Taw-Torridge

Location map for North Devon Thematic Trails which are listed under the following pages:

Westward Ho! and Exmoor Coast.

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A FIELD GUIDE TO THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE TAW AND TORRIDGE ESTUARIES Chris Preece
ISBN 978-1-898546-98-3  Edward Gaskell 2008. A5 48 pages. 29 figures.   £4.99

 An introduction to some 44 archaeological sites of interest in the Taw-Torridge estuary, all usefully located on a clear centre-page map which also shows their relationship to both the Tarka Trail and the South West Coastal Path. The booklet describes, chronologically, an array of sites, beginning with the Late Mesolithic midden site on Westward Ho! beach, passing through post-medieval fish weirs on the Taw and onto wrecks and hulks of more modern times, ending with tantalising relicts of the Second World War.

EXPLORING BIDEFORD  Peter Christie.
ISBN 978-0-948444-31-9 Thematic Trails 2000. A5. 48 pages. 25 Illust.   £2.95

Bideford, like many medieval market towns has, until recent times, changed and expanded relatively slowly. As a result, much of the structure of the town, its plan or lay-out and its buildings, have been preserved even when the function of those buildings has changed. One of the pleasures of exploring an old-established market town and port such as Bideford, is the recognition of features of the town which have been inherited from a very different past.

GRENVILLE Alison Grant.

ISBN 978-0-9504018-3-6 North Devon Museum Trust 1991.

A5. 78 pages. 23 illustrations.                                                                        £4.95

This is a study of Richard Grenville, mayor of Bideford, his life, death, character and reputation. The booklet describes his voyages including, Puerto Rico and Virginia (1585), and Newfoundland (1586).

Barnstaple

EXPLORING BARNSTAPLE (2nd edition) John Bradbeer.

ISBN 978-0-948444-42-5 Thematic Trails 2002.  A5. 40 pages. 35 illust.  £2.95

There is no better way to get a feel for the history of Barnstaple than to walk its streets and explore its hidden by-ways with an expert who has researched the history of the town and who cleverly responds within the text to the questions which inquisitive visitors inevitably ask.

ATLANTIC ADVENTURE, John Delbridge of Barnstaple 1564-1639 Alison Grant

ISBN 978-0-9527885-0-8 1996.A5. 76 pages. 25 illustrations.                   £4.95

John Delbridge was born in Barnstaple in 1564. The life of Delbridge is explored including his adventures in Virginia, New England and Bermuda.

Appledore

APPLEDORE, handmaid of the sea John Beara

ISBN 978-0-9509110-1-4 North Devon Museum Trust 1976.                       £2.95

A5.152 pages. 25 illustrations.

The background to the modern history of Appledore is outlined accurately and clearly.

SALMON NETTING IN NORTH DEVON Alison Grant and Philip Waters

ISBN 978-0-9504018-6-7 North Devon Museum Trust 1998.                       £5.95

A5. 91 pages. 54 illustrations.

A comprehensive history 'through fair weather and foul, good times and bad'. Details include the construction of the traditional Appledore salmon boat.

HMS WEAZEL 1782 – 1799 by Bob and Ann Brock

ISBN 978-0-9504018-7-4 North Devon Museum Trust. Appledore.           £4.95

The story of HMS Weazel from construction in 1782 to the time when, as a Royal Navy brig, she was sent to North Devon to protect the coast against pirates and was lost, with all hands, in a hurricane off Baggy Point in February 1799.

Northam Burrows

ISBN 978-0-948444-33-3 Thematic Trails 1997. A5. 48 pages. 30 illust.    £2.95

A three-mile circular walk examines a mosaic of estuary habitats including pebble ridge, sand dunes, salt marsh and burrows pasture lands. The approach stresses the interrelationships between ecology, landscape, coastal defence and coastal management.

NORTHAM BURROWS, a decision-making exercise by Peter Jollands.

Thematic Trails 1997. A5. 12 pages.

This booklet, designed for tutor use with the above trail, examines management problems associated with Northam Burrows and includes an appropriate exercise for visiting students. Free, on request, with any purchase or 10p via PayPal.

NORTHAM BURROWS, a mixture of memories and facts by Philip Waters

ISBN 978-1-895546-76-4 North Devon Museum Trust. Appledore.                   £4

A5. 64 pages, 29 illustrations.

Northam Burrows including chapters on the Lords of the Manor, golf, freehold, grazing, horse-riding, sea defences, potwallopers, salt water inundation. This history is interspersed with the memories of Philip Waters, a local resident of long-standing.

 

Braunton Burrows

BRAUNTON BURROWS ECOLOGY TRAIL  by Janet Keene

ISBN 978-0-948444-30-2 Thematic Trails 1996.  A5. 47 pages. 30 illust.  £2.95

A combined reference book and trail designed for visitors seeking serious explanation of this large unique dune environment which is now an International Biosphere Reserve. The circular walk through this important sand dune system includes a transect from the beach, through the fore-dunes, slacks, parabolic dunes, grassland and woodland. 

WILD FLOWERS OF BRAUNTON BURROWS  Mary Breeds 2004 £3.95

48 pages, 210 mm X 210 mm. Over 140 colour photos of plants and Burrows landscapes.  Braunton Burrows is one of the largest expanses of sand dunes in Britain. This book is both an introduction to, and a celebration of, the unique rich variety of plants that grow there. It is paradise for botanists because of the great diversity of species and the rarity of many of them. It is a pleasure to walk through these dunes, booklet in hand, to discover flowers and plants that you have never seen before. This admirably illustrated book neatly complements the exploration of the dunes set out in Janet Keene’s Braunton Burrows Ecology Trail, see above.