Pictures

This Triumphal Arch was erected by Lt Col William Harding of Upcott House as a personal commemoration of his military exploits when fighting in the Peninsular War (1807-1814) which, incidentally, w...

One edition of Pilton 'Stars in Your Eyes' took place in May 2008. Produced by Odd Couple Productions – aka Helen Clark-Hayton and Ced Piper – the aim was to raise money for charities. Fourteen wa...

Claire Helliwell sent us this photograph, among others, which document some of the activities of the Pilton Women’s Institute. Her mother, Eileen German (née Sprague), took the photograph. With he...

This picture was possibly taken in 1983 on Stir-Up Sunday – the Sunday immediately before Advent Sunday when Christmas puddings and cakes were traditionally made. It is taken in Bluecoat School in...

Among the many charities which took stalls at Pilton Green Man Day, or Pilton Festival as it was known back in the day, was the Barnstaple Hard of Hearing Club. This photograph from Mary Passmore ...

At an early Pilton Festival event of the 1980s or 1990s, Helen Chugg (left) and Marion Sanders are running a stall under the archway leading to St Mary’s Church, Pilton, for people to decorate Euro...

Until 1965 Barnstaple Fire Station was located at the Barnstaple end of Pilton Causeway. This photograph shows some of those attending the Barnstaple Station Fire Brigade Christmas Dinner in 1963....