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Barnstaple (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 51 05 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 51.0833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 004 03 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -4.0500 decimal degrees |
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Note: The town received its charter from King Aethelstan in 930. It was the main market town of Devon, and the birthplace of John Gay (1685-1732), author of "The Beggars Opera." |
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| Barnstaple (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Bardestapla (H,V,Anglo-Saxon,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
| Barnestabla (H,V)
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............ | recorded in 1086 |
| Barnestapla (H,V,Anglo-Saxon,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
| Barnestaple (H,V,Anglo-Saxon,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
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Devon (county) (P) |
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