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The parish pitch pipe, in St Mary's Church, was used by the Parish Clerk to give the key-note of a hymn before there was a band or organ available, probably from the early 19th Century.

In the past, and in fact right up until the eve of the First World War, members of the congregation in English parish churches paid an annual sum in ‘pew rent’. In return they had reserved seats i...

Richard Westacott was a member of Pilton Church Choir in the 1970s and 1980s - in the days when Eric Ashton was Choirmaster and Rev James West was the vicar. Later he also sang under Choirmaster J...

Susan Roscoe, age 16, left her family home in Fair View, Pilton, with her parents, one brother and five sisters and emigrated to Australia in1970. In this fascinating note she recounts her time as...

This photograph shows members of the Pilton Church Choir on their annual outing, in about 1956. The members have been identified as follows: Back row (left to right): Jim Brannam, John Norman, Te...

In 1907, William H M Bagley, Vicar of Pilton, wrote an account of Pilton Priory and St Mary's Church which was published by Sydney Harper & Sons of Barnstaple. As he says himself, "this little...

The photograph of the entire Pilton School, still in its building next to St Mary's Church, was posted on Facebook in September 2014 by Margaret Menzies. She has identified the teachers as Miss Tu...