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Pilton Bellringers’ Record Run to Bude in 1912
You have to be amazed by some of the things that went on in Pilton 100 years ago. In July 1912 the bellringers of Pilton Parish Church went on a record breaking run to Bude with a ‘coach and four’....
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Repair of the Cockerel Weather Vane on St Mary's Church, Pilton, in...
This short article tells the story of the golden cockerel on the top of St Mary's Church, Pilton, and its repair after it fell from the tower in January 1990. It is reported as having been install...
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James Edward Blacksell 1912 - 1987
Margaret Reed, Barnstaple historian, has written here about James Edward Blacksell, sometimes known as 'Blackie', who was a Barnstaple teacher and headmaster, a national promoter of the Arts, an im...
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