This impressive publication brings together the work of a team of researchers who cover the stories of women in relation to areas like maritime communities, banking, eighteenth century politics, First World War, landed estates and song. Published by Cornish Story Copies are available – £10 (plus postage) from the Institute – to order please…Continue Reading “Cornish Herstory edited by Dr Lesley Trotter of the Institute of Cornish Studies.”
Carbis Bay lies 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of St Ives on the western coast of St Ives Bay. This profile of Carbis Bay Wesleyan Chapel has been compiled by Val Thomas of St Ives Old Cornwall Society. This area of what we now know as Carbis Bay used to be referred to as Uny,…Continue Reading ” Mapping Methodism -Carbis Water Wesleyan / Carbis Bay Wesleyan”
While clearing a ditch in that magical upland of West Penwith, just below the great hill-fort of Chûn, a farmer gradually revealed a relic from the distant past – a well with lintels of moorstone. Its age is uncertain, its magic undeniable From sunlit morn of dusty day Down steps worn smooth By countless…Continue Reading “Bosullow Well, a poem by David Oates”
Article written by Val Thomas, St Ives Old Cornwall. Bedford Road was built in 1899 on land originally owned by Edward Hain of The Terrace, then Treloyhan. He also owned the Manor House opposite the chapel which was in an area then called Green Court. This building had originally been owned by the…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – Bedford Road Methodist New Connexion/Wesleyan Church, St Ives.”
This profile of the chapels of Cury has been compiled by Brenda Lawrence. It differs from other profiles in that it includes more than one strand of Methodism – the Wesleyans and the Association Methodists. The old chapel which became a carpenter’s shop © Penelope Oates
First published in the Old Cornwall Society Journal Vol. XII, No. 4 in Spring 1999. The Plain-an-gwarry in 1996. Note the evidence in the granite stones of Feast Day hand drilling contests (Photo: Michael Tangye) Michael Tangye (Whythrer Meyn) of Redruth brings us an intriguing story of a conflict which could have led…Continue Reading “The Plain-an-gwarry at St Just: its conservation and restoration”