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In 1971, Devon County Council carried out a Study which reported on the Pilton Conservation Area in Barnstaple, Devon, and made recommendations for improvements to properties, many of which were wi...

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...

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...

The ladies of Pilton's Lynbro Road played a Pilton men's team at Manning's Pit on the occasion of the Queen's Silver Jubilee in 1977, according to Claire Helliwell, who presented this picture to th...

Trevor Beer, the well-known Devon writer and wildlife artist, was born on The Rock, Pilton, in January 1937 and died in June 2017. He went to Pilton School next to St Mary’s Church and his boyhood...

This photograph shows a group of children who helped clear Smoky (or Smokey) House Lane in the Spring of 1974. They were led by local naturalist Trevor Beer (third from left). For those who don't...

This photograph, probably taken on Pathfield, shows C W Lewis and J Parsons making hay in about 1926. It was displayed in the 'Pilton Then & Now' Exhibition held in Pilton Church in 2008 but i...