Ertach Kernow - Article Index
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- How Truro came to be the capital city of Cornwall - The transfer of power through the ages
- Visionary who engineered a great chapter in Cornish history - Joseph Thomas Treffry
- Let's step out of lockdown into a history mystery - Cornish heritage sites administered by Cornwall Heritage Trust
- Turner's travels over Tamar tell Cornwall's story - J M W Turner's visit to Cornwall and his artwork
- Nostalgic Ride to a Land of Legend - Some Cornish tales and legends
- The Place names that help unlock our past history - The importance of place names in Cornwall's past
- Historic homes reveal dramatic family histories - Houses with Cornish family histories - Lanhydrock, Trerice, Cotehele
- Backtracking to our railway past - Cornwall and its railway beginnings
- Bude - Growth of a thriving resort town - Bude, its canal and its growth
- Cornwall’s great global Diaspora - Emigration leads to Cornish descendents throughout the world
- Villages guard clues to our heritage - Bodmin Moor's villages
- Storytellers will help keep alive Cornish identity - Gorsedh Kernow 2020
- Net profits for our old coastal communities - Fishing in Cornwall an overview
- Summercourt Fair well worth a nostalgic visit - The origins of Summercourt fair
- Enduring legacy of Cornwall's great benefactor - John Passmore Edwards
- How Tragedy at sea devastated lives left behind - Great storm of October 1880
- The father of local English history - John Leland his Cornish itinerary Launceston-Bodmin-Truro
- Lostwithiel - Rich layer of town's history - Lostwithiel historic capital of Cornwall
- In touch with our Celtic Festivals - Lowender Peran
- Landscape and legend entwined - Dozmary Pool
- Huge contribution to our culture - Cornish Archaeological Legend - Lt Col F C Hirst
- The marvel that's beneath our feet- The Great County Adit
- Revealing the Face of Tudor Cornwall - John Norden
- Inside Britain's Oldest Home - Penfound Manor
- Medieval Marvels Light up our Lives - Medieval Cornish church stained glass windows
- Cornwall at Christmas - Christmas past from the newspapers
- Wreck of the Anson - A wreck that changed attitudes and the law
- Greatest living Cornishman - Sir Arthur Quiller Couch 'Q'
- Preserving our holy ground - Cornish holy wells, recording and preserving them
- Fishing Smugglers and Wrecks - Stories of Mullion Cove
- Unlocking our past Cornwall's Canal Heritage - Overview of Cornwall canal's, built, not completed, planned and imagined
- Taking the High Ground - Bodmin's ancient hillforts - Castle Canyke and Dunmere
- Bridges battle for survival – Respryn Bridge - History and present day survival issues
- Miners toiled in the wake of St Piran - Mining in Perranporth
- Making a song and dance about us - Overview of some of Cornwall's cultural and historic heritage
- Lighting up the 'Age of the Saints' - St Petroc, Cornwall's medieval patron saint
- Amongst Mines and Miners - The work & achievements of J C Burrow, Camborne Photographer
- Rise and fall of our most iconic mine Botallack - Poldark, Royal visits and tunnels under the sea. The story of Botallack
- Roads to Fortune - Carrick Roads and the towns and settlements surrounding Cornwall's mighty waterway
- In the footsteps of Defoe - 18th century author of Robinson Crusoe tours Cornwall
- Britain's most beautiful branch line - St Erth to St Ives railway in the footsteps of Cyril Noall
- Brunel opens gateway to Cornwall - Saltash the opening of the Royal Albert Bridge and Cornwall Railway 1859
- Exploring the land of legend - Story Collectors & Storytellers
- A salute to the great Trevithick - An overview of Richard Trevithick a great Cornishman, his life and achievements
- Cornish Routes - Road development, turnpikes and toll-roads
- Called to the court of the king - Archaeology and the making of Tintagel as a destination
- The Newlyn Riots 125 years on - Religion and price of fish led to rioting in Newlyn
- Shining light in the darkness - Penzance's great son, Sir Humphry Davy
- Feisty travels with Celia - Early tour around Cornwall c1698 with Celia Fiennes
- The sky's the limit - Area of outstanding natural beauty AONB - Bodmin Moor
- Keep it Kernewek - Speak Cornish Week events and Cornish language
- A name perpetual - The Cornish uprising 1497 and dissatisfaction today
- Celtic Culture - International Celtic Congress and contribution from Celtic Congress Cornwall
- On the edge - The Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall
- Taxing Times, Cornwall's historic hundreds 'Stratton' - Background on the hundreds and first of nine - Stratton.
