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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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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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Pilton Green Man Characters from 1995
This photograph from Green Man Day 1995 shows (from left to right) Barum Brewer Tim Webster (as the Green Man), John Knight (a Bradiford Resident), Ken Vagg (a Pilton resident and chiropracter) and...
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An Evacuee Comes To Bradiford, 1940
Born in 1935, the young John Onslow was evacuated from Croydon to Devon in 1940, during the Second World War. The photograph shows him with his host family, Mr. and Mrs. Ridd. Gwen and Harold Ridd ...
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The Last 'King' of Pilton 1982
The first Pilton Festival was a two month series of events in June and July of 1982, and as part of the festivities a 'King' was proclaimed on the day of the Medieval Market and Historical Pageant ...
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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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The Sign of The Three Tuns in Barnstaple
The Three Tuns was once a very popular pub on Barnstaple High Street and was marketed as "the oldest tavern in the oldest street in the oldest borough in Britain" - not completely true but a good s...
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Bradiford ladies
A day in the life of Bradiford and neighbours gather to chat. In the doorway of no 19 is Frances Williams (nee Hobbs), eldest daughter of builder Jack Hobbs and his wife, and sister of Joan Hobbs. ...
- from: Richard.Howe
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