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Programme from the Opening of Bluecoat School in March 1969
Bluecoat School (now Bluecoat Academy) was officially opened by J L Smeall, the Principal of St Luke’s College, Exeter, and blessed by the then Bishop of Plymouth, Wilfrid Guy Sanderson. The openi...
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North Devon Gazette Report of Pilton Green Man Day 2004
In July 2004 reporter Matt Passmore, son of Pilton residents Mike and Lesley Passmore, wrote a full page report with photographs in the North Devon Gazette of 21st July of the successful Pilton Fes...
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The Barnstaple Fire Station and Eleven Police Houses in Pilton
In 1953 the Borough of Barnstaple sold 1.7 acres (0.7 hectares) of land now occupied by Barnstaple Fire Station and the houses immediately surrounding it to Devon County Council close to ‘the Pilto...
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IMPORTANT SALE AT BROADGATE, PILTON, IN 1918
In May 1918 the Broadgate Estate and the Contents of Broadgate House on Bellaire owned by Mrs Hibbert were sold by auction. The sale of the contents was reported as follows in the North Devon Jour...
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The Medieval Market in Pilton Street during the first Pilton Festival in...
As part of the first Pilton Festival of the modern era, held in June and July 1982, a Medieval Market was held in Pilton Street on Saturday 24th July. This is a scene from that day. This link will...
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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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KINDLY IMPULSE Pilton Farmer And The Milk : from the Western Morning N...
Before the County Bench at Barnstaple yesterday Otto Leopold Trechmann, landowner and farmer, of Westaway, Pilton, Barnstaple' pleaded "Guilty" to selling by retail fresh milk other than under the ...
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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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