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Hugh Robert and Sarah Catherine Augusta Hibbert of Broadgate
This is the grave of Colonel Hugh Robert Hibbert and his wife Sarah Catherine Augusta Hibbert. Hugh Hibbert was born at Birtles Hall in the County of Cheshire in 1822. Sarah Hibbert (neé Lee) was...
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VE Day Party in Bradiford, May 1945
Tony Sumners posted this photograph of the Bradiford V E Day 1945 Party on Facebook. His mum, Phyllis Elizabeth Sumners, is in the picture to the left of the nurse at the front. It was a fancy dr...
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The Village of Pilton filmed in about 1960
In 2013 The Pilton Story was given a 7 minutes silent film - probably from a Super 8 - of scenes around Pilton. These included the view from Bull Hill House, and shots of Pilton Street, the North ...
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Aerial View of Pilton about 1933
This aerial view of the village of Pilton was taken around 1933 by Arthur Dennis flying from Chivenor. Particular points of interest are: 1. the Broadgate House Tennis Court, which was reached by...
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View of Bradiford and Pilton from south side of River Taw in mid-19th Ce...
This photograph was taken from the south bank of the River Taw some time before 1874 when the Barnstaple to Ilfracombe Railway was built along the north shore. A number of the clearly recognisable...
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The Story of a North Devon Victorian Painter, Frederick Richard Lee, R.A...
This is an account of the life of Frederick Richard Lee, the Victorian landscape artist who, from 1858 until his death in 1879, spent some of his time living at Broadgate House, Pilton. It include...
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Pilton Parish Rooms and its China and a 1907 Church Bazaar
A small amount of old china - about 20 white teaplates - was rescued from disposal when the multiple-patterned Pilton Church Hall china was replaced in 2012. The plates are printed with the 'Pilto...
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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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