- Tudor Travels - John Leland around the Roseland Peninsula c1542
- River Journey's - The River Camel historic aspects
- For those in Peril - Saving life on the North Cornish coast before the RNLI lifeboats
- Fancy a pint? - Pubs in mid and west Cornwall, visited and written about by Arthur Caddick Cornish poet
- Portrait of a Parish - Botus Fleming Cornwall's second smallest parish
- Churches endure the ravages of time and man - Cury Church & Gunwalloe Church
- An idyllic scene - Visit to St Clements village and burial in Truro
- Opening up - Heritage Open Days in Cornwall - including many links
- Literary giant had powerful roots in Cornwall - Sir William Golding Cornish ancestry
- Full steam ahead - Early guidebooks to Cornwall
- Tall tower, deep roots - Probus church, schools and historic houses
- Legacies in stone - Early farming & Cornish hedges
- The Levant Disaster - The why's and wherefores of the Levant Man Engine disaster of 1919
- Crossing the Tamar - Opening of the Tamar Road Bridge 60th anniversary
- The Great Storm of 1859 - The 'Royal Charter Storm' death and destruction on land and sea
- Gone but not forgotten - Cyrus Redding journalist, writer and traveller
- Lyonesse, Lost lands & lessons - Myth & Legend meets 21st century reality
- Quethiock, a community destroyed in an afternoon - Sale of the manorial land broke up a community
- Read all about it (Cornish newspapers 1800 - 1840) - A range of historical articles
- Penhale to Wheal Coates - Including St Agnes AONB
- An enjoyable heritage day out - Visiting Minions Moor, Cheesewring, Hurlers, Trethevy Quoit, St Neot & pub lunch
- Mousehole - The loveliest village, history and traditions
- Cornish Christmas' past - How and why Christmas was celebrated and here in Cornwall
- Pictures of the Past - Engravings of Cornish towns and places
- Saviours of the Cornish language - Early scholars preserving and translating Cornish
- 200 years of the coastguard - The early days excise duties and smugglers
- Slain by the satellites of Satan & Royal Navy Shipwrecks
- John Thomas Blight - His work and an overview of his unfortunate life
- Spreading wings - Overview of the origins of Liskeard, Looe, Camborne, Redruth and Pool
- The men behind Richard Lander's famous Cornish Statue - Lander, Monument, Neville Northey Burnard and Philip Sambell
- An Ancient History Ruan Linkinhorne - Parish, and historic families and castle
- The Birth of Tin Mining - Exporting tin through the Mediterranean to the Levant
- Songs for Cornwall - Cornwall's unique songs and music
- Hillforts and cliff castles - Visit some of these throughout Cornwall
- The Great Blizzard of 1891 - Transport, woodland, businesses and people how they were all effected
- Quirks of fate - Mitchell a Cornish Rotten Borough - The rise and fall of a historic village
- A Penwith road trip - Visiting various historic sites in Penwith with two young lads
- Digging into the past and Richard Earl of Cornwall - Evolving Cornish Archaeological Society / Commemorating 750th anniversary of the death of Richard Earl of Cornwall
- Travels around West Wivelshire - Following the travels of Tudor cartographer John Norden
- Traditions that mean Home - Celebrating Celtic festival of Beltane
- 1872 ago from historic Cornish journals - The Royal Institution of Cornwall and Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society journals
- Water water everywhere- Drought in 1976 and Cornish reservoirs and water supply sources
- Camelford History - A day visit to Camelford and something of its history
- On the edge of memory - Cornish monuments to famous people of their day and forgotten war dead
- The Hungry Forties - 19th century famine and hunger in Cornwall, Ireland and Scotland. Cornish food riots.
