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These three items figured in the North Devon Herald of July 8, 1920. This edition included a report of the marriage of Albert Hobbs and Jane Bartlett and was kept for all these years by their daug...

This certificate was awarded to Arthur Edward Hobbs, the father of the late Jane ‘Jennie’ Hobbs of Pilton, by the burgesses of the Borough of Barnstaple for patriotic service in the 1/6th Devonshir...

Maurice Huxtable was born in 1922 and lived for much of his life at 82 Pilton Street, immediately above the Church Hall, with his parents Benjamin Ernest and Edith Tamzyn Huxtable and his sister Iv...

Born in 1935, the young John Onslow was evacuated from Croydon to Devon in 1940, during the Second World War. The photograph shows him with his host family, Mr. and Mrs. Ridd. Gwen and Harold Ridd ...

Next year, 2018, marks the centenary of the end of World War I. Peter Bray posted this collage based on the two medals awarded to his Grandad, Walter Worth. They were passed to Peter by his Gran...

In 2013, the writer and wildlife artist Trevor Beer wrote his boyhood memories of life in Pilton where he was born in January 1937. He died in June 2017. These memoirs offer a fascinating insight...

This is the grave of Colonel Hugh Robert Hibbert and his wife Sarah Catherine Augusta Hibbert. Hugh Hibbert was born at Birtles Hall in the County of Cheshire in 1822. Sarah Hibbert (neé Lee) was...