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Sir Allen Apsley, Royalist Governor of Barnstaple 1645-6
Sir Allen Apsley, the Royalist Governor of Barnstaple in1645-6, is the man credited with ordering the demolition of Pilton Church tower and spire for metal for the manufacture of cannon and lead sh...
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The Tower of St Mary's Church, Pilton
It is difficult to imagine the tower of Pilton Church topped with a lead spire, similar to the ones at Ashford, Barnstaple, Braunton, Swimbridge and others in North Devon. However, that was the ca...
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NOTES ON THE PRIORY OF SAINT MARY, AT PILTON 1867
This document is taken from the Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, 1867. It is a paper written by Townshend M Hall, FGS, on the history ...
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