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Northam is a small town in Devon, England, lying north of Bideford and south of Westward Ho!. It is thought to have been the site of an Anglo-Saxon castle, and is said to have been where Hubba the Dane attacked Devon and was repelled (perhaps by Alfred the Great or by the Earl of Devon). A little over a mile away along the coast is a town called Appledore. Between the towns of Appledore and Northam, is 'Bloody Corner'. There is a rock called 'Hubba's Rock' which is supposed to be the site where Hubba the Dane was killed by the Anglo-Saxon (or Devonshire) fyrd.
[edit] Sport and recreation
Northam has a King George's Field as a memorial to King George V
[edit] 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 8.5in) 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 peninsular made up of Westward Ho!, Northam and Appledore with extensive sand dunes the Torridge and Taw estuary. The line closed in 1917 having been requisitioned by the War Office.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.devon.gov.uk/dris/demog/tr_aa01.html
- Stuckey, Douglas (1962). The Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway 1901-1917. Pub. West Country Publications.
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