Posts Tagged ‘Cornwall’

WADEBRIDGE — My last day in Cornwall was a relaxing one. I headed north to Camelford and just past the market town I turned right and headed down the road to Tregoodwell and kept going until the road ran out.
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WADEBRIDGE — Today I went on a tour of parish churchyards in search of more ancestors. First stop was St Merryn, not far from Padstow. A banner outside the church proclaimed that it was celebrating its 750th anniversary—1259-2009. I didn’t find any family names though, so it was off to the second stop on my tour: St Wenn.
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WADEBRIDGE — I’m glad I went to Padstow on a weekday. Even at 9:30 in the morning there were crowds of people wandering the streets. I can only imagine what it will be like at the weekend. After enjoying the harbourside scenery for a while I wandered up to the Padstow Parish Church. I was hoping to find the headstone of one James Dark, master mariner and second husband of my lost great great grandmother—with a bit of luck I might find her if they happen to share a headstone.
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WADEBRIDGE — Today I drove to Bodmin to visit two tourist attractions with a crime and punishment theme. I found a car park easily enough, but being at the bottom of a hill I figured the way to go was up—wrong! I ended up walking twice the distance I needed to if I’d gone in the other direction.
The first attraction was The Courtroom Experience where you sit in on a famous Cornish murder trial as a member of the jury and cast your vote at the end.
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WADEBRIDGE — Today was almost a carbon-copy of yesterday—almost but not quite. The sky was once again overcast and so I spent the morning at the Wadebridge Public Library amongst the local history section where I found a few references to family in a history of Methodism.
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WADEBRIDGE — This morning I reacquainted myself with Wadebridge’s town centre. The book shop was still there and I bought myself a book of Wadebridge reminiscences by a late resident of the town. I had intended to also visit the library and find out what their local history section was like but the library is closed Tuesdays—a job for tomorrow instead.
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WADEBRIDGE — My stay in Truro was over, so it was time to check out of the Donnington Guesthouse. My first choice for accommodation in Truro didn’t reply to my enquiries so it was serendipitous that I found the Donnington with its close proximity to the Cornish Record Office—only a three minute walk away. I’m not sure why they don’t advertise that fact, except perhaps they don’t need to! The car park was full to overflowing every night.
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TRURO — On Friday I visited Blue Hills where they demonstrated how tin-bearing ore was processed. Today I visited the Poldark Mine just north of Helston where you can descend into what used to be a working tin mine and imagine just a little what it would have been like working underground for hours on end.
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TRURO — On the way to Penzance, I took a detour off the A30 to visit Redruth and take a few photographs. Once done it was back on the road toward Penzance. Arrived late morning and managed to find a car park beside the marina. I proceeded into town to discover that Penzance was the second town today where the main street rain uphill—or downhill if you like, but I find I’m usually starting at the bottom!
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TRURO — Despite what I wrote yesterday, I went back for some more family history research—but just for an hour or so. I realised that there were some burials for which I didn’t have the details and I couldn’t rationalise coming all this way and not attempting to get them.
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