Plantation is a small hamlet situated near Troon, Camborne. The chapel was called ‘Plantation’ because it was built in a wooded area owned by the St Aubyn family. This profile of Plantation Wesleyan Chapel has been compiled by Suzanne Trythall Lead map shows the location of first chapel on 1888 map 1832: the…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – Plantation Wesleyan Chapel”
Manaccan is a civil parish and village on the Lizard peninsula in south Cornwall about five miles (8 km) south-southwest of Falmouth. This profile of Manaccan Wesleyan Chapel has been compiled by Terry Moyle. Manaccan Chapel is situated about a mile out of Manaccan village at High Lanes where the first chapel was built…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – Manaccan Wesleyan Chapel”
Have you ever been caught having extra-marital sex? Ever been a community leader, or public figure, and gone against your community’s wishes? Ever withheld pay from your employees? Ever been a ‘blackleg’? Ever brought shame on your kin, and/or your neighbourhood? If, in 1800s Cornwall, you answered ‘yes’ to one or more of the above…Continue Reading “Effigy Burning in Nineteenth Century Cornwall”
This account by Les Donnithorne, a Mitchell man, was discovered after his death. It is the recollections of someone whose only motivation was to record the history of his village. His son, also Les, was determined that his father’s story should be made public and joined with Cornish historian, Tony Mansell, to publish it here,…Continue Reading “Mitchell – As I Recall It”
Garras is a hamlet in the parish of Mawgan in Meneage. It lies on the B3293 road from St Keverne to Helston. This profile of Garras Wesleyan Chapel (Later MawganHigher) has been compiled by Terry Moyle. The two chapels in Mawgan in Meneage were located at Garras on the main road from St. Keverne…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – Garras Wesleyan Chapel/ Mawgan In Meneage Higher Chapel”
Garras is a hamlet in the parish of Mawgan in Meneage. It lies on the B3293 road from St. Keverne to Helston. This profile of Garras UMFC (Later Mawgan Lower) has been compiled by Terry Moyle. Garras UMFC 1884-1907 Garras UMC 1907-1932 Later known as Mawgan Lower – closed in 1953 and united with…Continue Reading “Mapping Methodism – Garras UMFC (Later Mawgan Lower)”