Category Archives: Community (Local)

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

The Saints Way in Cornwall is a story written into the land. This ancient route existed long before it was used by saints, taking advantage of the unique shape of Cornwall and its rivers. Gold travelled from Ireland down through … Continue reading →

Lostwithiel Bridge, of which the people of the town are justly proud, is one of the oldest in Cornwall. There are very few records and, in particular, there are none regarding the date of its construction although many historians give … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →