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Bradiford residents celebrated the end of the 2nd World War with at least one party. In this case it was in fancy dress, with several couples choosing to cross-dress for the occasion. They included...

Builders Hobbs and Smith worked out of premises at the bottom of Bradiford Hill, at the entrance to what is now Meadow Road. The right hand picture shows a carnival float outside the company's buil...

The fire destroyed much of the interior and all but the sturdiest timbers of the house beside the main road out of Bradiford towards Ilfracombe. It was on July 18 1974. The building was also floode...

This OS 6" to the Mile Map dated 1890 has been posted in the archive to accompany the 2020 paper by Wendy Clarke 'The Origins of Barnstaple and Pilton: New Perspectives on Old Settlements' publish...

In a 2020 paper published in the Transactions of the Devonshire Association, Wendy Clarke has re-examined the Anglo-Saxon origins of Barnstaple and Pilton. The relationship between these close neig...

Henry John Turberville, who was formerly known as Henry John Blackmore and was the elder brother of Richard Doddridge (R D) Blackmore, the author of 'Lorna Doone', died in very mysterious circumsta...

The first Pilton Festival was a two month series of events in June and July of 1982, and as part of the festivities a 'King' was proclaimed on the day of the Medieval Market and Historical Pageant ...