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Townshend maps
Historic maps of Townshend and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Townshend maps
Townshend photos
We have no photos of Townshend, although we do have photos of these nearby places:
St Erth| Praa Sands| Rosudgeon| Breage| Hayle| Prussia Cove| Phillack| Perranuthnoe| Lelant| Cuddon Point| Crowlas| Marazion| St Michael's Mount| Gwithian| Penponds| Ludgvan| Carbis Bay| Porthleven| Helston| Camborne| St Ives| Carn Brea
Townshend area books
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Cornwall memories
Coastguard Cottages
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
called Bessy's Cove by the Carters, is there a story about Bessy saving one of their children?
Porthenalls
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
Hayle Coppersmiths
The Cornish side of my family (Penberthy's) came from Hayle and were mostly all coppersmiths and engineers, apprenticed in Ventonleague I believe, but like many of the Cornish, they had to leave for a better life elsewhere at the very end of the 19th century. My great grandad was a skilled coppersmith and upon moving up into England made copper parts for boat engines and fixed ships out at sea when they were in trouble. I would like to know more about this side of my family
