Pensilva - A Brief History
The census of 1841 records only two houses in Pensilva, a farmhouse (now called Jubilee Farm and situated on Jubilee Road) is the…
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Pensilva · St Ive · East Cornwall
Pensilva & St Ive,
remembered.
An archive of people, places, mines, photographs and memories from a remarkable corner of Cornwall.
Featured storySt Ive · Cornwall · South Africa
A remarkable life from St Ive
Emily
Hobhouse
Born at St Ive Rectory in 1860, Emily Hobhouse became a humanitarian whose exposure of conditions in British concentration camps during the South African War made her a revered figure in South Africa.
The archive follows a life that began in this small Cornish parish and reached far beyond it. The rectory where she grew up is now home to The Story of Emily, a museum and immersive historical experience.
St Ive → South AfricaHer story Explore the collection
Six routes into the archive.
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People & families
Family histories, biographies and the people who shaped life around Pensilva and St Ive.
20 stories02Mining & industry
Mines, engine houses, working lives and the industrial landscape of east Cornwall.
8 stories03Places & buildings
Houses, farms, schools, villages, landmarks and the changing local landscape.
21 stories04Memories & everyday life
First-hand memories, community life, celebrations, customs and ordinary days remembered.
18 stories05War & remembrance
War service, evacuation, memorials and stories shaped by conflict and commemoration.
5 stories06Documents & research
Directories, newspapers, postcards, archival finds and resources for further research.
9 storiesSelected from the archive
A place to begin.
South Caradon Mine
South Caradon Mine lies about half a mile from the summit of Caradon Hill, on its southern slopes and in the Caradon Mining District…
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War Memorials in Pensilva and St Ive
World War One 1914 – 18 BROWNING, Herbert John 2nd South African Rifles 491 Died 1/05/1918 Age 45 [Mangochi Town Cemetery, Malawi.…
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Look before you read.
Old village views, later photographs and images from the moorland collection have their own home in the archive.
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From the original archive
Pensilva on film.
A film of Pensilva preserved from the earlier website, alongside the written and photographic archive.
In the papers · 23 November 1871
From the Royal Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet, Cornish Weekly News and General Advertiser of Thursday, November 23, 1871.
“VAGRANTS - P.C. Lyle of the county constabulary has locked up two of these pests this week - tough, hardy, lazy chaps of 30, one a discharged soldier, the other a schoolmaster, who were begging in Ludgvan - and Major Trelawney has sent them to the treadwheel for 14 days.”