Editing Instow (section)

==Notable people==
*[[John Harmer (bishop)|John Harmer]] (1857–1944), Bishop of Rochester, died in Instow<ref name="adb">{{Cite book|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/harmer-john-reginald-6566|title=Australian Dictionary of Biography|first=David|last=Hilliard|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University}}</ref>
*[[Leonard Slater]] (1875–1914), English cricketer and British Army officer was born in Instow<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.devonheritage.org/Places/Instow/InstowWarMemorial.htm|title=Instow War Memorial|website=Devonheritage.org}}</ref>
*[[John Durnford-Slater]] (1909–1972), British Army officer credited with raising the first Army [[British Commandos|commando]] unit during the [[Second World War]]
*[[Robin Durnford-Slater]] (1902–1984), Royal Navy Admiral who went on to become the last [[Commander-in-Chief, The Nore|Commander-In-Chief, The Nore]] 
*[[David Shepherd (umpire)|David Shepherd]] (1940–2009), English cricketer and umpire<ref>{{cite news |last1=Foot |first1=David |title=David Shepherd obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/oct/28/david-shepherd-obituary |access-date=15 November 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=28 October 2009}}</ref>
* [[Norah Simpson]] (1895–1974), Australian modernist artist, died at Crossways, Instow.<ref name="Design">{{cite web | url =http://www.daao.org.au/bio/norah-simpson/biography/? | title = Norah Simpson: Biography | last = Gray | first = Anne | publisher = Design and Art Australia Online | date = 7 May 2012 | access-date = 30 October 2012 }}</ref>

Instow features prominently in the 1919 novel ''Last of the Grenvilles'' by [[Frederick Harcourt Kitchin]] (under his pseudonym, Bennett Copplestone)