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The
Local Studies Group in St Newlyn East has been busy researching
the history of the parish over the past one hundred years for some
time. Their second book of photographs features images of the parish;
these are some of them.
The
parish was named after St Newlina and the word "East"
added to distinguish the village from Newlyn near Penzance.
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| Villagers
in St Newlyn East |
The
Land within the parish was once held by eleven manors. Of the manor
houses Cargoll, Degembris, Nancolleth, Treludderow and Trevarthian
still exist as farmhouses. Trerice is owned by the National Trust
and Tresillian is a private home with no connection to farming.
One
hundred years ago, in 1903, the mines had closed but had left a
landscape of derelict engine houses and stacks. The miners had used
a network of footpaths to reach their work and these still proved
a useful means of villagers getting around.
Other
transport for occasional trips to Newquay or Truro was provided
by the horse drawn bus that operated three days a week.
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| Villagers
in St Newlyn East |
The
railway branch line was under construction in 1903 and was not opened
until 1905. Also in 1903 the village's doctor bought the first car
to be registered in Cornwall to visit his patients.
The
photographs in the new book present a way of life that shaped the
way that the village looks today. Do you recognise any of the buildings?
Perhaps some of the characters are your relations!
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