Bideford & District Community Archive

Bideford & District Community Archive We hold bound originals of Bideford Gazette from 1856 and information on Bideford and local villages This is ongoing.

Bideford and District Community Archive is a charitable organisation run by volunteers. We have an Index of birth, death and marriage announcements contained in the Bideford Gazette, and a Maritime Index - references to captains, ships etc; Indexes to most censuses for Bideford Appledore and Northam census returns for 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891 and 1901; Trade Directories; Photographic sur

vey; Oral history archive; photos: Village and topic boxes; planning applications

We hold bound originals of Bideford Gazette from 1856 to 1978 and microfilms of this paper from 1856 to 1990 from which we have indexed both local people and local news/events up to the 1920s. Newspapers after the 1930s are being digitised. The churchyards and cemeteries of Bideford, Northam and Appledore are also listed with plans showing graves and the Monumental Inscriptions. Many more documents and information held at the Archives include World War 1 and WW2 details, old detailed maps, taped recordings of local peoples' memories of past events/people and many thousands of photographs and copies of Parish Birth, Marriage and Burial Registers prior to 1837 for Appledore, Bideford and Northam, which also included Westward Ho!. Our opening hours are Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings, from 09.30am until 1pm

Book for the Golden Bay Hotel in Westward Ho! Special terms for golfers'Everything of the best'March 1951
11/06/2026

Book for the Golden Bay Hotel in Westward Ho!
Special terms for golfers
'Everything of the best'

March 1951


Dances at the Royal Hotel, Bideford. And you can be picked up from Westward Ho! and Northam by Mr Lewis' Lancia. October...
04/06/2026

Dances at the Royal Hotel, Bideford. And you can be picked up from Westward Ho! and Northam by Mr Lewis' Lancia.

October 1923



Heritage Research Group - Devon Grows Flax
03/06/2026

Heritage Research Group - Devon Grows Flax

Cancelled …Bideford & District Community Archive volunteers will be at Bideford Fair on Saturday 6 June 2026 - come and ...
01/06/2026

Cancelled …
Bideford & District Community Archive volunteers will be at Bideford Fair on Saturday 6 June 2026 - come and visit us in our marquee.

John Williams, Furnishing and General Ironmonger - 72 High Street, Bideford15 May 1866
28/05/2026

John Williams, Furnishing and General Ironmonger - 72 High Street, Bideford

15 May 1866



28/05/2026

Big shout out to our newest top fans! 💎

Racheal Shannon, Caroline Hooper

Address

1 Windmill Lane
Northam
EX391BY

Opening Hours

Monday 9:30am - 1pm
Tuesday 9:30am - 1pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 1pm

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01237471714

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