- The Lanhydrock Atlas a Historic Jewel - Lanhydrock Atlas and the house and estate
- How we used to work - Comparing work in Cornwall from the first modern census of 1841
- The Tudors and loss of Cornish Identity - Religious upheaval leading to near loss of Cornish language and identity
- Home sweet home through history - Cornish house construction through time
- Travels with Celia Fiennes - Celia's continuing Cornish journey in 1698
- Helston early historic Cornish town - The early days of Helston
- The Rule of Law, Administering Cornish Justice - The Assizes: Where Justice was administered
- Cornwall too 'bleake' for windmills - Some of Cornwall rare windmills and their remains today
- Blisland a historic and pretty parish - Visiting Blisland and walking round looking at this pretty and interesting parish
- Cornwall's wonderful gardens - looking at some of the gardens in Cornwall their history and families who began them
- Sabine Baring-Gould and the Cornish Giant - Introduction to Sabine Baring-Gould and Anthony Payne and portrait
- Cool and Tranquil - Cornish churches cool and tranquil - St Enoder and St Julitta at Lanteglos-by-Camelford
- Growth and Decay - Tresillian and Merther two Cornish villages
- William Borlase Cornish Antiquarian - Background on one of Cornwall's most important recorders of Cornish antiquities
- Celtic Cousins - Connections to Brittany, shared heritage language roots, saints, monuments and interests
- Travels with Defoe - Daniel Defoe, travels from Fowey to Falmouth in the early 18th century
- Earls and Dukes of Cornwall - Earls of Cornwall, the creation of the Duchy, later Dukes and transfer of power
- Kilkhampton a Story of Hero's Villains and Anarchy - The Grenville Family, castle & church doings
- Cornwall, Read all about it - New books, old books, Cornish libraries
- Cornwall leading the world - Cornwall not so backward and leading the world
- The historic parish of Breage - Historic tin mine, beginning of Cornwall's china clay industry, wealthy families, haunted castle.
- The Luxulyan Valley and Industrial Woodlands - a walk through the beautiful valley & Charlestown history
- Ancient Celtic celebrations and artefacts - looking at Samhain and some of the beautiful gold objects being exhibited at the RCM
- Digging in - The importance of archaeology for Cornwall - Looking at archaeology and the wider benefits to Cornwall
- Cornwall's railways; Beeching branch line closures - Branch line loss, survival and afterwards
- Portreath weathering the storms - Portreath Harbour as an important Cornish fishing and mineral port
- Vanishing social heritage - Some of Cornwall's historic pubs, existing and lost
- Sir John Betjeman, a great adopted Cornishman - How and why John Betjeman came to love Cornwall
- Marazion more than just a view - An historic trading settlement overlooking Mount's Bay and St Michael's Mount
- Researching Family History - Sharing experiences in using DNA and researching family history
- Cornish heritage recorded in art - Artists recording places, events and day to day life in art and photography
- The rise and decline of Cornish Methodism - Chapels being monitored by The Cornish Buildings Group
- Celebration of Cornish Music - An overview of Cornish music and the Cornish National Music Archive
- Port Navas strikes our screens - Seen on BBC Drama series Strike the 18th/19th century Cornish quarry port of Porth Navas
- Forgotten genius Sir Goldsworthy Gurney? - Lighting, steam cars, musical instruments and all manner of ideas
- John Norden travels around the Powder Hundred - Major towns, sites of interest during Cornwall's Tudor Elizabethan Age
- Cornwall's Western Quoits - History of Cornwall's Western Quoits
- Sir Christopher Hawkins, Boroughmonger - Notorious Cornish landowner, MP and pocket borough owner
- Historic Cornish Hotels - From the early to late 19th century, many still standing and part of Cornwall's heritage
- National patron saints of Cornwall - Cornwall's triumvirate of national patron saints. St Michael, St Petroc and St Piran
- Caradon Hill - boom to bust - The short lived copper boom at Caradon Hill and the inevitable bust that followed.
- Polruan Historic Heritage - Its history as a part of the parish of Laneglos by Fowey, early trading and later shipbuilding
- Cornwall environment and culture - How Cornwall's environment shaped it's culture and heritage
- Church in a Hillfort - How a hillfort on the outskirts of St Dennis was later occupied by a church
- Cornish poets and poetry - Well-known and not so well-known poets inspired by Cornwall and its people
- Cornwall's geological legacy - The formation of Cornwall, its rocks and stone created its future story
- The logan stone of Treen - It's rocky history and how it was involved in a British national scandal
- Spring travels around Cornwall - Cornwall Heritage Trust sites, visiting Bodmin Moor, St Wyllow Church at Lanteglos by Fowey
- Porthleven History - How Porthleven evolved from a fishing village to a tourist town
- Kings and Cornish History - How certain historic English kings had an affect on Cornish history and identity
- Cornish Emigration to Australia - Convicts, Orphans, Miners all making up the Cornish Diaspora in Australia today
- St Germans a village with history and fun - This historic church village has and still enjoys festivals and fun events
- The fall and rise of Cornish woodland - Cornish woodlands diminished, gradual rebuild including lately the Forest for Cornwall
- Cornish Census and Surveys - What the census and survey records tell us about Cornwall's population
- Porthcurno. Centre of the worlds communications - World communication from Porthcurno linking Britain to its empire.
- Warleggan, once isolated and insular - The story of a village, once one of the most isolated in Cornwall and its eccentric vicar
- Cornish historic road bridges - Background to Cornish roads. two of Cornwall's historic bridges Treverbyn and Wadebridge.
