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Broadgate Villa, Pilton with the Desborough Family in 1858
This early photograph of 1858 shows the south side of Broadgate Villa in Pilton with fourteen of the family of Henry Desborough who lived there until his death in 1862. Broadgate Villa was built a...
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The Story of Engineering at No 12 Pilton Street
In the early nineteenth century No 12 Pilton Street was the site of a malthouse, four houses and a garden. By the 1840s Joseph Laramy from South Molton had established a woolstapling business. Wh...
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Pilton Church Seating in Victorian Days
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...
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End of 1914-18 War Peace Celebration at 15 Ladywell
At the end of the First World War (1914-18) the young people of Pilton Glove Factory celebrated with a Garden Party at 15 Ladywell now the home of Jennie Hobbs. Thanks to Jennie Hobbs for the phot...
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Pilton Girls' Friendly Society Play in about 1920
Girls Friendly Society play just after the First World War, about 1920, either on Pilton House Verandah or in Pilton Church Hall. The cast includes Nell Reed (later Murch), Jane Bartlett, ??? Popha...
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