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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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GREAT FIRE AT RAWLEIGH FACTORY IN 1869 AS REPORTED IN THE NORTH DEVON JO...
In around 1863, the Messrs Shapland and Petter established a water-powered factory at Rawleigh where it regularly employed one hundred hands in the manufacture of suites of furniture, marble mantel...
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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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The Unicorn Coffee House, Pilton, opened in 1887
The Unicorn Coffee House on Pilton Street opened in 1887 in what is now Pilton Church Hall. The event was reported in the North Devon Journal of 3rd November. Colonel and Mrs. Hibbert of Broadgate...
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Pilton’s Role in the Development of Barnstaple's Water Supply from ...
This 1400-word article from the North Devon Journal of March 1933 reported a talk by the Manager of the Barnstaple Water Company, C. N Wood, to the Rotary Club of Barnstaple. The story begins in 1...
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PILTON CHURCH, BARNSTAPLE : UNVEILING OF MEMORIAL WINDOW TO THE FALLEN
On Thursday 27th May 1920, the North Devon Journal reported the unveiling of the memorial west window in the Church of St Mary the Virgin. The memorial to those of the parish who fell in the Great...
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Maurice and Pat Huxtable of Pilton
Maurice Huxtable was born in 1922 and lived for much of his life at 82 Pilton Street, immediately above the Church Hall, with his parents Benjamin Ernest and Edith Tamzyn Huxtable and his sister Iv...
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Pilton Festival, reported in the North Devon Journal Herald on July 8th ...
This picture is of the full page spread about the first Pilton Festival in the modern era published in the North Devon Journal-Herald on 8th July 1982. The centrepiece article by Graham Andrews ca...
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