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Lower Kenneggy maps

Historic maps of Lower Kenneggy and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Lower Kenneggy maps

Lower Kenneggy photos

We have no photos of Lower Kenneggy, although we do have photos of these nearby places:

Praa Sands| Rosudgeon| Prussia Cove| Cuddon Point| Perranuthnoe| Breage| Marazion| St Michael's Mount| St Erth| Crowlas| Porthleven| Ludgvan| Hayle| Lelant| Phillack| Helston| Gulval| Penzance| Carbis Bay| Gunwalloe| Poldhu

Lower Kenneggy area books

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Memories of Lower Kenneggy

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Cornwall memories

Coastguard Cottages

The Village c1955
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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.

Porthenalls

Built 1900s, now holiday lets or (big) weddings. The island is Enys (which is Cornish for island!).

Bessys Cove

Fishermans Cove c1955
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called Bessy's Cove by the Carters, is there a story about Bessy saving one of their children?

Porthenalls

Path to Prussia Cove c1955
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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

Kennegy Cove

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!

Little Cudden Point

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

When I Was A Little Younger

I lived in Goldsithney and used to go fishing with the Allans, Jeff and David and the son of Mr Murray a French teacher at Humphrie Davy. My cousins lived just 50 yards from the Allans and were called Tamblyn. We all sang at the Methodist Chapel if we could not escape to go fishing. I remember Eddie Break and a builder called Evans, both ran a boat out of the cove. I once crashed my bike by the farm gate and son of Mr Baihrns took me to Marazion Surgery. I do visit every time I come back and I must say the cottage by the letter box looks a lot better than when we used it to store fishing bait. I believe my cousin Terry still does odd jobs for the farm. I even remember picking up stones for what seemed like forever following a tractor as we leveled and built what is now the Rosudgeon playing field.

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