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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...

It is difficult to believe, given how narrow the River Yeo at Pilton is today, that there was once a thriving shipbuilding industry in Pilton dating back to the mid-18th century and lasting beyond ...

"Growing up with parents who had a passion for fishing it was hardly surprising that we children would follow. Before these adventures along the river beds could take place some rag worm (bait) ha...

At the age of 82, Phyllis Allen of 123 Pilton Street found herself with a court order against her to stop feeding the ducks from the River Yeo. It was judged that they were creating a traffic haza...

In around 1984, the old bridge over the River Yeo, on what is now the B3149 to Braunton, was demolished and rebuilt. This photograph shows the demolition work partly completed by E Thomas Construc...

This photograph was taken in 1962 or 63 in the area between the houses of Fair View and the River Yeo where the Fair View Car Park is in 2014. We understand it was then called Murray Fields. The ...

Under the influence of high spring tides, low pressure, strong SW winds and high flows in the River Yeo, Pilton Park was seriously flooded early on 3rd January 2014, the water depth reaching about ...