Sharing Cornwall's historic, cultural & environmental heritage
Cornwall's historic, cultural & environmental heritage
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Explore this site to learn more about Cornwall
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- Cornish heritage blogs - Articles covering many aspects of Cornish history, places and heritage
- Cornwall's Place names in Kernewek - Cornish towns, villages and places in the Cornish language with audio pronunciation. Two groups of 13 are now available.
- Cornwall a Celtic Nation - Cornwall's historical status, Cornish national minority
- Cornish Heritage Projects - Sharing and promoting heritage projects throughout Cornwall
- YouTube videos - YouTube videos and social media - Subscribe to our YouTube Channel to see new video's when released
- Cornwall's Heritage - links to Cornish heritage groups - programmes & events
- The Reason Why (Podcast) by Seamas Carey - Provocative and interesting podcasts about Cornwall, the Cornish and life in Cornwall.
- Heritage in the News - Weekly update on aspects of Cornish heritage news from around Cornwall
- Ertach Kernow Blog Plus - Other issues relating to Cornwall including third party journalism
- The Cornish Language Podcast - By Owain Holland - Exploring and engaging with Cornish
More content is being added to blogs on a weekly basis, please continue to check in
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Cornish heritage articles published weekly across Cornwall
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Recent past articles are now in a slider allowing a quicker and wider view of some from the past twelve months - Just click the relevant article to go to the page. For desktop users arrows are at the far left & right to navigate images, click to open. For mobile device users swipe left until you reach the image then tap to open, the title will often appear slightly before the image. All the articles can still be seen via the Thumbnails and Index pages with text index through these blue links, or via Homepage and header index.
Cornish Heritage Groups and Organisations
We share posters of future programme of events from Cornwall's history, culture and environmental heritage groups on our various social media platforms. Also this website, on the 'Cornish Heritage Societies & Groups Programmes of Events' page.
Click for poster and events page Posters of Events - 2025
Email your event information and posters to: associationcornishheritage@gmail.com
Monthly newsletters from an increasing number of Cornish groups within Cornwall and the overseas Cornish Diaspora can be found on our journals page. We hope you find these of interest and consider joining one of these groups. A website link is available adjacent to the newsletters so more can be found out about their activities. Click here for Newsletters & Journals Page
Cornish Memories - A page for those who wish to share some of their own or family members personal Cornish memories - Click this link
If you have memories to share please let us have them via the Kowethas Ertach Kernow email at: associationcornishheritage@gmail.com
Ertach Kernow Blog Plus
Click for latest Blog Plus: Cornish Devolution & Devonwall Battle
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Ertach Kernow Blog Plus includes additional articles primarily for online consumption. These are often articles that go beyond the bounds of strictly heritage related subjects and may include many issues that beset Cornwall and the Cornish national minority and Cornwall as a Celtic nation.
There are also follow up articles that update information that has already been published relating to Cornwall and its historic, cultural and environmental heritage.
We will also be sharing other articles from third parties, including Cornish Echo and from the editions of Cornwall's Voice newspapers which have a special wider interest to Cornwall and Cornish folk. Also links to YouTube Videos included on our Association for Cornish Heritage YouTube Channel, which relate to Cornish issues, sometimes protest.
Cornish Place Names in Kernewek
The new set of posters and audio files for phase two of the Cornish Place Names are now available to view, listen and download. Click the thumbnail image for either phase ONE or phase TWO to access
Click above for Phase ONE
Click above for Phase TWO
The audio for the latest Phase Two of Cornish Place Names is provided by Owain Holland who runs the Cornish Language Podcast site on Spotify. This can be listened to without signing up to Spotify and is an easy listening podcast where Owain talks about the Cornish language in English.
Owains podcast is now updated to January 2025 and available to listen to. He talks about learning Cornish, where to find classes and also his experiences with his young son learning Kernewek. Useful stuff for any families wanting to encourage bilingualism in young children. Click the Cornish Language Podcast logo to access latest podcast.
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Heritage in the News
Talking about Cornish heritage groups, activities & projects, if we can help promote your society, group or organisation - Click the Ertach Kernow LOGO
Ertach Kernow Heritage Column 11th June 2025
Each week the column next to the main Ertach Kernow article in the Voice, Cornish Times and the Cornish & Devon Post newspapers is devoted to sharing news about Cornish heritage and generally its organisations, societies and groups, similarly new projects in Cornwall's heritage sector. Sometimes just random thoughts about Cornish related 'stuff'.
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Towan Vintage - Cornish Vintage Book Store
Towan Vintage an extension of Kowethas Ertach Kernow aims to provide a wide range of Cornish books, art and memorabilia. The majority of these will be 'preloved' and we hope that this will create an opportunity for those interested in Cornwall's rich heritage will find these of interest. Sale of a range of other articles supports the gallery room and work of Kowethas Ertach Kernow in sharing knowledge Cornwall's historic, cultural and environmental heritage to a wider audience and reuse of books and sale of vintage items assists the circular green economy.
Wanting a particular book on Cornwall, perhaps we have it as part of our sale stock, but not yet on our website. Please send your enquiry to towanvintage@gmail.com. Illustrated talks on a range of Cornish subjects take place at Newquay Museum. To find out more checkout and follow our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/TowanVintage
Besides books there are original vintage paintings available to buy of Cornish scenes or by Cornish artists, as well as vintage Cornish studio pottery. We also support local artists and have contemporary paintings for sale at Towan Vintage in the Cornish Gallery Lounge.
If you have digital images on your mobile perhaps, why not print these off and share them in a birthday card to family and friends. Digital is great, but in a nice frame a photograph can make a lovely thoughtful and affordable present.
Come along to Newquay Museum browse Towan Vintage and meet Josh at Proper Photography Kernow who will help you with printing your digital images. Printing up to 8" x 6" on the Kodak kiosks and much larger on our large print Epson printer up to A2 and we also laminate from A4 through to A2 sizes..
If you have an old photograph and would like it digitised and reprinted Josh can do that for you as well, we also repair damaged old photographs. Click the poster image to see PPK's other services. There are also a good selection of vintage cameras for sale at Proper Photography Kernow.
Association for Cornish Heritage is on YouTube & social media- Click the image for more information
Cornwall a Celtic Nation
Cornwall, or in Kernewek the Cornish language, Kernow, is one of the six Celtic nations. Kowethas Ertach Kernow supports the work of the International Celtic Congress and Celtic Nation Kernow.
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Click above to access Celtic Nation Kernow free membership page
Celtic Nation Kernow formerly Celtic Congress Cornwall is one of the six branches of the International Celtic Congress. To find out more about who we are and what we do click:
There are six Celtic nations all of whom have their own unique languages. To find out more about Cornwall's place amongst these Celtic speaking nations click:
