Fowey Consols
Once the world’s number two copper mine Fowey Consols is made up of five mines close to Tywardreath which from 1822 were owned by Joseph Treffry and provided jobs for …
St Andrew’s Priory
No one knows precisely where St Andrew’s Priory was, but evidence suggests that it was close to where Newhouse Farm now stands (see the map on the Walk Through History …
The Civil War 1642-53
During the years of the English Civil War, Cornwall had more influence on how the country was governed than it has ever had since. The Civil War brought a temporary …
News
There’s a relic of the Cold War on the B3269 in the shape of a Royal Observation Corps post 100 or so metres down the track leading to Castledore Barn. …
House on the Strand
As well as being the title of a Daphne du Maurier novel, ‘House on the Strand’ is what Tywardreath means in Cornish. The novel effectively brings together time travel …