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unusual facts about Appledore, North Devon



Appledore, Kent

Appledore in Kent is known to generations of children as the setting for A. A. Milne's famous verse poem, "The Knight Whose Armour Didn't Squeak".

Ashley Eastham

He signed his first professional contract in May 2009, then in July he played for the first team in the pre-season South West Challenge Cup held in North Devon, including playing in the 5–0 win over Barnstaple Town.

Barclay Curle

As part of the Seawind Group, the company is no longer based in Glasgow but retains shiprepair facilities in Birkenhead, Merseyside, and at Appledore, Devon.

Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway

In 1866 a start was actually made on a line to run to Appledore with a branch to Westward Ho!, however soon after a full 'first sod cutting ceremony' by the Earl of Iddesleigh, the contractors went bankrupt and the project was abandoned.

Helen Fry

Helen Fry (born 1967) is historian and biographer born in Ilfracombe, North Devon.

His Last Vow

Scenes set at 'Appledore', Magnussen's house, were filmed at Swinhay House in Gloucestershire, owned by Sir David McMurtry, boss of Renishaw engineering.

HMS Appledore

One ship and two shore establishments of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Appledore, after the village in Devon.

MV Rocknes

MV Rocknes (1975) is a 3,645 ton bulk carrier launched on 1 November 1975, by Appledore Shipbuilders, in Appledore, North Devon, United Kingdom.

Riverine Herald

He was born on 26 February 1819 at Bideford, North Devon, England as the son of a Royal Navy Commander R.T. Haverfield, and his wife, née Ross.

Sir Samuel Way, 1st Baronet

Samuel, the eldest child, remained behind, studying at Shebbear College in Shebbear, a small village in North Devon, and later at a school in Chatham in Kent.


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