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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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Indenture of Alfred Edward Hobbs, age 16 years, to Thomas Colbourne of B...
In April 1909, Alfred Edward Hobbs, 16 year old son of Alfred Edward Hobbs Senior (a mason’s labourer), was indentured, for four years and 9 months, as an apprentice moulder to Thomas S Colbourne o...
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Wedding of Alfred Hobbs and Jane Bartlett in Pilton Church in July 1920
This is the report of the wedding of Jane Bartlett, eldest daughter of Mr William and Mrs Jane Bartlett of Warwick Terrace, Yeo Vale, Barnstaple, to Alfred Edward Hobbs, son of Mr A Hobbs of Summer...
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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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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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