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Blotter-Calendar Year Book 1924-25 for St Mary's Church, Pilton and...
Blotter-calendar year books appear to have been published by churches around England in the 1920s and 1930s particularly. In the centre of the 12 page document pink blotting paper was bound in. T...
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A Brief History of Rawle, Gammon & Baker in Pilton : 1850 to date
Rawle, Gammon & Baker, known as RGB, was formed in 1850 when Samuel Rawle, a Barnstaple shipbroker, joined forces with William Gammon, a Barnstaple builder. They set up business as timber impo...
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Pottington Point c1860-70 before the Ilfracombe Railway was built
This photograph of Pottington Point on the River Taw from 1860-70 is taken from about where the new Taw Bridge at Barnstaple (opened in 2007) now crosses the river. It shows limestone from Wales u...
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Pilton Women's Institute at Pilton Festival as Puritans probably in...
Probably at the first Pilton Festival in 1982, the Pilton Women's Institute (WI) dressed as Puritans. Here they are seen in Pilton Park. back row, left to right: Kath Ashby, (Joyce Thorne behind)...
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The Story of Pilton Cricket Club by John Norman
This document tells the story of Pilton Cricket Club, now Barnstaple & Pilton Cricket Club, through the eyes of Pilton born and bred John Norman. Formed as Pilton Bible Class before the II Wor...
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Lion House, Bradiford, formerly known as 'Brooklands' in about...
Now known as Lion House, this house has remained substantially unchanged. It was formerly known as 'Brooklands'. Thanks to Christine and Ian Lewin for this photograph.
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Pilton Women's Institute Pantomime 'Cinderella' in the e...
Pilton WI staged pantomimes in Pilton Church Hall during the 1970s and early 1980s. This one is 'Cinderella' with a cast of, left to right, Pauline West, Janet Richards, Margaret Scott, the witch ...
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The History of the Reform Inn, Pilton
This document, which anciently belonged to Ilfracombe Parish Church, tells some of the history of the Reform Inn, in Reform Street, Pilton, which was already in existence in 1717, although not then...
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