Talk:Barnstaple

message: It's not "often known locally as Barum". Barum may have been the name the Romans gave to it. More likely, it's a Victorian era or Edwardian era invention. Suggest this phrase is deleted. User:Josh Parris
I also agree with this and will change the article. I believe the word Barum was a Victorian era phrase. Jack 13:38, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Hey Lynbarn - that was the right thing to do, I have been following this page and must have missed that the Barum section had been removed. Thanks for reverting it. Jack 18:22, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Barum? 

message: Any chance of a section on the Pannier Market?- it's also missing.  Did some major editing due to ome very sub-standard work introduced by anonymous 86.130.226.230- lots of 'facts' out of thin air. Also deleted a lot of opinion, bias and colour added by the same user.  Will revisit. User:Fremsley 04:29, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Pannier Market

message: I've removed the lines about '50% of the popl. having no qualifications' and its resultant spurious chain of logic.  Also removed the lines about 'ageing popl'.  The census shows that there's no huge difference between Barnstaple and England average age structure, at least no more than the amount of incoming retired people would account for. User:Fremsley 11:50, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Population

message: I think it's time there was a Wikiproject:Devon up and running. Anyone interested, come to my talkpage and we'll sort something out. I'm not much good at HTML but if we all put our heads together I'm sure we can get Devon articles the treatment they deserve. Totnesmartin 16:09, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wikiproject 

message: Can anyone say why the independent schools in 'Barnstaple area' are added.  Shouldn't they be in either 'North Devon' or 'Torridge'? Fremsley 15:30, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Barnstaple as an area

message: North Devon Journal, a local newpaper publihed in Barnstaple, has been calling her 'Bideford-born' for the last fortnight since she's been in "I'm a celebrity".  Anyone like to correct (who isn't her "uncle")? Fremsley  12:03, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Katie Hopkins

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message: I have added a section on Barnstaple Castle, copied from Barnstaple Castle, which latter article has now been given "main article" status, there is a lot more to be developed there in due course. It is absurd in an article on Barnstaple to have only 4 mentions of the word "castle", as passing references, with no mention at all in the "History" section, with no explanation for the word save a link to the "main article" in "See Also". (Lobsterthermidor (talk) 12:32, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure it is appropriate to copy a complete article (however small) into another, then link to the original as a main article as you have done, but I agree the castle could be more prominent. Some research is needed first though, to expand the castle article, as I no very little about the castle. Feel free to have a go if you have access to more information. Regards, Lynbarn (talk) 13:11, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Barnstaple Castle

message: A large number of websites contain an incorrect spelling duplicating an error present in Ofcom's (previously Oftel) UK area code list for the last decade.
01271 was listed as Barnstable in the official UK area code list and only recently corrected to Barnstaple, see their Errata. 212.139.105.91 (talk) 08:35, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Phone Code

message: In tidying up the History section, I see that we don't have full ref details for Sanders or Blagdon. I've added a skeleton Sources section, could you (LT) fill them in, please?  —SMALLJIM  17:29, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request for Sanders and Blagdon source details 

message: The lead has only one pronunciation at present but in the British Broadcasting Corporation's pronouncing dictionary of British names (ed. G. E. Pointon ; Oxford University Press, 1983; p. 18) only one is given, a different one i.e. with "p" rather than "b". This looks like a case where there are different Devonian and Standard English pronunciations.--Felix Folio Secundus (talk) 21:09, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
replies: text:  Definitely agree. The locals pronounce it with a b. The ending sounds like a slightly stretched out "bull" sound if that helps. JHJPDJKDKHI! (talk) 03:01, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation  

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message: Any objection to deleting the following:
The majority of local people are employed in the yo-yo industry, either manufacture, instructing or professional use. Since the first world yo-yo championships in 2007, 8 championships have been won by a competitor from the town, given rise to its nickname ‘the up and down town’.Brownturkey (talk) 17:16, 26 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  possible bogus content