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This handwritten reference from Mr Frederick Rainbow of 23 Pilton Street, Barnstaple, dated February 28, 1899, is for his foreman Charles Elks. Charles Elks has been in my employ as Foreman for al...

In April 1909, Alfred Edward Hobbs, 16 year old son of Alfred Edward Hobbs Senior (a mason’s labourer), was indentured, for four years and 9 months, as an apprentice moulder to Thomas S Colbourne o...

In July 1997, Soroptimist International (SI) organised an Evening of Tudor Music and Readings “Pastimes with Good Company” in St Mary’s Church which was followed by a wine and cheese party in the C...

In 1996 this Hoopla Stall was one of the attractions at the annual Pilton Festival in July. Located outside Pilton House, it raised money in aid of the Residential Home. Players also had the chan...

This is a photo of Alice Mogridge, a Pilton resident, who lived for several years at 13 Ladywell (behind the church) before moving to Pilton Lawn. We would love to know a bit more about her, pleas...

'The People's War' was a term applied to the Home Front in Britain during the World War II. One key feature of this was the Government's War Savings Campaign run by Sir Robert Kindersley. Savings ...

This wedding photograph shows the families and friends of Alfred Edward Hobbs and Jane Bartlett after their wedding in the Church of St Mary the Virgin in Pilton in July 1920. A report on the wedd...