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Pilton’s Role in the Development of Barnstaple's Water Supply from ...
This 1400-word article from the North Devon Journal of March 1933 reported a talk by the Manager of the Barnstaple Water Company, C. N Wood, to the Rotary Club of Barnstaple. The story begins in 1...
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GREAT FIRE AT RAWLEIGH FACTORY IN 1869 AS REPORTED IN THE NORTH DEVON JO...
In around 1863, the Messrs Shapland and Petter established a water-powered factory at Rawleigh where it regularly employed one hundred hands in the manufacture of suites of furniture, marble mantel...
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Advertisement for the Raleigh Sanitary Steam Laundry 1914
This advertisement for the Raleigh Sanitary Steam Laundry was found in 'The Barnstaple Book of Cookery' published in 1914. In the book there is a description: "The Barnstaple book of cookery publi...
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Pilton Entries in the Barnstaple Kelly's Directory of 1941
This document is an extract of the 'businesses' in the Pilton area (Pilton, Raleigh, Yeo Vale, Pottington, Bradiford and Rolle Quay) listed in the 1941 Kelly's Directory of Barnstaple and Neighbour...
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Flood Risk on River Yeo at Raleigh December 2012
Following a long period of heavy rain, the River Yeo burst its banks at Raleigh on Saturday 22nd December 2012 and threatened the adjacent properties on Greenmeadow Drive, Claude Dix Close and Rale...
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The Pilton Story Library
Thanks to the generosity of people within the Pilton Community, we have a small collection of books relevant to the history of Pilton and the surrounding area. Some of these books are available to...
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