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Two Decades of the Barum Brewery at The Reform Inn
The Barum Brewery, located behind The Reform Inn in Pilton, celebrated 20 years of brewing in September 2016. It started as a hobby for Tim Webster of Bradiford with the enthusiastic support of th...
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Celebrating 10 years of Barum Brewery at The Reform Inn in 2006
Tim Webster of Barum Brewery has been brewing real ale in a shed behind The Reform Inn in Pilton since 1996. In 2006 the brewery celebrated its 10th anniversary with a wonderful cartoon poster of ...
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Jack and Hilda Squire of 49 The Rock, Pilton
This photograph shows Jack and Hilda Squire who lived at 49 The Rock, Pilton. They had two children, Gordon and Shirley. We are not sure of the date. Jack was a butcher in Butchers' Row, Barnsta...
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A Royal Thank You For Agnes May Blake of 50 The Rock, Pilton
Agnes May Blake was the elder daughter of Samuel and Ellen Blake of Pilton. During and just after World War II, Agnes served in the Women's Land Army. In recognition of her service between 17th M...
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The Blake Family of 50, The Rock, Circa 1910
Samuel and Ellen Blake pose in Sunday best with their three children, Agnes May (the elder daughter), Flossie and John William Henry (known as Bill). Sam and Ellen married in 1904. He worked as a f...
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An 18th Century black blown glass mallet bottle found in Bradiford Water
This photograph shows the bottom of an 18th Century black blown glass mallet bottle found in Bradiford Water by Amelie Smith of Pilton in the summer of 2016. The term 'black glass' refers to glass...
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Mysterious Death of a Bradiford Gentleman in 1875
Henry John Turberville, who was formerly known as Henry John Blackmore and was the elder brother of Richard Doddridge (R D) Blackmore, the author of 'Lorna Doone', died in very mysterious circumsta...
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Further Notes on the Hartnoll Family of North Devon
This document has been prepared by Pilton Historian Margaret Reed giving additional information on the Hartnoll Family to supplement the account written by Anne Bishop and uploaded into The Pilton ...
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