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Cornwall

An extract from the report compiled by Eric Berry and Nick Cahill

Trinity Chapel, Newlyn

Paul church is ‘situated in a very exposed part of the parish on an eminence and a considerable distance from the two great masses of the populatio

The greatest period of smuggling coincided with wars from 1689 to 1815. Starting as a response to a salt tax in the 1680s, by the 1690s many other

After the First World War the government announced its intention to provide 'homes fit for heroes' for returning servicemen and their families.

One of the last acts of the Paul Urban District Council was to put up street nameplates in Newlyn (though not Mousehole) as a belated response to r

As part of the study Joanna Mattingly has been invited into many local homes and studios.  These photographs were taken on a particularly wet and w

During the intensive research into Newlyn and Mousehole Dr Joanna Mattingly made many friends.  On one of her visits to gather yet more information

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