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Barnstaple

American

[bahrn-stuh-puhl] / ˈbɑrn stə pəl /

noun

a town in Devon, SW England.

Barnstaple British

/ ˈbɑːnstəpəl /

noun

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

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At the time Korambayil was working at the North Devon District Hospital in Barnstaple.

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2024

At Truro Crown Court earlier, he admitted three charges related to accessing patient records without authorisation at hospitals in Truro in Cornwall and Barnstaple in north Devon.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2024

Crews from Barnstaple were deployed to the incident at Baggy Point, near Croyde, Devon on Sunday.

From BBC • Aug. 19, 2024

Emergency services were called after incidents in Barnstaple, Bideford and Westward Ho!.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2024

In 1669, John Selden, a Barnstaple merchant, died after consigning a shipment of goods to William Burke, a merchant of Chuckatuck, Virginia.

From North Devon Pottery and Its Export to America in the 17th Century by Watkins, C. Malcolm

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