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Parish magazine articles by Derek Jarrett

A review of Bells of Memory 

Newspaper article on the bomb that dropped on the village in the 1940s.

Article on a Pirton resident who went to Crimea with Florence Nightingale

The Diggers in Hertfordshire  By M Tomkins

Article on the vicars at St Marys

Henry Denne St Marys curate that fought in Cromwell’s army

The Industries, Customs and Superstitions of Pirton

My working life by Arthur Jarvis

The 19th century appeal for funds to restore the church.

A guide to St Marys Church 1975 by David and Teresa Jamieson

A history of the village by David and Teresa Jamieson

Clare Baines remembers some houses in the village

King Edward Grammar School in Pirton 1943-45

The mens’ harvest supper at Walnut Tree Farm by Joy Franklin

Pirtonian who invented the emergency phone number by Linda Clark

The Highdown branch of the British and Foreign Bible Society

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