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Private Ronald Frayne of Pilton Street was 21 when he died on March 8th 1916 helping to relieve British comrades besieged inside the city of Kut, near Baghdad, He was one of five children of John...

Private Frank Norman was born in Barnstaple in 1894 to William and Susanna Norman and lived at 47, Bradiford. Prior to enlisting with the 1st Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment, just after the o...

Sapper William James Norman was born in Barnstaple in May 1885, the eldest son of William and Susanna Norman of 47, Bradiford. He married Mary Ellen ‘Nell’ Norman (neé Ford) in 1907 and lived at 1...

A blue plaque has recently been placed on the wall of Fairfield (formerly part of Broadgate Villa) in Bellaire, Pilton, to commemorate the life of short story writer Hector Hugh Munro, alias Saki, ...

The Three Tuns was once a very popular pub on Barnstaple High Street and was marketed as "the oldest tavern in the oldest street in the oldest borough in Britain" - not completely true but a good s...

In January 1915, the North Devon Journal wrote up the experiences of a Pilton man after enlisting in the 1st Devons just before World War I broke out in July 1914. After four months training, Priv...

The lawn of Pilton House in 1916 looked much as it does today almost 100 years later although, at that time, the long verandah on the east side of the house did not exist. See also http://vimp.the...