Pictures

In 1953 the Borough of Barnstaple sold 1.7 acres (0.7 hectares) of land now occupied by Barnstaple Fire Station and the houses immediately surrounding it to Devon County Council close to ‘the Pilto...

In May 1918 the Broadgate Estate and the Contents of Broadgate House on Bellaire owned by Mrs Hibbert were sold by auction. The sale of the contents was reported as follows in the North Devon Jour...

As part of the first Pilton Festival of the modern era, held in June and July 1982, a Medieval Market was held in Pilton Street on Saturday 24th July. This is a scene from that day. This link will...

Before the County Bench at Barnstaple yesterday Otto Leopold Trechmann, landowner and farmer, of Westaway, Pilton, Barnstaple' pleaded "Guilty" to selling by retail fresh milk other than under the ...

Our readers have often been amused by reading contributions from the pen of " Saki." We much regret that that pleasure will no more be theirs; for news has just reached this country that he was kil...

This photograph shows Pilton milkman George Huxtable delivering milk in Braunton Road in 1944. George Huxtable’s dairy was at 32 Pilton Street and he had his cows on land on the north side of Pilt...

This photograph of the pupils of Pilton School dates from 1924 when it was in the building immediately to the west of St Mary’s Church. For the moment we have only identified Kathleen Huxtable, wh...