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The Dodderidge Room displays the town's collection of silver and other relics connected with the history of Barnstaple. [ 6 ] [ 9 ] The beautiful carved fireplace is from the former Dodderidge House in Cross Street in Barnstaple that belonged to wealthy local merchant, ship-owner and three times Member of Parliament for Barnstaple in 1621, 1624 ...
His father was Richard Doddridge, merchant, of Barnstaple. The family took its name from a manor in the parish of Sandford, near Crediton. Richard was the son of a wool merchant and was born in South Molton where he married. With his wife and eight children before 1582 he moved to Holland Street, Barnstaple and served as Mayor of Barnstaple in ...
Dodderidge was a son of Richard Doddridge, merchant, of Barnstaple.His elder brother was Sir John Dodderidge (1555–1628), of Bremridge, near South Molton, Devon, Justice of the King's Bench in 1612 and MP for Barnstaple in 1589 and for Horsham in 1604, whose splendid recumbent effigy exists in the Lady Chapel of Exeter Cathedral.
Queen Anne's Walk, Barnstaple, south front. Immediately left is the River Taw.Before being filled-in, the large sunken rectangular paved area in front was Barnstaple Quay at which merchant ships loaded and unloaded "The Strand, Barnstaple", painted c.1880s by Joseph Kennedy (c.1838–1893), view looking northward.
Barnstaple has an eclectic mix of architectural styles, with the 19th century predominant, despite remnants of early buildings and several early plaster ceilings. St Anne's Chapel in the central churchyard can be seen as the most important ancient building to survive. Queen Anne's Walk was erected in about 1708 as a mercantile exchange. The ...
Barnstaple Rural District was a rural district in the administrative county of Devon, England, from 1894 to 1974, covering a coastal area in the north of the county.Whilst the district was named after the town of Barnstaple and had its offices there, the district did not include the town itself.
The Barnstaple Western Bypass is a congestion-relief scheme designed to take road traffic away from the town centre of Barnstaple, a market town in Devon, South West England. Construction of the new road started in the Spring of 2005 and it was opened on 23 May 2007. Barnstaple Western Bypass during construction Completed bridge over the River Taw
Edward Fortescue (d.1702), son and heir, who in 1667 married Dorothy Crossing (born 1637), a daughter and co-heiress of Richard Crossing of Exeter (by his wife Elizabeth Dodderidge, a daughter of Pentecost Dodderidge [38] (died c. 1650) of Barnstaple in North Devon, three times a Member of Parliament for Barnstaple in 1621, 1624 and 1625 ...