St Just In Penwith, Church And Market Place 1908
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This old tin-streaming town is perched on a windy hill a mile inland from the sea. Solidly built of heavy granite, it turns its back stolidly on the gales. On the right of the square is the Wellington Hotel. St Just is bounded by small, irregular fields and stone walls. Close by is the famous Botallack mine.

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My wife's great-grandparents were married in the church on 31st July 1870. Their names were Richard Trembath, born 1844, m Elizabeth Thomas by the Rev Henry Stuart Fagan. They migrated to Bendigo, Australia in 1870. Richard Thomas, first of four children, was born Bendigo, 7th Aug 1872. He later became Chair of Bendigo Stock Exchange and later settled in Melbourne and established a stockbroking ...see more