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Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries after he was made Supreme Head of the Church of England by an Act of Parliament in 1534. As a result, in 1536 he took away land belonging to Pilton Priory on t...

This image is of John Rogers of Tutshill and Longstone, Pilton and dates from about 1770. It was presented to St Mary's Church by Inkerman Rogers, a Fellow of the Geological Society, a member of h...

This Elizabethan Hourglass from St Mary's Church, Pilton, would have been used by preachers to time their sermons during services. The 'hour' was only an approximation of sixty minutes, actually u...

This shell is used in St Mary's Church, Pilton, for baptism. It was presented to the church in memory of Arthur Richard Alexander Kolbert, born1904 in Edmonton, London and died 1992 in Barnstaple....

This is the ancient seal of Pilton Priory which dates from about 1420. The seal-making device, also referred to as a seal matrix or die, is held in the Victoria and Albert Museum. On the reverse ...

This photograph shows the other clergy and readers at St Mary's Church, Pilton, during the Stewardship Campaign in 1986. From left to right they are: the Rev. Harry Kennen, Harold Jago and Dr Howa...

Bill Forward (left) and Bill Wrench-Buck (right) were Churchwardens of St Mary's Church, Pilton, during the Stewardship Campaign of 1986. Bill Wrench-Buck died in 2012 aged 100 years. Thanks to J...