found: Bideford town guide, 2017/18page 5 (Bideford, North Devon) page 10 (it is a working port with a fishing industry and ferry services to Lundy Island; its quay is first recorded in 1619 and was important for the wool and tobacco trade; its Long Bridge with 24 arches dates back to the 16th century)
found: Wikipedia, viewed 13 November 2018(Bideford; it is an historic port town on the estuary of the River Torridge in north Devon, south-west England; it was Britain's third largest port in the 16th century and where Sir Walter Raleigh landed his first shipment of tobacco; it was heavily involved in the Newfoundland cod trade from the 16th to 18th centuries, the Irish wool trade in the 18th century and turned to ship building in the 19th century; it has an historic market and is a now popular holiday destination)
found: Collins Britain atlas and gazetteer, 1999(Bideford, Devon; town 36m/58km NW of Exeter; small port with quay on River Torridge crossed by 15c bridge)
found: GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 51°01ʹ00ʺN 004°13ʹ00ʺW)
