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The ‘Ladywell’ Murder
This is the true tale of a killing in the heart of olde Pilton in 1238, taken from Crown Pleas in a volume of the Devon and Cornwall Records Society.
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Eric Sanders : 1919 - 2015
This archive item tells the story of some of the family and long life of Eric Sanders who was born in Pilton in April 1919 and who lived in many different places around Devon - Barnstaple, Brayford...
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Some Account of Pilton Priory and Church by William Bagley 1907
In 1907, William H M Bagley, Vicar of Pilton, wrote an account of Pilton Priory and St Mary's Church which was published by Sydney Harper & Sons of Barnstaple. As he says himself, "this little...
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Some Memories of St Mary's Church Choir, Pilton in 1970s and 1980s
Richard Westacott was a member of Pilton Church Choir in the 1970s and 1980s - in the days when Eric Ashton was Choirmaster and Rev James West was the vicar. Later he also sang under Choirmaster J...
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The Pilton Long Stone Excavation 1967
In 1967 the North Devon Archaeological Society carried out an excavation of the Pilton Long Stone which stands at the junction of Under Minnow Road and Bellaire, originally on a rocky hillock known...
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Pilton Glove Factory : A Personal View by Jennie Hobbs
This is a very personal view of Pilton Glove Factory told by Jennie Hobbs who worked there from September 1939 until 1969 when the owners, Dent & Allcroft, closed it down. Jennie started as a ...
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St Margaret's Leper Hospital
St. Margaret’s Leper Hospital, founded almost 900 years ago, was sited at the lower end of Pilton Street. It was commemorated by incorporating a small garden at the corner house,122 Pilton Street w...
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May Belles and Wedding Bells in Sixties’ Pilton
Susan Roscoe, age 16, left her family home in Fair View, Pilton, with her parents, one brother and five sisters and emigrated to Australia in1970. In this fascinating note she recounts her time as...
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