (1983) BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names; 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press; p. 18 (latter pronunciation)

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