It is served by the London & South-Western, the Great Western, and the Lynton & Barnstaple railways.
Barnstaple (Berdestaple, Barnstapol, Barstaple, also Barum) ranks among the most ancient of royal boroughs.
Barnstaple was once famous for its woollen trade, now entirely declined, and as early as the reign of Edward III.
There's going to be a launch event for Three Things About Me on Thursday 20th July at Barnstaple Library (north Devon ).
My father had sold his general store, and was acting as manager in a gents ' outfitter in Barnstaple, in Devon.