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Reference from Mr Frederick Rainbow, Pastry Cook of Pilton Street for Ch...
This handwritten reference from Mr Frederick Rainbow of 23 Pilton Street, Barnstaple, dated February 28, 1899, is for his foreman Charles Elks. Charles Elks has been in my employ as Foreman for al...
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Indenture of Alfred Edward Hobbs, age 16 years, to Thomas Colbourne of B...
In April 1909, Alfred Edward Hobbs, 16 year old son of Alfred Edward Hobbs Senior (a mason’s labourer), was indentured, for four years and 9 months, as an apprentice moulder to Thomas S Colbourne o...
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Maurice and Pat Huxtable of Pilton
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...
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An Evacuee Comes To Bradiford, 1940
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 ...
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Twigs Flower Shop comes to Pilton in 2017
Twigs Flower Shop was established in Barnstaple in 1999 by Deryn Northam and, since then, has gained a reputation for exceptional flowers and service. In July 2017 it relocated from Mermaid Walk t...
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TREVOR BEER’S BOYHOOD MEMORIES OF PILTON
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...
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Trevor Beer MBE, Writer and Wildlife Artist, 1937 - 2017
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...
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A Medieval Gold Ring Found at Pilton, Devon in 1867
Elsewhere in The Pilton Story we have reported the story of 'The Prior's Ring' which was found buried under a tree in a garden close to Pilton Churchyard in 1867. The owner of the site, a Doctor Fo...
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