A Dame School (Thomas George Webster 1800-1886) By Tony Mansell Prior to the Elementary Education Act of 1870, 1 the state took no responsibility for schooling and those who wanted their children to receive lessons had to rely on charity or private arrangements. There appears to have been many small schools offering such a service…Continue Reading “Dame Schools as a part of the Cornish Education System”
Passing the Banjo Pier at Looe (Photo: Courtesy Lyndon Allen) (Links are in blue) This Month’s Cornish Articles and Poems The Dondu In the church of St Germanus at ancient Lanaled, there survives a carved Misericorde seat showing a Huntsman and his Dandy Dogs. This is the terrifying story of the Dondu; the…Continue Reading “Newsletter July 2026”
Horse team heading for Charlestown with China Clay 1900 (Photo: Courtesy Lyndon Allen) (Links are in blue) This Month’s Cornish Articles and Poems The Life and Times of Sidney Zaccarius Penpraze – The White Winged Chough “Tis right nuff Pard, I was attacked an I consider meself lucky to ave escaped with me life: I…Continue Reading “Newsletter June 2026”
Suzanne Trythal has profiled Trebarwith United Methodist Chapel Trebarwith is a hamlet in the parish of Tintagel in North Cornwall. Remains of chapel September 2025 1907 map of village 1891 Census: chapel recorded between entries 139 and 140 – the Lobb family at entry 143 purchased the chapel and land in 1922 …Continue Reading “Trebarwith United Methodist Chapel”
Suzanne Trythall has compiled this profile of Penzance Chapel Street Wesleyan Chapel. Penzance is a town, civil parish and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall. 1814: By 1800 the Wesleyans were meeting in a building in Queen Street in which John Wesley himself had preached in 1789. They left this building for their…Continue Reading “Penzance Chapel Street Wesleyan Chapel”
A second portrait of St Ives by the late Mary Quick (1929-2021) who was born and raised there. It was probably written circa 2015. We are grateful to her family for allowing it to be published here. For many years, St Ives has been recognised as a popular resort, famous for its white sand and…Continue Reading “St Ives by Mary Quick”