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Historic Rotary Gardens Makeover Marks 40th Anniversary of Creation by B...
A project to improve Pilton’s Rotary Gardens was completed in 2014, in time for the park’s 40th anniversary on Friday 23 May. Work at the gardens began in 2013, with a new path and benches and ext...
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Phyllis Allen feeding the ducks in Pilton Park on the banks of the River...
At the age of 82, Phyllis Allen of 123 Pilton Street found herself with a court order against her to stop feeding the ducks from the River Yeo. It was judged that they were creating a traffic haza...
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Pilton Park Flooding on 3rd January 2014
Under the influence of high spring tides, low pressure, strong SW winds and high flows in the River Yeo, Pilton Park was seriously flooded early on 3rd January 2014, the water depth reaching about ...
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The Creation of Rotary Gardens 2013
As part of improvements carried out by North Devon Council in the first half of 2013, three information boards were erected in Rotary Gardens, Pilton, one at each corner, in July 2013. The Creatio...
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Rotary Gardens' Tree Trail Board 2013
As part of improvements carried out by North Devon Council in the first half of 2013, three information boards were erected in Rotary Gardens, one at each corner, in July 2013. One set out 'The Cr...
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Pilton Street in 14th Century by Mark Power
The architect Mark Power produced this beautiful artwork of mediaeval Pilton Street as he had researched it in 1992. It shows the houses mostly South facing rather than the current East-West orien...
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Manning's Pit
The bridge at the bottom of Manning's Pit connecting to the field and buildings at Anchor Mill at the end of Hall's Mill Lane. The bridge crosses Bradiford Water and is where people sledging in the...
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Flood Risk on River Yeo at Raleigh December 2012
Following a long period of heavy rain, the River Yeo burst its banks at Raleigh on Saturday 22nd December 2012 and threatened the adjacent properties on Greenmeadow Drive, Claude Dix Close and Rale...
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