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At the end of the First World War (1914-18) the young people of Pilton Glove Factory celebrated with a Garden Party at 15 Ladywell now the home of Jennie Hobbs. Thanks to Jennie Hobbs for the phot...

This advertisment appeared in 1935 for houses on the Pilton Building Estate in what is now Priory Close, Pilton close to Pilton Abbey and Lake Cottages. The builder was A. F. Beer and the houses a...

On VE (Victory in Europe) Day, 8 May 1945, at the end of World War II, a fancy dress competition was held for the children in Pilton House grounds. The children, where known, are: back row (l. to...

Sir Allen Apsley, the Royalist Governor of Barnstaple in1645-6, is the man credited with ordering the demolition of Pilton Church tower and spire for metal for the manufacture of cannon and lead sh...

This document, written by Rev Anthony Geering in the early 1980s, gives a potted history of Pilton. Anthony Geering was vicar of Pilton from 1981 to 1986 and was the instigator of the Pilton Festi...

In 1768 the French produced a map of the Taw and Torridge Estuaries and hinterland showing the main habitation and geographic features. It was one of a set detailing all the ports and inlets on t...

Iris Pearce (nee Crook and later Iris Morris) is shown here in the garden of Pilton House dressed up in a Home Guard uniform during the Second World War. Women were not officially allowed in the H...