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Pilton Almshouses Archway
An atmospheric portrait of the archway entrance to the Feoffee Cottages (almshouses) at the top of Pilton Street, sometime in the Victorian era. The archway was built in 1849/50 and paid for partl...
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Top of Pilton Street 1885
A familiar view of the top of Pilton Street in unfamiliar conditions, i.e. empty of people and vehicles, possibly early on a summer morning before anyone was up. The almshouses appear not to have c...
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PILTON BELL SCHOOL
The term ‘Bell School’ was first used in 1811 when Dr. Bell was a Minister of the Anglican Church in Madras, where he educated orphan children in the military asylum. With a scarcity of teachers, ...
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Pilton Street in around 1900
This photograph of Pilton Street looking north from around the Lower Almhouses is thought to date from around 1900. Note that there is a building standing where today there is the garden of the Low...
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The Feoffee Cottages or Upper Almshouses at the top of Pilton Street in ...
The Feoffee Cottages or Upper Almshouses are of unknown origin and may date back to 1577. Previously referred to as the Church Houses, they were demolished and the stone-built almshouses shown her...
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Fined for Cycling Furiously in Pilton Street
Eric Sanders’ grandparents and auntie ran Pilton Post Office, a familiar landmark which later became a hairdressing salon, then a restaurant and is now a private house. Eric’s father was a keen cyc...
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