Caller from England’s Barnstaple stumps Barnstable, Mass., police
About 3,000 miles from Barnstable, there’s a small town in southwestern England called Barnstaple. It’s where the Cape Cod community long ago got its name, Barnstable Police Sergeant Sean Sweeney said.
Last week, the similarities in the names created some confusion.
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