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

St Erney Landrake photos

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Memories of St Erney Landrake

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William Steed - Pub Landlord 1860-1880; Sportsman's Arms

Notter Bridge, The River And Sportsmans Arms c1960
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I have traced my ancestor William Steed and wife Anne Steed as landlords of Sportsmans Arms Inn Notterbridge in 1860s for twenty years, living here with nine children and John Doidge, lodger, and servant Sophia Burnett aged eleven. William Steed was born in Menheniot 1824 and wife Anne 1827 also. When the family left the Inn they went to live in Newton Abbot, Torquay. William and Anne Steed are my Great, Great Grandparents. William at aged fifteen lived and worked as a servant in Fore Street, Saltash.

Jack And Peggy Robinson

Ye Olde Bullers Arms c1960
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I am a niece of former Landlords Jack and Peggy Robinson and remember with great affection the happy holidays I spent with them, helping out occasionally behind the bar and chatting with the locals. Everyone was so friendly and it was everybody's local to catch up with the latest news. We did visit again some 20 years ago and this lovely hostelry will always be in my thoughts.

Amelia Hawke

I came to live in Cornwall, just nine miles from St. Germans in December 2006. Much to my amazement, I found that my Great Grandmother, Amelia Hawke was born and brought up here in the house next door to the post office. Her father George Hawke was a bootmaker. I did much research into the Hawke family while I lived in Cornwall for about 15 months and still go back as often as I can to see all the graves of my ancestors in the graveyard opposite the church.

Tideford's New Road

This photograph shows Tideford after the new A38 had been built through the middle of the village to serve the new Tamar road bridge. A number of properties had to be demolished for the new road. The shop in the foreground on the left is Worsfold's. When I moved to Tideford in 1965 it was one of two shops in the village, the other being the post office and stores. Mr & Mrs Worsfold were Londoners who had moved to Cornwall. Inside the shop was an Aladdin's cave of groceries, goodness knows how they managed to find anything. It was all counter service and you went in with your list and were served. Mr Worsfold used to make deliveries in a grey mini van. Just beyond Worsfold's was Haddy's dairy were you could buy freshly made clotted cream and unpasteurized milk. At the end of the row, on the left, just out of the photograph, was Congdon's butchers. They had their own small slaughterhouse just down the lane.

A Typical Old Village Pub

The Rode And Line c1960
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When I moved to Tideford the Rod & Line was run by Fred Barnes. The pub was owned by Plymouth Breweries, a company that was later bought out by Courage. Most of their beer arrived in wooden casks and Fred had to hammer a tap into the end to dispense the beer. In those days pubs were for drinking, not for food. The Rod & Line offered crisps, pork scratchings and a jar full of pickled eggs sat on the counter. An egg and a packet of crips passed for a pub meal in those days. I went to the Rod & Line on the evening of my 18th birthday and Fred bought me my first ever legal drink, half a pint of Plymouth Breweries bitter. It was awful.

Tideford

The Village c1960
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This photograph shows Tideford prior to 1961, a quiet village on the road between Trerulefoot and Saltash. That was all about to change when the new Tamar road bridge was opened connecting Saltash with Plymouth in 1961. What had been a minor road now became the main road out of Cornwall into Plymouth. Previously the main route had been via Torpoint and the car ferry. If that happened today, it is likely the village would have had a by pass. But, in 1961, they just put the new road right through the middle of the village and the houses on the left of the photo were demolished. The new A38 split Tideford in two and, as traffic levels increased through the 60s and 70s, it became increasingly difficult to cross the road from one part of the village to another. At the time of writing the village is still split in two, a monument to the failure of planners to foresee the increasing volume of road traffic

Glebe Barn

It was such a delight to find our house so clearly captured by the photographer in this composition! The barns pictured to the right of the church were bought by my husband and I in 1998. Originally they were grain storage barns, and in later years the village barn-dances were held there. They were converted to residential in 1983 by the previous owners, and run as a guest house.  We have shared 10 happy years here in this beautiful place with many holiday visitors who came to stay.
Sadly, I have to move on now, as my husband has passed away, but the memories are permanently captured in this print.

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