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New Pilton Bridge Crossing of River Yeo in 1937
Until 1937 the main road north from Barnstaple, which dates from before the time of the Barnstaple Turnpike Trust (1827), crossed the River Yeo at Pilton Bridge and then went up Pilton Street, The ...
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Pilton’s Role in the Development of Barnstaple's Water Supply from ...
This 1400-word article from the North Devon Journal of March 1933 reported a talk by the Manager of the Barnstaple Water Company, C. N Wood, to the Rotary Club of Barnstaple. The story begins in 1...
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Obituary in the Westminster Gazette Friday 24th November 1916 : DEATH O...
Our readers have often been amused by reading contributions from the pen of " Saki." We much regret that that pleasure will no more be theirs; for news has just reached this country that he was kil...
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George Huxtable, Pilton Milkman, with his horse and cart in 1944
This photograph shows Pilton milkman George Huxtable delivering milk in Braunton Road in 1944. George Huxtable’s dairy was at 32 Pilton Street and he had his cows on land on the north side of Pilt...
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Victorian Week at Pilton Bluecoat School in 1989
In the Spring Term of 1989, the school project at Pilton Bluecoat School was “The Victorians”. For one week the classroom was turned into a Victorian classroom with the children sitting in rows at...
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GREAT FIRE AT RAWLEIGH FACTORY IN 1869 AS REPORTED IN THE NORTH DEVON JO...
In around 1863, the Messrs Shapland and Petter established a water-powered factory at Rawleigh where it regularly employed one hundred hands in the manufacture of suites of furniture, marble mantel...
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Sale of Hope Mills Woollen Manufactory in Bradiford in February 1830
In February 1830, the North Devon Journal carried this advertisement for Hope Mills Woollen Manufactory in Pilton, Barnstaple. It was clearly a comprehensive establishment with a factory, dye hous...
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Handsome Well-built Vessel from Chappell's Yard in Pilton in 1827
This advertisement for a Smack or Schooner under construction in Chappell's Yard in Pilton appeared in the North Devon Journal on many occasions between June and November 1827. When he died in 182...
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