Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Company Limited of North Devon between 1898 and 1935. The railway re-opened to passengers in 2004, and is based at Woody Bay. In 2007 the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Community interest company (CIC) was formed by the merger and conversion of two existing companies, simplifying the structural relationship between the operating company and the trust and, through the CIC status, adding value and encouraging greater local community involvement. The company is registered at Companies House with the number 03390170. Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Company Limited The Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Company Limited was a private company, limited by guarantee, with no share
Barnstaple August) by a jury of twelve. However Barnstaple was a mesne borough and was not held by the Mayor and Corporation in chief from the king but from the feudal baron of Barnstaple, later known as the lord of the "Castle Manor" or "Castle Court". The Corporation tried on several occasions to claim the status of a "free borough" which answered directly to the monarch and to divest itself of this overlordship, but without success. The mayor was not recognised as such by the monarch, but merely as the bailiff of the feudal baron. The powers of the borough were