Do you recognise these cottages?
A lady from up country has provided this photograph in the hope of finding out where the building is today. It is somewhere in…
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Documents & research
Directories, newspapers, postcards, archival finds and resources for further research.
Kelly's Directory 1883
The following information is extracted from Kelly's Directory of 1883. PENSILVA is a large village, two and a half miles north west of…
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Middle Hill - Sale of Land and Buildings
On the 24th July 1919 Major GSS Strode of Newhnam Park, Plympton, Devon sold off by auction his family's holdings of land and…
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We have been reprinting extracts from old newspapers on our Homepage and regularly replacing them with different articles. Many of…
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Old St Ive Postcard
This copy of a postcard was sent to us by Susan Maunder. The postcard was sent at 6.45pm on 30th May 1908 to Susan's Grandfather, Mr.…
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S.S. PENSILVA
Although the use of the name 'Pensilva' does not appear till the 1891 census, and then only as Pensilva or Bodminland, it has managed…
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The Cornish Penny
Cornish currency has been issued in various forms since medieval times and possibly earlier. One early story tells that the Cornish…
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A new research 'hub' has been built in Liskeard to help local residents trace their family roots and research local history. The new…
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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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