Guided Walks of Historic Barnstaple
Proclamation
House
4 St Peters Terrace, The Churchyard, Barnstaple, Devon,
EX31 1BJ.
Tel:
01271 378935
Email:
tomevans@oyez-oyez.co.uk
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"Oyez,
Oyez and thrice 'yez...." |
Groups
of any number from six to sixty can commission Mr Evans to conduct
them around the town. Generally, daytime groups average about 35
in number; whereas evening tours tend to be smaller and more intimate,
usually parties of about 10 to 20 people. A tour of the Guildhall may be included, by making advance arrangements with Barnstaple Town Council. If you wish to book a guided walk please 'phone 01271 378935. |
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Individuals,
couples or families are welcome to join any of the
pre-booked guided walks listed below - except those marked with
a cross (X). |
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The Gilbert Paige Almshouses (c1650) and Alice Horwood's School for poor maids (1659), Church Lane.
Tom Evans addresses the throng in St Peters Churchyard, prior to visiting the C16th Grammar School.
Riverside Walk passes under the first arch of the town's 16-arch 14th century Long Bridge.
The medieval town of Bardnestapole became an influential trading port in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.
The Great Quay, which
was completed in 1565, later attracted merchant shipping for the American
Trade.
The Second Guildhall, built in 16th century, was replaced by the present
Guildhall in 1827.
Some of the Hudson portraits in The Guildhall, High Street.
The Penrose Square, twenty almshouses built under the will of Johannes
(John) Penrose in 1627.
Green Man Day - the Pilton festival: Tom Evans, bearing the proclamation,
leads the procession.
The Pannier Market, built in 1855 to separate dairy and vegetable sales
from meat and livestock.
Butchers' Row, also 1855, faces north, the wooden canopy keeps the butchers
shops in permanent shade.
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