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The Poem of The Battle of Manning's Pit
This is the text of the poem by Brian Norman which is read by his cousin John Norman. It can be found at the end of this link: http://vimp.thepiltonstory.org/youtube/The-Battle-of-Mannings-Pit/b41...
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The Licensing of Rev Nigel Dilkes 2nd December 2009
The Rev Nigel Dilkes was licensed as the new Parish Priest of Pilton on 2nd December 2009. Born in Walsall, before training for the ministry, Nigel was a research scientist at the University of Ba...
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Samuel Blake Wool Pulling in Pilton Bridge in 1931
Samuel Blake of 50 The Rock, Pilton, is shown wool pulling at Sanders & Son, Fellmongers in Pilton Bridge in 1931. Sam Blake was married to Ellen Blake, who was a midwife, in 1904 and they liv...
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Feoffee Cottages, Pilton
This row of seven, two-storey almshouses in brown slatestone, which are probably 17th century in origin and in a Tudor style, was enlarged and rebuilt by the Reverend Thomas Boweller in 1849 as a w...
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SOME SNIPPETS ABOUT PILTON FROM THE NORTH DEVON JOURNAL
This document lists extracts about Pilton (1827 - 1937) taken from the North Devon Journal by Reginald Norman with additional notes made by Margaret Reed. They cover houses and house ownership and...
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Mary Isaac, Landlady of the Windsor Arms, Bradiford until 1911
Mary Isaac was landlady at the Windsor Arms in Bradiford from an unknown date until 1911. She was the grandmother of Beryl Foster of Pilton. Mary's husband, John Paddon Isaac, had a horse and car...
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Pilton Heritage Trail
A booklet compiled by Terry Chaplin in approx. 2000 with the help of Margaret Reed, Ethan Danielson, Bill Forward and the Devon Record Office and funding from Millennium Awards and Tarka Country Mi...
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Pilton Street in 1910
Residents of Pilton Street captured by a photographer in 1910 on a day of light traffic - only one horse and cart - and everyone wearing hats. Might well have been a Sunday. The buildings looking...
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