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The Family of Rev Anthony Geering of Pilton Church in 1986
Rev Anthony Geering was Rector of St Mary's Church, Pilton, from 1981 to 1986. This photograph shows him with his family taken from a Stewardship Campaign Leaflet of 1986. With him are his wife, ...
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Rev Anthony Geering proclaiming at the first Pilton Festival in 1982
This photograph is one of the few good pictures we have found of the Rev Anthony Geering, Vicar of Pilton and the man credited with the idea of the modern Pilton Festival in 1982. The anecdotal ev...
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Pilton Festival : The Early Years : A personal view by Ian Thomas
Ian Thomas became Deputy Headmaster of The Bluecoat C.E. Junior School, Pilton in January 1978. In 1982 he got involved in the Rev. Anthony Geering's idea of resurrecting Pilton Festival - an even...
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The 1982 Pilton Festival Programme
This is the programme of the first Pilton Festival of the new era in 1982. The Festival lasted from 24th June until 25th July. The programme was introduced by Anthony Geering, Vicar of Pilton. I...
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Incumbents of St Mary's Church Pilton since 1600 (with Ashford sinc...
No Dates Name 1 1600-1605 Joseph Smyth 2 1605-1613 Morgan Davies 3 1613-1614 Francis Sharton 4 1614-1616 Nicholas Shukstone 5 1616-1651 Roger Bomcher 6 1651-1681 Joseph Ayres 7 1681-1695 ...
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Pilton's Feast of Merriment July 1982
This was the report of the first Pilton Festival Pageant, Parade and Fair, held on 24th July 1982, in the North Devon Journal of 29th July. The Pageant depicted people and events throughout Pilton...
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Pilton Festival - A Short History
A charter for an annual Market and Fair in Pilton was believed to have been granted by Edward III in 1344. The modern Festival was inaugurated in 1982 by the then vicar, Rev Anthony Geering, and l...
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Film of the First Pilton Festival 1982
As the oldest part of Barnstaple, Pilton was granted a charter to hold an annual market by Edward III in the 14th Century. In 1982, the Rector of St Mary's Church - Rev. Anthony Geering - was inst...
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