Barnstaple, Devon - North Devon Leisure Centre - Dixon postcard c.1970s

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• Picture / Image:  Barnstaple, North Devon - The North Devon Leisure Centre on the Taw Estuary near the town's bridge / photo by Peter Baker
• Publisher:  J Arthur Dixon (PND/24299)
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Barnstaple ⁱ/'b?rnst?b?l/ or /'b?rnst?p?l/^[1] is the main town of North Devon, England, and possibly the oldest borough in the United Kingdom. It is a former river-port, located at the lowest crossing-point of the River Taw, flowing into the Bristol Channel.

From the 14th century, it was licensed to export wool, since the merchants claimed that the town had been declared a free borough in Saxon times. This brought great wealth to Barnstaple, whose town centre still preserves a medieval layout and character. Later the town became an importer of Irish wool, but its harbour silted up, and it developed other industries, such as shipbuilding, foundries and sawmills. Its Victorian market survives, with its high glass and timber roof on iron columns. Barnstaple railway station is the terminus of a branch line from Exeter, known as the Tarka Line.

Since 1974, Barnstaple has been a civil parish governed by town council.^[2] The parish itself has a population of 23,710, but the population of the whole urban area is 30,916,^[3] and including the satellite settlements known as the Barnstaple Town Area, it is 53,514.

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Cricket is played at Barnstaple and Pilton.^[42] Barnstaple Town F.C. have been based at Mill Road since 1904 and play in the Western Football League. Rugby union is played at Barnstaple Rugby Football Club^[43] whose first team play in the National League 3 South West, which is fifth tier league in the English rugby union system. More sports are available at the North Devon Leisure Centre,^[44] which is the home of Barnstaple Squash Club.^[45] There are numerous bowling greens and tennis courts, including those at the Tarka Tennis Centre which has six indoor courts and which hosts the Aegon GB Pro-Series Barnstaple.^[46] In February 2010 a Cornish Pilot Gig Rowing Club was established, bringing this sport to Castle Quay in the centre of Barnstaple.^[47] There is also hockey available. Taw Valley Ladies Hockey Club (as well as a Junior set-up) and North Devon Men's Hockey Club - they both play at Park School.

type=printed

city/ region=barnstaple

period=post-war (1945 - present)

publisher=dixon

postage condition=unposted

number of items=single

size=continental/ modern (150x100mm)