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Barnstaple

[ bahrn-stuh-puhl ]

noun

  1. a town in Devon, SW England.


Barnstaple

/ ˈbɑːnstəpəl /

noun

  1. a town in SW England, in Devon, on the estuary of the River Taw: tourism, agriculture. Pop: 30 765 (2001)


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See that they are courteously treated, and send them off under the escort of a troop to Barnstaple—at once.

We had seen the revolving light of the island before entering Barnstaple Bay.

In Barnstaple the oldest pottery to survive until modern times was situated in the North Walk.

Barnstaple and its neighbor Bideford are today quiet market centers and summer resorts.

Of ovens made at Barnstaple there is much the same kind of evidence.

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