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Bideford

Bideford (/ˈbɪdəfərd/ BID-ə-fərd) is a historic port town on the estuary of the River Torridge in north Devon, South West England. It is the main town of the Torridge local government district.

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Ambulance
South Western
Civil parish
Bideford
Country
England
Dialling code
01237
District
Torridge
Fire
Devon and Somerset

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East-the-Water

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Bideford

Nodes291
Edges290
Triples620
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.006873
Components1

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Bideford

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related to Notable people · 80
Bideford → Africa, Arctic, Augustus Clevland, Australian, Balsdon, Bedford Pim, Benjamin Donn, Bideford Art School, Bideford Post Office, Bideford Witch Trial, BidefordRichard Vines, Bishop, Bracton, Britain's, British, Busby, Christie, Church, Clarence Raybould, Common Pleas
related to 1500–1700 · 61
Bideford → After, America, American, April, August, Bath, Bermuda, Bridge Street, Bude, Charles, Charles II, Christianity, Chudleigh Fort, Cornwall, During, Earl, English Civil War, Following, Granville, Grenville
related to World War II · 45
Bideford → Also, American, American GIs, American Red Cross, Americans, At, Auxiliary Unit Patrol, Because, Bideford Hospital, Bideford Ordnance Experimental Station, Bowden Green, Bristol Channel, Britain, Chudleigh Fort, Cleave Mine, D-day, Depot O-617, During, During World War II, Dwight
related to Port and shipping · 37
Bideford → Around, Britain's, By, Cruizer-class, During, England, French, George Crocker, Higher Cleave Houses, HMS Acorn, HMS Meda, HMS Ontario, HMS Carnation, HMS Fairy, HMS Garland, HMS Mutine, HMS Volage, Hubbastone, In, Irish
related to history · 33
Bideford → According, Alfred, Brictric, Brictric's, Claville, Conqueror, Continuator, Dane, Devon, Devonshire, Domesday Book, England, Flanders, Gloucester, Gotshelm, Gotshelm's, Great, Honour, Hubba, Kenwith Castle
related to Religion · 33
Bideford → Bideford Baptist Church's Sunday, Bideford High Street, Bideford Youth Centre, Bridgeland Street, Church, Communion, East-the-Water, England, Evangelical Chapel, Friends, Grade II, Honestone Street, In North Road, It, Mary's, Methodist, Norman, Northam Road, Pannier Market, Pill
related to Bideford Black · 22
Bideford → Barnstaple, Biddiblack, Biddiblack Way, Bideford Black, Bideford Black Stretch, Carboniferous, Chapel Park, Coal, Company, East-the-Water, Gondwana, Hartland, Max Factor, Mines Road, Pitt Lane, Some, Springfield Terrace, The, The Bideford Black Mining, The Mother
related to Twinning · 22
Bideford → America, Bideford Twinning Association, British, But, David Riley, France, George McLauchlan, It, Kermit Skinner, Landivisiau, Manteo, Manteo Town, Mr Riley, Native American Indians, North Carolina, October, On, Raleigh's, Roanoke Island, Sir Richard Grenville
related to Governance · 21
Bideford → At, Bideford Higher Cemetery, Bideford Town Council, Bideford Town Hall, Conservatives, Devon County Council, East, February, Green, High Court, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Local Government Act, May, North, South, South Outer, The, There, Torridge District Council
related to Long Bridge · 20
Bideford → An, Another, Devon, Devon County Council, During, During World War II, East, Edward Birkbeck, Home Guard, In, July, Long Bridge, River Torridge, September, Ship, The, The Bideford Bridge Trust, The Department, Transport, West

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devon town torridge also local bridge one grenville people built church north war river area richard number black east-the-water new

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BidefordAmbulanceSouth Western1.00infobox
BidefordCivil parishBideford1.00infobox
BidefordCountryEngland1.00infobox
BidefordDialling code012371.00infobox
BidefordDistrictTorridge1.00infobox
BidefordFireDevon and Somerset1.00infobox
BidefordOS grid referenceSS44261.00infobox
BidefordPoliceDevon and Cornwall1.00infobox
BidefordPopulation18,260 (2021 Census)1.00infobox
BidefordPost townBIDEFORD1.00infobox
BidefordPostcode districtEX391.00infobox
BidefordRegionSouth West1.00infobox
BidefordShire countyDevon1.00infobox
BidefordSovereign stateUnited Kingdom1.00infobox
BidefordUK ParliamentTorridge and Tavistock1.00infobox
Bidefordis aart gallery and museum in the town that has collections on various things of interest connected with Bideford's heritage0.90text

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