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Pilton Festival, reported in the North Devon Journal Herald on July 8th ...
This picture is of the full page spread about the first Pilton Festival in the modern era published in the North Devon Journal-Herald on 8th July 1982. The centrepiece article by Graham Andrews ca...
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When a doctor sold herbs to keep the plague at bay : July 1982
This is a transcription of an article by Graham Andrews which was the centrepiece of a full page spread in the North Devon Journal-Herald on Thursday 8th July 1982 about the very first Pilton Festi...
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Pilton Panto 1998 : 'Cinderella'
The Pilton Productions Panto in January 1998 was variation on the classic story of 'Cinderella' complete with Fairy Godmother, Ugly Sisters and Buttons and raised money for Pathfield School and the...
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PROBABLY THE LAST PINT DRAWN AT THE NEW INN, PILTON STREET, IN 1969
This photograph shows Lilian Mabel Stevens (née Perkins) and she is thought to be drawing the last pint of Whitbread beer in the New Inn at 29/30 Pilton Street before it closed in 1969. Margaret R...
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Further Notes on the Hartnoll Family of North Devon
This document has been prepared by Pilton Historian Margaret Reed giving additional information on the Hartnoll Family to supplement the account written by Anne Bishop and uploaded into The Pilton ...
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The Lake Almshouses, Pilton
The four Lake Almshouses are to be found at the very eastern end of Underminnow Road, Pilton. They belonged to the pre-Reformation Guild of the Blessed Virgin Mary and were entirely rebuilt in 186...
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Remembering Albert Linacre
In September 2015, Albert Linacre, a long time resident who was instrumental in making Pilton the vibrant community it is today, passed way at the age of 85. Born in Birmingham in 1930, Albert att...
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The Turnpike Roads of Pilton 1763 – 1879
This short article by local Pilton historian Margaret Reed tells the story of the Turnpike Trust created in Barnstaple in the 18th Century and how this affected the roads in Pilton. Nationally roa...
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