Penwith

Over the coming weeks a selection of the many photographs commissioned for this project will be put here.This aerial photograph is by courtesy of t

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

Tithe maps were drawn up when tithe payments (a clergy-support tax of a tenth of all parish produce including fish) were commuted or changed to equal

Was a female fish merchant of Newlyn.

An aged schoolmaster is noted at Newlyn in 1829, but the location of his school is unclear.

The origins of the present school at Mousehole can be traced to the 1840s or early 1850s.

During the course of the study, a large number of images of this house have amassed.  We were given free access to many of the buildings in Mouseho