Pictures

The Pilton Story has created a new memorial in Rotary Gardens which honours and remembers the men and the women of Pilton who served in World War I. It was unveiled by Barnstaple Mayor Ian Roome o...

This photograph from Green Man Day 1995 shows (from left to right) Barum Brewer Tim Webster (as the Green Man), John Knight (a Bradiford Resident), Ken Vagg (a Pilton resident and chiropracter) and...

This photograph from the papers of the late Jennie Hobbs of Pilton, who died in September 2017, shows a class of girls from the Central Girls’ School, Barnstaple, in 1937. No specific references t...

This handwritten reference from Mr Frederick Rainbow of 23 Pilton Street, Barnstaple, dated February 28, 1899, is for his foreman Charles Elks. Charles Elks has been in my employ as Foreman for al...

In April 1909, Alfred Edward Hobbs, 16 year old son of Alfred Edward Hobbs Senior (a mason’s labourer), was indentured, for four years and 9 months, as an apprentice moulder to Thomas S Colbourne o...

In July 1997, Soroptimist International (SI) organised an Evening of Tudor Music and Readings “Pastimes with Good Company” in St Mary’s Church which was followed by a wine and cheese party in the C...

In 1996 this Hoopla Stall was one of the attractions at the annual Pilton Festival in July. Located outside Pilton House, it raised money in aid of the Residential Home. Players also had the chan...