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OS Map Accompanying 'The Origins of Barnstaple and Pilton'
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...
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A Ring Through History : Another Version of the Story of the Prior’s Ring
When the churchyard of St Mary’s Church, Pilton, was extended to the north in 1867, the beautiful gold and sapphire Prior’s Ring was found in a ball of clay under an ash tree. A paper by John Cherr...
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Mr William Thomas of Pilton with his wife Miss Pickard of Shirwell
William Thomas, the son of John Davy Thomas of Pilton, was initially a schoolmaster at Shirwell School and at Swimbridge, and then at Heanton where he was the first master of the Board School. He ...
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BARNSTAPLE AND NORTH DEVON HORSE SHOW at Pilton Lawn in July 1877
The following is a report of the Barnstaple and North Devon Horse Show, held at Pilton Lawn in July 1877, in the Somerset County Gazette of 14th July 1877. From reports in other years, this seems ...
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Olive Fewing and Lydia May Mortimer with Michael Mortimer in the 1940s
Nigel Mortimer, the son of Lydia May Mortimer, posted this photograph of, left to right, his aunt Olive Fewing (née Williams), his brother Michael Mortimer and his mother Lydia May Mortimer (also n...
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Bill and Mary Norman of 5 Pilton Street
This photograph shows Bill and Mary Norman, who lived at No 5 Pilton Street, with their daughter-in-law Rosemary (known as Rose) Norman (née Walker) and their grand-daughter Lisa Curtis outside the...
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Pilton Quay Buildings in the 1950s
Harry Murch has written about his early life living on Pilton Quay in the early 1950s. Download this short document with the story. Many thanks to Harry for sharing this with The Pilton Story.
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The Story of Doris Fisher’s Hairdressing Salon at 27 Pilton Street
This is the story of the hairdressing salon of Doris Fisher at 27 Pilton Street, the first in Pilton. It opened when Doris returned to England from South Africa in 1955, a few years after the deat...
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