You are here: Explore your past > Prussia Cove
Prussia Cove, Cornwall
Prussia Cove maps
Historic maps of Prussia Cove and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Prussia Cove maps
Historic map of Prussia Cove
Illustrated Victorian map of Cornwall
Historic Map of any Prussia Cove postcode
Prussia Cove books
Displaying 3 of 12 books about Prussia Cove and the local area. View all Prussia Cove books
Cornwall County Memories
Paperback
rrp £15
£12
Cornwall A Century Ago Photographic Memories
Paperback
rrp £14
£11.20
Helston Photographic Memories
Paperback
rrp £13
£10.40
You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Prussia Cove
Displaying a selection of personal
memories of Prussia Cove
.
Add your memory of Prussia Cove
or of a photo of Prussia Cove.
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
Prussia Cove is a place I walked to in 2007 and have come away knowing that I have todo my family tree as I am related to both Captain Harry Carter and his brother John Carter (The King of Prussia) who were local smugglers. My brother has been named John Carter Read and it is from my mother's side of the... [more]
Shared on 14 January 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
Extracts From Prussia Cove & Cornwall books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Prussia Cove, inspired by Frith photos.
Mullion takes its name from St Melaine, the 6th- century Bishop of Rennes, who excommunicated two British priests who went to preach on his patch. St Mellion, at the other end of the county, is also named after him.
This is an extract from Helston Photographic Memories.
Read more and see photos from this book.
Read more and see photos from this book.
More correctly known as the Loe (meaning 'pool' in Cornish), this mile- long freshwater lake was formed in the 13th century when the River Cober became dammed by a sand and shingle bar - Loe Bar.
This is an extract from Helston Photographic Memories.
Read more and see photos from this book.
Read more and see photos from this book.
Here we see almost the same view as picture No 53046, but how things have changed. Telegraph poles, road signs and the car indicate the communication revolution. There is also a plethora of tobacco advertising - Capstan, Craven 'A', Players and Senior Service - which would not be seen today.
This is an extract from Helston Photographic Memories.
Read more and see photos from this book.
Read more and see photos from this book.