- King Arthur, Cornwall's Arthurian legacy - The origins of the King Arthur legend in Cornwall
- St Veep a once busy quiet parish - Riverside village of Lerryn and nearby haunting ruins of 1920's Tivoli Park
- Antique books share stories - Lost buildings, historic dance, ancient ruins. Looking at Penzance, Rescorla and Roche.
- Tamar Valley medieval jewel - Cotehele Estate with its house, gardens, woodland and quay. A terrific place to visit.
- Enjoying the Fowey Estuary - Biodiverse environment meets historic buildings and sites of interest and wonderful views.
- Climate aids Cornish farming - Cornwall's mild winters and warm damp climate with global warming aids new crops and products
- Gwennap a rich mining history - A tour around Gwennap parish its villages, and some of its many sites of interest.
- Unsentimental journey to the Lizard - Mrs Craik and her 'ducklings' first leg of their visit to Cornwall to the Lizard.
- St Mawgan in Pydar historic and modern villages - Two very different villages in this historic parish
- Trevelyan a dark history - A look at this old Cornish family and the dark side of their history including during the Irish famine
- Cardinham a parish full of history - Hillfort, medieval castle remains, historic church to crosses and inscribed stones.
- Cornwall its environment and heritage - An overview of Cornwall statutory protected areas, AONB's, SSSI's and local offerings
- Cornish fishing, the early years - Looking at fishing in Cornwall and Cornish coastal communities during the medieval period
- The Poly, encouraging innovation in Cornwall - Origins of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic in the early and mid-19th century.
- Cornish folktales and stories saved - Cornish folklore, myths and legends saved by Robert Hunt, William Bottrell and others
- Morwenstow - Cornwall's most northly parish - Hawker country, beautiful and interesting coastline and interior villages
- Bypassed but not forgotten - Often referred to as Cornwall's forgotten corner this is an interesting and beautiful part of Cornwall.
- Passed Cornish Storms - A look at some past 19th century storms that had an effect on Cornwall and some communities
- Medieval Education in Cornwall - Mostly based around religious houses the Reformation changed much to Cornish education
- Padstow Haven and the infamous Doom Bar - Padstow a port from medieval times has been plagued by the infamous Dunbar
- Cornish heritage at risk - A look at the 2023 Historic England entries for Cornwall and some of those places mentioned
- Coverack to Porthoustock a deadly coastline - Small fishing villages, beautiful scenery, dangerous coastline, death on the rocks
- Some eminent Truronian buildings - Grand buildings from the seventeen to twentieth centuries grace Truro's streets.
- Debating Cornish People - Students debate Cornish people they believe deserve greater recognition, perhaps beyond Cornwall.
- For the love of Cornwall - Reviewing 'A Cornish Chorus' uplifting poems, prose and descriptions published in 1948 (Download)
- Reviewing Ertach Kernow 2023 - A look at the wide range of Cornish historic, cultural and environmental topics covered in 2023
- Continuing early travels in Cornwall - Considering early travellers and writers to Cornwall from the 15th century
- Early tourism at Land's End - The development of Land's End from its earliest visitors and as a tourist destination
- Tragedy at Wheal Owles - Human tragedy and death in Cornish mining this looks at at Wheal Owles and the 1893 disaster
- Beautiful Historic Calstock - An overview of this lovely largely rural parish on the Tamar from its earliest days
- Glynn Valley engineering feats - The still beautiful Glynn Valley a look at man made changes throughout the ages
- The Roscarrock's of Roscarrock - A historic farmstead giving its name to a longstanding Cornish family
- Origins of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall - The men who began it and the society's aims and development
- Celia Fiennes goodbye to Cornwall - The final part of Celia's journey around Cornwall in 1698
- Perranzabuloe, St Piran’s three churches - Some 1400 years of St Piran church history in Perranzabuloe, oratory to parish church
- Limekilns a Cornish industrial legacy - A numerous remnant of 18th & 19th century Cornish industrial heritage
- Ancient Cathedral of Cornwall - Rev John Whitaker included much historic information in his book published in 1804
- Cornish historic coastal defences under spotlight - Looking at defences around the coastline from medieval to early 20th century
- Travelling Cornwall's beautiful Atlantic Highway - The nearby towns, villages, monuments and historical sights along this route
- Grampound a rotten borough made good - An important borough town's decline into a rotten borough has risen again, made good
- Granite the heart of Cornish heritage - Much of Cornwall's historic, cultural & environmental heritage is based on Cornish granite
- Roseland Peninsula Historic and culturally fulfilling - Five parishes with historic buildings and a culturally active community