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| | Appledore, Devonshire |
 | | Appledore, a small seaport town and an ecclesiastical district formed, in 1844, out of the ancient parish of Northam, contained 2364 inhabitants (1019 males, and 1345 females) in 1871, living in 533 houses, on 130 acres of land. |
 | | The town, which is in two divisions, called East and West Appledore, is delightfully seated on the coast of Barnstaple Bay, at the mouths of the rivers Torridge and Taw, 3 miles N. of Bideford. |
 | | The principal trade is coasting and fishing, while a large and small dry dock, and several shipbuilding yards, a rope manufactory, together with its landing quays for the discharge of vessels, give employment to many of its inhabitants, and promote its general prosperity. |
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