[9] Gotshelm's 28 manors descended to the Honour of Gloucester,[10] as did most of Brictric's. [21] Sir Richard Grenville's great-grandson, Sir John Granville, helped restore Charles II to the throne, and in 1661 Charles made Sir John Granville Baron Granville of Bideford and Earl of Bath. In ancient records Bideford is recorded as Bedeford, Byddyfrod, Bedyford, Bydeford, Bytheford and Biddeford. Richard de Grenville was one of three (or four[13]) known sons of Hamo Dapifer (died circa 1100) Sheriff of Kent, an Anglo-Norman royal official under both King William the Conqueror (1066–1087) and his son King William Rufus (1087–1100). 3 bedrooms, Sold – On 20 October 2006, British ex-patriate David Riley came to mark the '20-year link' between Manteo on Roanoke Island, North Carolina, and Bideford. [87] There is also a Methodist church in Bideford High Street. The railway fell into financial difficulties until in the First World War the War Department requisitioned all of its equipment for use in France. OIEO £305,000 Tobacco merchant John Davie was born here in 1640. Topsham. Edinburgh: Canongate Academic. In 2009 the Association of Train Operating Companies costed reopening the Barnstaple to Bideford route at £80 million. Guide £375,000 [51] The deposits were formed 350 million years ago during the Carboniferous period on Gondwana. Bideford's 13th-century Long Bridge was temporarily converted into a railway bridge to carry the locomotives and rolling stock onto the main line railway near Bideford Station.[63]. In 1474 the original structure was replaced by the masonry arch bridge seen today. [84] The Lavington United Reformed Church is in Bridgeland Street, the current building opened in 1869. The same ship, the MS Oldenburg, also provides evening cruises from Bideford along the River Torridge but in the downstream direction only as it is too big to pass under the Bideford Long Bridge. The Bideford Black Mining Company produced Biddiblack powder at a processing plant in Chapel Park, East-the-Water. The Bideford witch trial in 1682 involved three women, Temperance Lloyd, Mary Trembles and Susannah Edwards, accused of witchcraft and which resulted in one of the last hangings for witchcraft in England. Guide £55,000 The custom continues to this day and takes place on New Year's Day. The Spanish prize was brought into Bideford with riches valued at around 15,000 pounds. [23] It was suggested that a Spanish vessel laden with wool which docked at the quay may have brought this plague to Bideford, and that it was children playing with the wool who first got infected with the plague. More American troops began to arrive as the war progressed. In 1902 the first car arrived in Bideford: it was owned by Dr E.J. Lieutenant Colonel George Braund was born in Bideford in 1866 but emigrated to Australia when he was 15. | The whole venue is yours for your Wedding Weekend,. State-funded primary schools in Bideford include East-the-Water Primary School, St. Mary's Church of England Primary School and Westcroft School. 3 bedrooms, Guide £239,950 | 2 bedrooms, Guide £239,950 | [15] In ancient records Bideford was recorded as a borough but has only returned members to Parliament during the reigns of Edward I (1272–1307) and Edward II (1307–1327). We are an independent Estate Agency located in a prime location off the busy Quay in the popular port and market town of Bideford. [73] Torridge District Council is responsible for maintaining Bideford Higher Cemetery. 28 Bideford vessels with a tonnage of 3860 were involved in this practice in the year 1700. Welcome to the Durrant House Hotel located in North Devon, Bidefords largest and most well-equipped luxury hotel. Several local roads and a hill have been named after Raleigh. Bideford is covered by two main local newspapers, the North Devon Gazette and the North Devon Journal which are published weekly. Beaconside House is an exclusive wedding venue set close to Bideford in North Devon. [89], The Religious Society of Friends has a Quaker Meeting House in Honestone Street opposite the entrance to the Pannier Market car park.