Northam

Northam is a residential area, common area and appointive ward in Devon, England, lying north of Bideford. The common ward additionally incorporates the towns of Westward Ho. Appledore, West Appledore, Diddywell, Buckleigh and Silford, and the local locations of Orchard Hill and Raleigh Estate. The populace at the 2011 enumeration was 5,427.

Northam is thought to have been the site of an Anglo-Saxon stronghold, and the zone among Northam and Appledore is said to have been the place the Danish Viking Ubba was repulsed. This is celebrated in neighborhood put names like Bloody Corner and Hubba'sRock, which should be where Ubba was killed. St Margaret's congregation is the Anglican ward church for the town and has been a Grade I recorded working since 1951.

In 1832 a gathering was held in Northam to dissent an endeavor by Augustus Saltren-Willett, ruler of the estate, to take responsibility for hall of NorthamBurrows. Royal North Devon Golf Club was shaped at Northam Burrows in 1864; its course is the most established on its unique site in England. Between 1901 and 1917, the town and fairway were served by Northam railroad station.