Researched and compiled by Tony Mansell, Bard of Gorsedh Kernow and a member of St Agnes Old Cornwall Society. Updated 2022 Revised but not updated: March 2025 Introduction From An account of all inns, taverns and ale houses in the kingdom, we find that in 1577, the ale taverns in St Agnes…Continue Reading “A Compilation of Taverns, Inns and Public Houses of St Agnes Parish”
Tony Mansell is in frivolous mood as he brings us another slice of brass band history involving our hero, Billy Annear. It’s from an article from the Cornish Telegraph of the 14th of August 1913 and is very heavily garnished with Cornish dialect. You may recall The Extraordinary Band Contest, an article involving the…Continue Reading “Billy at the Band Contest”
An almshouse is defined as “a unit of residential accommodation (usually a house or flat) which belongs to a charity, is provided exclusively to meet the charity’s purposes (for example, the relief of financial need or infirmity) and is occupied or is available for occupation under a licence by a qualified beneficiary”1. The Henry Williams…Continue Reading “The Pydar Street Almshouses”
Although we are unable to establish a firm date in which the following event took place, we can be sure that it was at a time when most people lived religious lives and almost everything they did between birth and death involved the local church or chapel. If however, there was one thing which…Continue Reading “Paddy the Smuggler”
A compilation of Truro public houses, past and present, up to the year 2000, researched and compiled by Tony Mansell, Bard of Gorsedh Kernow and a member of St Agnes Old Cornwall Society, and Bob Teague, a member of Truro Old Cornwall Society. Introduction Following this introduction and the overview, you will find information…Continue Reading “A Compilation of Taverns, Inns and Public Houses of Truro”
Locations derived from the 1840s Tithe map and thought to be the same in 1851. There seems to be more than one possibilities for Butt Lane. I was initially drawn to this case because Silverwell was my home for many years, it was where I was raised and where I spent so many years…Continue Reading “The Silverwell Murder”