Pilton West
Pilton West photos (14 available)
Pilton West maps (2 available)
Map of Devon
Beautifully hand-drawn and coloured, dating from around 1840
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Pilton West books (24 available)
Barnstaple Town Walk Guide
Paperback
Exmoor Photographic Memories
Paperback
South Devon Living Memories
Paperback
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The parked car is outside my great uncle's cobbler and shoe shop. When I was eight, I spent time 'working' in the shop for a few pennies The church opposite was where the local Brownies met weekly of which I was one.
A memory of Barnstaple contributed by Charlotte Beer
Railway info.
The furniture van to the left will have been carried to Barnstaple by rail. There were special low 'road vehicle trucks' onto which these vans could be loaded and moved long distances around the country. and it is standing next to the end loading docks at this end of the station.
A memory of Barnstaple contributed by The Frith Memory Archivist
Railway info.
Date of this photograph is c1874/75 as the railway viaduct is complete.
A memory of Barnstaple contributed by The Frith Memory Archivist
Railway info.
The building on the left is a carriage shed, used for holding spare passenger vehicles under cover. It is from the North Devon Railway in the 1850s and still appears to have broad gauge track (7ft gauge - not removed until 1877) laid into it. Access was by means of a small turntable just off the picture to the left. The Ilfracombe Railway is being built - the low embankment can just be seen with what appears to be temporary track on it - and the girders of the river bridge are in place but work is continuing on the line - see the works yard at this end of the bridge. There are no signals in ...read more here
A memory of Barnstaple contributed by The Frith Memory Archivist
Extracts From Pilton West & Devon books
St Mary’s was originally part of a Benedictine Priory, one of several founded by King Athelstan. The priory went
the same way as many others at the dissolution of the monasteries in 1533 but St Mary’s, dedicated by Bishop
Bronescombe in 1259, was spared.
An extract from from"Devon Churches Photographic Memories".
The Green is now built over. This picture shows the Union Workhouse. Subsequently, it would become the
Alexandra Hospital, which remained in business until 1978 when the new North Devon General hospital was
opened.
An extract from from"Barnstaple Photographic Memories".
This picture faces the opposite direction to the previous one. The cabman’s shelter seen in photographs 49616 &
64564 on pages 34 to 36 is still in place. On the left, The Golden Lion was a 17th century merchant’s house. Today
it is called The Bank inn. This district was known locally as The Hearts of Oak.
An extract from from"Barnstaple Photographic Memories".
By the time this picture was taken, the trees had gown to an enormous size and needed surgery. The river still pro-
vided scope for pleasure boating and Shapland & Petter’s factory had grown to its full size. Today, boating is but a memory.
An extract from from"Barnstaple Photographic Memories".
All is tranquil a couple of miles up-river of Barnstaple. The L&SW railway follows the river almost from the water-
shed at Copplestone near Crediton, 30 miles away. The houses on the left are at Bishops Tawton; the riverside walk
is still available for those who seek peace and solitude.
An extract from from"Barnstaple Photographic Memories".