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Mary Passmore's grandparents cottage in Pilton Street
Mary Passmore's grandparents - Jane and William Bartlett - lived at 8 Pilton Quay (behind the cottage at the front which is 1 Pilton Street) here in the cottage at the foot of Pilton Street. The vi...
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Feoffee Cottages, Pilton
This row of seven, two-storey almshouses in brown slatestone, which are probably 17th century in origin and in a Tudor style, was enlarged and rebuilt by the Reverend Thomas Boweller in 1849 as a w...
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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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Pilton Church Hall formerly The Unicorn Inn
The building which is now the Church Hall in Pilton Street has survived many changes during its long history, much of which will never be known as early records are rare, so the building itself tel...
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Fined for Cycling Furiously in Pilton Street
Eric Sanders’ grandparents and auntie ran Pilton Post Office, a familiar landmark which later became a hairdressing salon, then a restaurant and is now a private house. Eric’s father was a keen cyc...
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The Bells of St Mary's, Pilton
The three most noticeable parts of St Mary’s Church, Pilton are the tower, clearly visible over the Alms Houses at the top of Pilton Street, the bells which ring out across the village every Tuesda...
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View from the top of Pilton Street around 1900
The view from the top of Pilton Street around 1900 – instantly recognisable, but strangely empty without vehicular traffic. On the left, with a handcart outside, is a small general shop, one of th...
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