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Rumford maps

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

Rumford map

Historic map of Rumford

Cornwall map

Illustrated Victorian map of Cornwall

Rumford map

Historic Map of any Rumford postcode

Rumford maps
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Rumford photos

We have no photos of Rumford, although we do have photos of these nearby places: Little Petherick, St Merryn, St Issey, Porthcothan Bay, St Mawgan, Trenance, Bedruthan Steps, Constantine Bay, Mawgan Porth, Padstow, Treyarnon Bay, Harlyn Bay

Rumford books

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Cornwall County Memories
Paperback
$30

Cornwall A Century Ago Photographic Memories
Paperback
$28

Cornwall Photographic Memories
Paperback
$28

Rumford books
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Memories of Rumford

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Cornwall memories

Summer of 1990

I was lucky enough to go abroad for our family holiday every year. Towards the end of the 1980s my second holiday around August time would be to go to Treyarnon Bay with my best friend Becci and her parents, and I fell in love with the place and the surrounding areas. I'm sure the pub/hotel was named the Beachcomer back... [more]

Shared on 19 November 2009 by Debbie Turner.

Evacuation to St Merryn

My sister and I were evacuated to St Merryn in 1940. I was aged 6 and my sister aged 11. We lived in Bermondsey, London. I shall always remember our first night in St Merryn. We were sitting in the School Hall,and were the last to be allocated. This was because my sister had been told by my mother, that we... [more]

Shared on 02 January 2009 by Bill Killick.

Birth

I was born on 8 October 1939 in a house called Trewalder, at Treyarnon Bay. The house belonged to Nan and Sam Odhams and they persuaded my mother to leave London - everyone was rushing anywhere and every place once war was declared on 3 September. My father was in the TA and had already been called up. ... [more]

Shared on 27 October 2007

my years in st merryn at towan farm house

My father was in the Fleet Air Arm during the war and in about 1949 he was stationed at the camp in St Merryn, my parents lived at Towan Farm House where I was brought back to from the hospital after I was born at Redruth hospital. My maiden name was Wells. The couple that owned the farm was called Mr... [more]

Shared on 28 March 2007 by Linda Neary.

Early Years

I was in the US Navy at St. Mawgan and moved into The Lambs Barn in Talskiddy in 1972. In 1973 I married a girl from the RAF and we lived in the Barn which was owned by Deg and Jenny Warner until I went back to America in 1976. Some wonderful memories were had there and one day... [more]

Shared on 18 February 2010 by John Hawkins.

Summer of ''67

I won the Cornish longboard championships at Constantine Bay in 1967. I was the profesional lifeguard at Treyarnon Bay in 1967 and 1968. Friendships established then and still true include Anhtony Richards, Robert Ede, David Powell, Peter Andrews, Rick Stein, Steve Bond, Andrew Blight, Rip Kirby, John Ball, John Jewell, Mike Hannaford and others. Brilliant years never to be experienced again... [more]

Shared on 15 November 2008 by Stuart Charles.

An apple a day

Mr and Mrs Smith lived in the first small house on the left as you go up the hill. When I was about 4 years of age I used to toddle over from Kenwyn which was on the other side of the road to visit them.
There was an unusual small round window in the lounge room.
They... [more]

Shared on 01 February 2010 by Elizabeth Carthew.

The Old Copper

If you look at the Coastguard Cottages in the background you will see a small wash house in front of the cottages on the lower garden. In the back left hand corner of the wash house was an old large copper where my grandmother Kate Knight used to boil all of her white washing. The sheets hanging on the washing line... [more]

Shared on 01 February 2010 by Elizabeth Carthew.

Extracts From Rumford & Cornwall books

Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Rumford, inspired by Frith photos.

Helston Photographic Memories

The stream is actually the River Cober, which used to regularly flood this area of Lower Green. When this happened, bands of men were despatched to Loe Bar to dig a channel to drain off the floodwater, and the Corporation, in accordance with custom, presented the Lord of the Manor with a leather purse containing three halfpennies. Today a permanent culvert prevents flooding.

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Helston Photographic Memories

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.

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Helston Photographic Memories

We are looking north-east up the valley to the town. St Michael's is on the skyline, and round the bend in the valley to the left is the site of St John's Priory Hospital, which cared for travellers and lepers from 1220 to 1580.

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