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| Barnstaple | |
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,_Clock_Tower_--_2013_--_0986.jpg) Barnstaple Clock Tower | |
  Barnstaple Location within Devon | |
| Population | 23,976 (Parish, 2021)[1] 31,275 (Built up area, 2021)[2] |
| OS grid reference | SS5633 |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BARNSTAPLE |
| Postcode district | EX31, EX32 |
| Dialling code | 01271 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
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.
- ^ "Barnstaple parish". City Population. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "Towns and cities, characteristics of built-up areas, England and Wales: Census 2021". Census 2021. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ 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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