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Helston, Cornwall
Helston maps
Historic maps of Helston and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Helston maps
Historic map of Helston
Illustrated Victorian map of Cornwall
Historic Map of any Helston postcode
Helston books
Displaying 3 of 12 books about Helston and the local area. View all Helston books
Helston Photographic Memories
Paperback
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£10.40
Cornwall County Memories
Paperback
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£12
Cornwall A Century Ago Photographic Memories
Paperback
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£11.20
4 Helston photos appear in 2 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Helston
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Does anyone remember Jeux Sans Frontiers being organised by Helston Rotary (I think) and held in and on Coronation Lake.
I attended Helston Grammar School during the 60s and lived with my parents Prisk and Phyllis Dale at The Gables Filling Station Trevenen.
Shared on 09 July 2008
Cornwall memories
beyond is Cudden Point proper, here is the "Oratory" and a plaque with the inscription "WE HAVE A BVILDING OF GOD, AN HOVSE NOT MADE WITH HANDS, ETERNAL IN THE HEAVENS
WHERE THE SPIRIT OF THE, LORD IS THERE IS LIBERTY"
In front is Pisky Cove
Shared on 11 August 2008
Looking from Prussia Cove (Prussia Cove is the area, not an actual cove) towards Kennegy. Tin mine workings exposed on beach and on cliffs above. Kerrier DC (it's just on the border of Kerrier and Penwith DCs) have replaced the rope we abseiled down with stainless steel steps and ladder, but it's no easier to get down!
Shared on 11 August 2008
Porthenalls on left, Lutyens-like house built early 1900s by family, butler/houseman's house on right, all holiday lets now. See Prussia Cove web site
Shared on 11 August 2008
called Bessy's Cove by the Carters, is there a story about Bessy saving one of their children?
Shared on 11 August 2008
Built 1900s, now holiday lets or (big) weddings. The island is Enys (which is Cornish for island!).
Shared on 11 August 2008
Built right on the smuggling cove to stop the smugglers, they predate nearby Porthenalls which was only built c1900, bought by the T_B estate in the 1980s(?), now holiday lets.
Shared on 11 August 2008
Have returned to Cornwall to try tracing some of the ancestors through graveyards and the Mormon Centre. Also found a brilliant library in Redruth on the day we were going home and found written info on John Carter and his family members with birth and death dates which was very helpful.
The graveyards were fantastic and I found my grandmother and... [more]
Shared on 15 July 2009
Extracts From Helston & Cornwall books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Helston, inspired by Frith photos.
Cornwall A Century Ago Photographic Memories
This fine Gothic archway was erected by subscription to the memory of Humphrey Millett Grylls in 1834; it is built in granite ashlar with four tall octagonal pillars. It is still a major landmark, and stands at the foot of Coinagehall Street with a view of open countryside behind.
This is an extract from Cornwall A Century Ago Photographic Memories.
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This picture was probably taken just down the road from Penventon Farm. The big house set back from the road left of centre is Weeth, and past it the road continues down into the valley of the Cober.
This is an extract from Helston Photographic Memories.
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Read more and see photos from this book.
In 1837 the local squire, Reverend Canon Rogers, commissioned James Rendell to design a harbour for the Loe. The plan, which would have involved breaching the Loe Bar and running a canal inland all the way to Helston, was priced at £118,523; not surprisingly, it was never carried out.
This is an extract from Helston Photographic Memories.
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Read more and see photos from this book.
