From the category archives:

Heritage

St Bartholomew

July 4, 2008

It is to St. Bartholomew, Patron Saint of Tanners, that the Church is dedicated. The exact date of its building cannot be stated but it is thought that Robert de Cardinan commenced work there in the year 1190 on the foundations of an earlier Church built around 542 AD.
The outstanding feature of the Church is [...]

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Restormel Castle

July 4, 2008

A visit to Restormel Castle is a ‘must’ and much more detailed information can be obtained there. However, a little more than a mention must be made here.
The castle stands approximately one mile from Lostwithiel, a drive or walk along a pleasant, tree lined lane, just above the river Fowey. It is difficult to exactly [...]

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Lostwithiel’s Heritage

February 26, 2008

Sailing up the Fowey River 100 years ago, a travel writer described the approach to Lostwithiel as ‘the loveliest inland scenery in Cornwall’. He wrote ‘in the richest pastures of this luxuriant valley stands the old town of Lostwithiel’. Whether one approaches by river, rail or road, this description is still true today.
Situated at the [...]

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Restormel Castle

September 16, 2007

The castle, originally built by the Normans on a spur, overlooking the river valley, stands proudly one mile upriver from Lostwithiel. You can still make out the ruins of Restormel’s keep, gate and Great Hall, and even the kitchens and private rooms. They were built around 1100, making Restormel one of the oldest and best [...]

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Nathaniel Coulson

September 16, 2007

Born on August 8th 1853 in Penzance, Nathaniel Coulson was abandoned at the age of ten by his drunken father and bound over to a farmer at Penquite Farm, Lostwithiel.
He emigrated to San Fransisco after a spell in the British Navy and there amassed a fortune after qualifying as a dentist from the University of [...]

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Duchy Palace

September 16, 2007

Lostwithiel’s Duchy Palace – The oldest building in Cornwall
Through the ages the building has always been referred to as the Duchy Palace. In fact it never was a palace as we would use the word today.
It is assumed that this name originated from the time the building was erected, it was said to have been [...]

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