Really quite an old view of Barnstaple Square, interesting to see the scene before the North Devon Athenaeum was built. Then & Now. | Barnstaple History

Here's a new Before & After composite, this time of 20 Barnstaple High Street, the building in the middle of the old image having been (at least partly) knocked down & rebuilt at some point. The old image is captioned: "The Geek family ran a store in Barnstaple's High Street from 1791. The person in the picture is possibly John Greek taken in the late 19th century." Hope you like it & find it interesting! :-) JP. | Barnstaple History

1.8K views · 144 reactions | Walking down around there now it's easy to forget that Barnstaple was a busy port, ships of all sizes coming & going frequently. Here's an old image of a vessel moored down on Castle Quay, turned into a "Then & Now" composite - | Barnstaple History | Facebook