By Lyndon Allen To study the history of Par harbour, we first need to peer back through the mists of time to the port of St Blazey. It was here that ships came to the area of Par Beach. Around 400 years ago, it was a small, shallow estuary of the St Blazey (Par) River….Continue Reading “The History of the Port of Par”
Coroners’ Inquests By Bob Teague My general approach to research into Truro pubs has been to try to show how pubs are so tightly woven into the fabric of the community, reflecting everyday life, people and events locally, nationally and even internationally. That is as true today as it ever was. Truro’s pubs have, directly…Continue Reading “Truro Pubs – Coroners’ Inquests”
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”
By Tony Mansell Cornwall once had many railway branch lines but, sad to say, only a few remain. One that still operates is the Looe Valley Line but without the the need to transport minerals from Caradon to quayside, it would never have been built. Perhaps that statement is not entirely true: who knows whether…Continue Reading “Caradon to Looe Railway”
by John Webb This history of the current Toronto Cornish Association is from the Association’s February 2026 newsletter. It is included here as a part of Cornish Story’s Global Kernow. In 2024, as the Toronto Cornish Association marked its 30th anniversary, it felt like the right moment to look back –particularly to those formative first ten years when habits were established, friendships…Continue Reading “The First Decade of the Toronto Cornish Association (1994–2004)”
By Tony Mansell No story of Truro could be told without reference to its rivers and their role in its development. Sailing ships and then steam ships were a common sight as they made their way from Falmouth Haven, along what we now know as Carrick Roads, the River Fal and into Truro River…Continue Reading “Truro’s Rivers”