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Ellen and Samuel Blake of The Rock, Pilton
Ellen and Samuel Blake were married in 1904 and lived at 50, The Rock until they died. Ellen was a midwife while Samuel was a fellmonger and worked at Sanders on Pilton Bridge. They had three chi...
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The Blake Family of 50, The Rock, Circa 1910
Samuel and Ellen Blake pose in Sunday best with their three children, Agnes May (the elder daughter), Flossie and John William Henry (known as Bill). Sam and Ellen married in 1904. He worked as a f...
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Pilton Signal Box on the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway
The Pilton Signal Box on the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway was located beside Pilton Causeway, close to the then operational headquarters and goods yard of the railway company. The iron post top...
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A 1935 advertisment for houses at the Pilton Building Estate now Priory ...
This advertisment appeared in 1935 for houses on the Pilton Building Estate in what is now Priory Close, Pilton close to Pilton Abbey and Lake Cottages. The builder was A. F. Beer and the houses a...
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Commemoration of Haile Selassi's Exile to England held in Rock Park...
Following the invasion of Ethiopia by the Italians in 1935, Emperor Haile Selassie fled to exile in 1936 and eventually ended up in Fairfield House, Bath, England, where he remained until 1941 when...
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