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Catalogue for Sale of Broadgate Estate, Pilton, in May 1918
On May 3rd 1918 the Broadgate Estate owned by Mrs Hibbert was sold by auction at the Imperial Hotel, Barnstaple. It was described as comprising 'A singularly-attractive COUNTRY MANSION, in Beautif...
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Drawing of Pilton Street by Graham Penn
This copy no. 39/350 of a pen and ink drawing of Pilton Street is by Graham Penn. The date is unknown. We would love to find out more about Graham Penn and when it was drawn. Thanks to Albert Li...
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Map of the Broadgate Estate, Pilton, being sold in 1918
This map is part of the catalogue for the Broadgate Estate being sold in May 1918. The text of the catalogue is available in the archive. Follow this link: http://vimp.thepiltonstory.org/documen...
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The Pearce Family on the day of the sale of The Tannery, South Molton, i...
This photograph shows, left to right, Arthur Pearce (son of Charles Pearce Senior), Richard Pearce (grand-son of Charles Pearce Senior and brother of Phyllis Rick-Adams) and Charles Pearce Junior (...
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Aerial View of River Yeo and Rolle Quay in the late 1980s
This aerial view of the River Yeo and Rolle Quay from the late 1980s shows the Inner Relief Road (completed 1986) and, bottom right, the Civic Centre (foundation stone laid in 1967). In the centre...
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The Story of a North Devon Victorian Painter, Frederick Richard Lee, R.A...
This is an account of the life of Frederick Richard Lee, the Victorian landscape artist who, from 1858 until his death in 1879, spent some of his time living at Broadgate House, Pilton. It include...
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Alison Mills, inspiration for The Pilton Story
The Pilton Story Community Heritage Project, to give it its full title, started to take shape after a community gathering in Pilton Church Hall in 2008 to which North Devon Council brought officers...
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Manning's Pit
The bridge at the bottom of Manning's Pit connecting to the field and buildings at Anchor Mill at the end of Hall's Mill Lane. The bridge crosses Bradiford Water and is where people sledging in the...
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