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The 1939-1945 Shirwell Home Guard on Pilton Bridge
This photograph, which was posted on Facebook by Terry Priscott, shows soldiers of Shirwell Home Guard during World War II sitting on the parapet of the new Pilton Bridge. The bridge was built in ...
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Commemorative Stone for erection of new North Road Bridge at Pilton in 1938
In 1938 the village of Pilton was bypassed by a new road which required a new bridge across the River Yeo. This stone commemorates that event. The inscription is: North Road Bridge Erected 1938 ...
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The North Devon Technical College on the North Road about 1948
This photograph shows the original North Devon Technical College - 'The Tech' - which was located close to Pilton Bridge at the bottom of the A39 North Road towards Lynton. It was based in huts wh...
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Pilton Bridge in 1920s
This photograph shows Pilton Bridge in the 1920s before it was widened and re-aligned for the construction of the North Road in 1938. In the background are what are now Bridge House, occupied by C...
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Maypole Dancing at Pilton House in 1957 or 1958
This photograph of Maypole Dancing was taken at the Pilton House Annual May Day Fayre in 1957 or 1958. It was posted on Facebook by Peter Bray on behalf of Rosalind Horton (neé Knight). Rosalind ...
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New Pilton Bridge Crossing of River Yeo in 1937
Until 1937 the main road north from Barnstaple, which dates from before the time of the Barnstaple Turnpike Trust (1827), crossed the River Yeo at Pilton Bridge and then went up Pilton Street, The ...
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The Barnstaple Fire Station and Eleven Police Houses in Pilton
In 1953 the Borough of Barnstaple sold 1.7 acres (0.7 hectares) of land now occupied by Barnstaple Fire Station and the houses immediately surrounding it to Devon County Council close to ‘the Pilto...
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