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The Wedding Reception of Alfred Martin Brown and Mary Margarite Harper o...
Alfred Martin Brown of Wrafton and Mary Margarite Harper of 30 Pottington Road Barnstaple were married at Pilton Church by the Reverend John Henderson on the 17th September 1941. The groom was on 6...
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Easter Festival Parade in 1987
In 1987 an Easter Festival was organised in Pilton with different aspects of the Easter celebration (from Maundy Thursday to Easter Monday) being remembered. More information is sought about the e...
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The Family of James and Lottie Alford
James Alford was born in Shirwell in 1868 and was a Blacksmith with a smithy in the Green Lanes, an area of Barnstaple demolished about 25 years ago to make way for a shopping centre. He married L...
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The Stained Glass Windows of Pilton Church
The Church of St Mary the Virgin at Pilton possesses eight large stained glass windows, all of which are modern in design and much admired for the beautiful tracery and richness of colour: azure an...
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DESCENT OF WELSHE’S TENEMENT IN PILTON 16TH/19TH CENTURY
The property named in Christopher Lethbridge’s will of 1713 to be connected with a rent charge for the benefit of Pilton Church fabric was one third of approximately seven acres called Welshe’s Ten...
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The Bell in Pilton Street in April 1987
This Bell was carried up Pilton Street in April 1987 as part of a festival organised by the Horse and Bamboo Theatre Company as part of 'The 12 Curlicues of Pilton'. It is thought to remember the...
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Lt Col William Harding of Upcott House, Pilton
This article by Jane Evans published in the Tiverton Civic Society Newsletter in May 2016 recounts the life of Lieutenant Colonel William Harding. He was born in 1792, the third son of Robert and ...
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Charles Pearce's 'Song of Victory'
This newspaper cutting from the North Devon Journal Herald reports the death of Mr Charles Pearce of Pilton House at the age of 88 in December 1945. As well as being Mayor of both South Molton and...
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