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Broadgate Villa, Pilton with the Desborough Family in 1858
This early photograph of 1858 shows the south side of Broadgate Villa in Pilton with fourteen of the family of Henry Desborough who lived there until his death in 1862. Broadgate Villa was built a...
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Stanbury & Sons Victoria Flour Mill on Rolle Quay
This photograph shows the Stanbury & Sons Victoria Flour Mills on Rolle Quay which were demolished some time after 1941. The Mills were located opposite the site where the Barnstaple Civic Cen...
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Watercolour of Lime Kiln at Pottington by William Payne c 1810-19
This scene by William Payne (1760-1830) is of Pottington Lime Kiln, Pilton, Barnstaple, Devon and shows Barnstaple Long Bridge in the background. It was produced using the technique by which Payne...
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The Licensing of Rev Nigel Dilkes 2nd December 2009
The Rev Nigel Dilkes was licensed as the new Parish Priest of Pilton on 2nd December 2009. Born in Walsall, before training for the ministry, Nigel was a research scientist at the University of Ba...
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Samuel Blake Wool Pulling in Pilton Bridge in 1931
Samuel Blake of 50 The Rock, Pilton, is shown wool pulling at Sanders & Son, Fellmongers in Pilton Bridge in 1931. Sam Blake was married to Ellen Blake, who was a midwife, in 1904 and they liv...
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The Story of 51 The Rock, Pilton
Download this document which summarises the collected history of the ownership and inhabitants of 51 The Rock through the years from construction in the early 1800s. The building was lived in for ...
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Pilton Street in 14th Century by Mark Power
The architect Mark Power produced this beautiful artwork of mediaeval Pilton Street as he had researched it in 1992. It shows the houses mostly South facing rather than the current East-West orien...
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SOME SNIPPETS ABOUT PILTON FROM THE NORTH DEVON JOURNAL
This document lists extracts about Pilton (1827 - 1937) taken from the North Devon Journal by Reginald Norman with additional notes made by Margaret Reed. They cover houses and house ownership and...
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