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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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Pilton Heritage Trail
A booklet compiled by Terry Chaplin in approx. 2000 with the help of Margaret Reed, Ethan Danielson, Bill Forward and the Devon Record Office and funding from Millennium Awards and Tarka Country Mi...
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Ladywell
Ladywell is the name of the ancient well hidden away on the north side of the church of St Mary, Pilton at the end of Ladywell Lane. It was restored in 1984.
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The ‘Ladywell’ Murder
This is the true tale of a killing in the heart of olde Pilton in 1238, taken from Crown Pleas in a volume of the Devon and Cornwall Records Society.
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Fred Thorne
Fred Thorne and his wife, Kate (see separate entry) Thorne were the parents of Jean (Elston) and Joyce Thorne and grandparents of Kevin Elston, Lynne Treloar, Anne (Humphreys), Richard Elston and K...
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Kate Thorne (neé Gunningham)
Kate Thorne and her husband Fred (see separate entry) Thorne were the parents of Jean (Elston) and Joyce Thorne and grandparents of Kevin Elston, Lynne Treloar, Anne (Humphreys), Richard Elston and...
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OS Map Accompanying 'The Origins of Barnstaple and Pilton'
This OS 6" to the Mile Map dated 1890 has been posted in the archive to accompany the 2020 paper by Wendy Clarke 'The Origins of Barnstaple and Pilton: New Perspectives on Old Settlements' publish...
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The Origins of Barnstaple and Pilton: New Perspectives on Old Settlements
In a 2020 paper published in the Transactions of the Devonshire Association, Wendy Clarke has re-examined the Anglo-Saxon origins of Barnstaple and Pilton. The relationship between these close neig...
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