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| Town Council Meetings 2008/2009 |
| Thursday 11th September 2008 - 6.30 pm |
| Thursday 9th October 2008 - 6.30 pm |
| Thursday 13th November 2008 - 6.30 pm |
| Thursday 11th December 2008 - 6.30 pm |
| Thursday 8th January 2009 - 6.30 pm |
| Thursday 12th February 2009 - 6.30 pm |
| Thursday 12 March 2009 - 6.30 pm |
| Thursday 9 April 2009 - 6.30 pm |
| Thursday 14 May 2009 - 6.30 pm |
| Planning Committee Meetings |
| Wednesday 10th September 2008 - 6.30 pm |
| Wednesday 1st October 2008 - 6.30 pm |
| Wednesday 22nd October 2008 - 6.30 pm |
| Wednesday 12th November 2008 - 6.30 pm |
| Wednesday 26th November 2008 - 6.30 pm |
| Wednesday 17th December 2008 - 6.30 pm |
| Wednesday 7th January 2009 - 6.30 pm |
| Wednesday 28th January 2009 - 6.30 pm |
| Wednesday 18th February 2009 - 6.30 pm |
| Wednesday 11th March 2009 - 6.30 pm |
| Wednesday 1st April 2009 - 6.30 pm |
| Wednesday 22nd April 2009 - 6.30 pm |
| Wednesday 13th May 2009 - 6.30 pm |
| Market Committee Meetings | |
| Thursday 18th September 2008 - 6.30 pm | |
| Thursday 16th October 2008 - 6.30 pm | |
| Thursday 20th November 2008 - 6.30 pm | |
| Thursday 18th December 2008 - 6.30 pm | |
Charles Kingsley
Charles Kingsley's novel Westward Ho! led to the founding of a town by
the same name - the only place name in England which contains an exclamation
mark - and even inspired the construction of a railway, the Bideford, Westward
Ho! and Appledore Railway. Few authors can have had such a significant effect
upon the area which they eulogised. A hotel in Westward Ho! was named for
him and it was also opened by him.
A hotel opened in 1897 in Bloomsbury, London, was named after Kingsley.
It still exists, but changed name in 2001 to the Thistle Bloomsbury.
The original reasons for the chosen name was that the hotel was
opened by teetotallers who admired Kingsley for his political and ideas on
social reform. This statue of Kingsley is situated next to Victoria
Park in Bideford.