Padstow
Padstow maps (2 available)
Map of Cornwall
Beautifully hand-drawn and coloured, dating from around 1840
Personalised maps
Create an historic map centred directly on any postcode!
Padstow books (12 available)
Padstow Photographic Memories
Paperback
Truro Town Walk Guide
Paperback
Cornwall Living Memories
Paperback
- 5 photos on Padstow appear in 4 Frith books - View photos of Padstow
- Read extracts and see photos from these books on Padstow and Cornwall
Padstow memories
Read and share memories of Padstow and Cornwall inspired by Frith photos
Notes from the Frith files
The little girl sitting is Doreen Kate Stone, boy with the black hat is Sam Harris, the two boys arm in arm are Will Gard (blonde) and Willie McOwen, the boy with arms folded is Clifford Coutsoubos, the boy in bow of boat is Cyril Thomas - all Padstowians.
Contributed by The Frith Memory Archivist
Cornwall memories
Notes from the Frith files
The little girl sitting is Doreen Kate Stone, boy with the black hat is Sam Harris, the two boys arm in arm are Will Gard (blonde) and Willie McOwen, the boy with arms folded is Clifford Coutsoubos, the boy in bow of boat is Cyril Thomas - all Padstowians.
A memory of Padstow contributed by The Frith Memory Archivist
Paradise
Trevone is one of the most beautiful places in England. It has two beaches one sandy & one rocky, I prefer the rocky. My mother first took me to Trevone 62 years ago & it hasn't changed, my father was born in Padstow. What a place to live, you lucky people.
A memory of Trevone contributed by Peter Thomas
Wonderful Trevone
This is one of the most beautiful places in England, the rock beach is my favourite, good for walking, swimming & looking in rock pools. I started visiting when my mother took me 62 years ago (my father was born in Padstow ) & it hasn't changed. I look forward to visiting each year.
A memory of Trevone contributed by Peter Thomas
Extracts From Padstow & Cornwall books
This view of sailing barges stern to emphasises the ratio in length and
beam possessed by these squat yet solid craft. As sea boats, they
would ride the waves with a distinctive rolling motion in anything
other than light airs with low swell.
Padstow
An extract from from"Picturesque Harbours Photographic Memories".
Padstow is a very ancient port and has long been associated with trading and shipbuilding. In the Middle Ages silt formed the Doom Bar and cut off the harbour for the larger sailing vessels, but Padstow still continued to be a very important trading port. The vessel we see here is tied up at berth, so perhaps its sails are up to enable them to dry out.
An extract from from"Times Gone By".
Padstow is a very ancient port and has long been associated with trading and shipbuilding. In the Middle Ages silt formed the Doom Bar and cut off the harbour for the larger sailing vessels, but Padstow still continued to be a very important trading port. The vessel we see here is tied up at berth, so perhaps its sails are up to enable them to dry out.
An extract from from"Countryside Poems".
The waxed straw hat of the man stooping in attendance on his open rowing boat
provided waterproof protection against the elements. Different shapes and sizes of
craft indicate the variety of classes catered for by this versatile harbour, which at
one time was an active centre for ship building and repair.
An extract from from"Picturesque Harbours Photographic Memories".
Most of the coastal trading vessels working out of Padstow were
schooners or ketches, and many earned their keep beach trading.
Though by 1901 the railways had captured a large percentage of
what had previously been sea-borne freight, there were areas where
it was still viable to move bulk, and even general cargo, by coaster.
Many of the vessels employed in the beach trade were old when
they came to it, costing their new owners between £200 and £500.
They would run onto a beach and wait for the tide to go out; then
the cargo would be loaded into horse-drawn carts, and the vessels
would float off on the incoming tide. The business was effectively
killed off around Cornwall after World War I; lorry ownership
rocketed as the military sold off surplus vehicles at give-away prices.
An extract from from"Victorian and Edwardian Maritime Album".