Coordinates: 51°03′09″N 4°11′40″W / 51.0525°N 4.1945°W
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 Looking from the quay towards the last remaining shipyard at Appledore |
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  Appledore
Appledore shown within Devon |
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| Population | 754 [1] |
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| OS grid reference | |
| District | Torridge |
| Shire county | Devon |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Bideford |
| Postcode district | EX39 |
| Dialling code | 01237 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | Torridge & West Devon |
| List of places: UK • England • Devon | |
Appledore is a village at the mouth of the River Torridge, about 6 miles (10 kilometres) west of Barnstaple in the county of Devon. It is home to Appledore Shipbuilders, a lifeboat slipway and Hockings Ice Cream, a brand of ice cream only sold in North Devon. The local football team is Appledore F.C.
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History
The name Appledore is usually considered to be Celtic in origin. There was a Saxon settlement, and a Viking raid in 878AD. The settlement prospered as a port in the Elizabethan period, and some cottages date from this period. The construction of a quay in 1845 further developed the port, and as a result Appledore has a rich maritime heritage from the second half of the nineteenth century. Shipowner Sir William Reardon Smith was born in Appledore and went to the Wesleyan School there.[2]
The Richmond Dry Dock was built in 1856 by William Yeo and named after Richmond Bay in Prince Edward Island, where the Yeo family's shipping fleet was based. From 1882 until the 1930s it was owned by Robert Cook, and continued in use until the 1960s.[3] It is a Grade II* listed building.[4] There is a maritime museum in the village chronicling the history of shipbuilding and seafaring in the village.[5]
Industrial Archaeology
The Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway (B,WH&A,R) was most unusual amongst British railways in that although it was built as a standard gauge line (4ft 8½in) it was not joined to the rest of the railway network, despite the London and South Western Railway having a station at Bideford, East-the-Water, meaning on the other side of the River Torridge from the main town. The line was wholly situated on the peninsula made up of Westward Ho!, Northam and Appledore with extensive sand dunes, at the mouth of the Torridge and Taw estuary. The line closed in 1917 having been requisitioned by the War Office (Stuckey 1962).
Gallery
 The quay at Appledore. |
 A view of Appledore Shipyard from the opposite side of the Torridge Estuary. |
Jackson family visit
In summer 2008, the Jackson family (including Tito Jackson) stayed at a holiday let for six weeks in Appledore while searching for a house to buy in the area. The project was filmed for a Channel 4 documentary The Jacksons are Coming, which was aired on 27th November 2008 at 9pm.[6][7]
Charles Kingsley
In Westward Ho! novelist Charles Kingsley describes Appledore as a "little white fishing village".
References
- Stuckey, Douglas (1962). The Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway 1901-1917. Pub. West Country Publications.
- ^ Census 2001; Parish Headcounts
- ^ "Welcome to Appledore". www.appledore.org. http://www.appledore.org/. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
- ^ "The story of the Dy Dock". Celebrating Applledore's Shipping Heritage. http://www.appledoredrydock.org.uk/dockhistory.html. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
- ^ "Richmond Dock". Images of England. English Heritage. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=352081. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
- ^ "Appledore Museum". North Devon Museums Trust. http://www.devonmuseums.net/appledore. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
- ^ "The Jacksons to hit reality TV - in Devon". Telegraph.co.uk. Telegraph Media Group. 2008-04-02. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1583492/The-Jacksons-to-hit-reality-TV---in-Devon.html. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
- ^ Hume, Mick (2008-11-28). "Last Night's TV: The Jacksons Are Coming". The Times. Times Newspapers. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article5247250.ece?openComment=true. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
See also
- HMS Appledore
- South West Coast Path
- St Mary's Church, Appledore (Church of England)
External links
- Appledore at the Open Directory Project
- Devon Local Studies - Appledore community page
- Appledore RNLI Lifeboat Station
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