Launceston, Castle c.1875
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Photo ref: 8095
Photo of Launceston, Castle c.1875

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Launceston Castle is of the classic motte and bailey design: a high central tower stands on a mound surrounded by the bailey defences. The apparent slight lean of the tower is no optical illusion, nor is it the fault of the photographer; it actually leans more than three feet in its forty-foot height, and had to undergo serious repair work in the 1960s to prevent it collapsing.

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A Selection of Memories from Launceston

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My family tree starts with Thomas and Mary Anne Newton who immigrated from England in 1830 aboard the ship 'John Craig'. Thomas occupation was a candlemaker. Their daughter Alice was my great great grandmother. Alice first married John Phillips and upon his death c1855 married a convict, Walter Wade. They had a large family and one of their daughters named Eliza married Orlando William ...see more
My family roots reach back to launcestone in the 1790, 1848, 1880. My ancestors even further back all christened in that church. In 1892, my grandfather came north to work in the mines of Yorkshire at the age of twelve (the good old days).