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PILTON CHURCH, BARNSTAPLE : UNVEILING OF MEMORIAL WINDOW TO THE FALLEN
On Thursday 27th May 1920, the North Devon Journal reported the unveiling of the memorial west window in the Church of St Mary the Virgin. The memorial to those of the parish who fell in the Great...
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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 Men from Pilton Parish who died in the Great War 1914-18
This plaque names the thirty-nine men of Pilton Parish who fought and lost their lives in the Great War 1914-18 and are commemorated below the West Window of St Mary’s Church. The simple but effec...
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The Story of 27 and 27a Pilton Street
These two houses are 27 and 27a Pilton Street. In Victorian/Edwardian times they were the Pilton Street Post Office. John Davy Thomas had kept the post office for nearly 30 years prior to his dea...
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The Parish and Parish Church of Pilton
In 1961 the late Clifford Davies of Pilton compiled an account of the parish and parish church of Pilton which was published by Graham Cumming Ltd of Ramsgate. The account covered the early histor...
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The Post Office, 27 Pilton Street
The post office in the middle of Pilton Street (No.27) in Victorian/Edwardian times. The house later became the hairdressing salon of Doris Fisher, was then turned into Poppy's Cafe, then Crumbles ...
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Molecatching for a penny and telegram boy for a tanner - Eric Sanders...
Eric remembers his childhood having to leave Pilton and earning sixpences for gardening, catching moles and sending their skins to a London dealer, delivering telegrams including some to a man who ...
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