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Cornish Story is an initiative created with the vision to promote a greater knowledge of Cornwall and the Cornish Diaspora overseas. Unique, exclusive stories and films are combined with articles relating to all aspects of Cornish culture in the past and present.
CURRENT PROJECTS
Mapping Methodism
The project team led by Garry Tregidga and Tony Mansell would like to hear from volunteer researchers who would be interested in the study of chapels and other related sites (e.g. outdoor preaching pits) at the local level. more info
RECENT ARTICLES
- Joseph Dingle v. Charles Rashleigh: Peeling back 250 years of mythJoseph Dingle v. Charles Rashleigh: Peeling back 250 years of myth By Lyndon Allen, 2026 The origins of the modern transformation of Charlestown are not rooted simply in aristocratic enterprise, but in the bleak realities of the eighteenth-century parish poor law system. Richard Larn records that Joseph Dingle was taken out of the St. Austell…Continue Reading “Joseph Dingle v. Charles Rashleigh: Peeling back 250 years of myth”
- Morvalwen: The vengeful Mermaid of Seaton BayBy Robert Burroughs Three fishermen of Seythyn sailed o’er the Pleg-mor to cast their nets. Back and forth they tacked across the wind then turned for the final run home. They grasped the lines of their net to haul it in. They strained and heaved; they paused to breathe, then heaved again. Had they…Continue Reading “Morvalwen: The vengeful Mermaid of Seaton Bay”
- Cap’n Dick’s Puffing Devil – a poem by David OatesCap’n Dick’s Puffing Devil Camborne is now largely defined by the annual celebration of its most famous son. The crowning glory of those celebrations came when a working replica of his great engine re-created the run “up Camburn Hill” in 2001. From out of the past he came, Out of the pauper’s grave,…Continue Reading “Cap’n Dick’s Puffing Devil – a poem by David Oates”
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The home of Cornish Culture in Mid-Cornwall
Cornish Story is a part of the Rescorla Centre based in the village of Rescorla
