REFERENCES – ARTICLES FROM OLD NEWSPAPERS

Arranged by topic

Contributed by Terry Moyle

WRECK OF THE MOHEGAN

The entries from October and November 1898 are generally detailing the wreck, the funerals, the inquest and enquiry. Those from 1899 are generally about the Mohegan window in St Keverne church

 London Evening Standard 18 October 1898  London Evening Standard 19 October 1898  Manchester Times 21 October 1898  Dover Express 21 October 1898  Dundee Evening Telegraph 18 October 1898  Gloucester Citizen 18 October 1898  Gloucester Citizen 17 October 1898  Graphic London 29 April 1899  Graphic London 29 October 1898  Exeter and Plymouth Gazette 18 October 1898  Cornishman 27 October 1898  Cornishman 20 October 1898  East and South Devon Advertiser 22 October 1898  Pall Mall Gazette London 17 October 1898  Yorkshire Evening Post 19 October 1898  Royal Gazette 27 October 1898  South Wales Daily News 21 April 1899  South Wales Daily News 18 October 1898  South Wales Daily News 19 October 1898  South Wales Daily News 17 October 1898  Bexhill on Sea Observer 22 October 1898  Globe London 18 October 1898  Hull Daily Mail 17 October 1898  Hull Daily Mail 19 October 1898  Cornishman 3 November 1898  Diss Express 21 October 1898  Diss Express 21 October 1898  Ludlow Advertiser 22 October 1898  Warwick & Warwickshire Advertiser 22 October 1898  West Briton 30 November 1939  Derby Daily Telegraph 21 April 1899  Chepstow weekly Advertiser 22 October 1898  Dundee Advertiser 21 April 1899  Morning Post 18 October 1898  Morning Post 21 April 1899  Leicester Daily Mercury 17 October 1898  Cardiff Times 22 October 1898  Globe London 26 November 1898  Royal Cornwall Gazette 20 October 1898  Middlesbrough Daily Gazette 18 October 1898  Lloyds Weekly 23 October 1898  Cornish Telegraph 20 October 1898  Leek Post and Times 22 October 1898  Gloucestershire Chronicle 22 October 1898  Royal Cornwall Gazette 10 November 1898  Cornishman 20 April 1899  Cornish Telegraph 20 October 1898  Western Morning News 24 October 1898  Totnes Weekly Times 22 April 1899  Aberdeen Press and Journal 19 October 1898  Reading Mercury 22 October 1898  Dundee Evening Telegraph 17 October 1898  Sevenoaks Chronicle 21 October 1898  South Wales Echo 17 October 1898  South Wales Echo 17 October 1898  Bristol Mercury 19 October 1898  Bristol Mercury 18 October 1898  Bristol Mercury 17 October 1898  Pall Mall Gazette 19 October 1898  Pall Mall Gazette 18 October 1898  Yorkshire Evening Post 19 October 1898  Yorkshire Evening Post 17 October 1898  Stamford Mercury 21 October 1898  Manchester Courier & Lancs General Advertiser 19 Oct.1898  Western Gazette 21 October 1898  Jersey Independent & Daily Telegraph 22 October 1898  Royal Cornwall Gazette 20 October 1898  Beverley & East Riding Recorder 22 October 1898  Shipley Times & Express 22 October 1898  Cornubian & Times 28 October 1898

MANACLES AND OTHER WRECKS

1. JOHN 1855

 Cornish Telegraph 9 May 1855  Leeds Intelligencer 12 May 1855  Sheffield Independent 12 May 1855  Lincolnshire Chronicle 12 May 1855  North Devon Journal 17 May 1855  Royal Cornwall Gazette 11 May 1855  Western Morning News 14 December 1946  Western Morning News 30 January 1945  Manchester Times 12 May 1885

2. PRIMROSE and / or DISPATCH (PENINSULAR WAR) 1809

 Gloucestershire Chronicle 27 July 1889  Western Morning News 12 September 1942  Western Morning News 6 July 1933  Western Morning News 13 November 1931  Western Morning News 28 September 1946  Globe London 31 January 1809

3. SS PARIS 1899

 Sheffield Independent 22 May 1899  Cornishman 25 May 1899  York Herald 23 May 1899  Blackburn Standard 27 May 1899  Reading Mercury 27 May 1899  Exeter and Plymouth Gazette 22 May 1899

4. BAY OF PANAMA 1891

 Cornishman 19 March 1891  Royal Cornwall Gazette 21 May 1891

5. MANACLES (general)

 Reading Mercury 27 December 1902  South Wales Daily News 22 May 1899  Cornishman 24 August 1905  Cornishman 19 February 1931

OBITUARIES (funerals at St Keverne Parish Church unless otherwise stated)

 Royal Cornwall Gazette 3 December 1870 – Samuel Pentecost aged 80 Churchtown, vetinary surgeon.  Royal Cornwall Gazette 26 June 1857 – Emily Mitchell aged 17 daughter of James Mitchell, draper.  Western Morning News 6 January 1933 James John Trerise aged 77, . Funeral St Keverne Parish Church  Western Morning News 10 August 1949 Catherine Oates aged 89, Traboe, St Martin. Funeral St Keverne Parish Church  Western Morning News 19 June 1939 Henry Benney aged 87 . Funeral St Keverne Parish Church  Western Morning News 25 November 1941 Thomas Rogers aged 70 Treleague  Western Morning News 17 June 1947 Mary Hosken aged 78 Lizard wife of John Hosken. Funeral St Keverne Methodist Church  Cornishman 17 June Mary Jane Harry aged 85 Lesneague wife of William Harry  Western Morning News 8 February 1941 Francis John Lugg aged 37 Trevean  Western Morning News 8 March 1949 Susan Alice Frances Nicholls aged 55 St. Keverne wife of Percy  Western Morning News 28 November 1850 Harry Tripconey Tregidden Mill.  Western Morning News 3 October 1935 Ellen Roberts aged 87 Higher Tregidden  Cornishman 17 February 1949 William Harry aged 91 Trelanvean  Western Morning News 1 July 1925 Nathaniel Exelby aged 65 Little Tregasso, St Anthony in . Funeral St Keverne Parish Church  Western Morning News 22 August 1949 and 23 August 1949 Alice Lory aged 76 St Keverne wife of Richard. Funeral St Keverne Methodist Church  Western Morning News 29 July 1940 John Hosken aged 76 Tregarne. Funeral St Keverne Methodist Church  Western Morning News 17 August 1949 and 18 August 1949 Bessie Lory aged 78 Laddenvean.  Western Morning News 9 June 1950 and 10 June 1950 John Ancell (Jack) Leggo aged 38 Chywoon. Husband of Kathleen and father of Geraldine. Funeral St Keverne Methodist Church  Western Morning News 15 April 1950 James Lugg Roberts aged 66 Higher Tregidden  Western Morning News 11 March 1949 Charity Laurena Alice Rogers aged 80 Treglohan. Funeral St Keverne Methodist Church  Western Morning News 26 September 1949 Mary Anna Giles aged 93 Ridgewood. Funeral St Keverne Methodist Church.  Western Morning News 6 March 1947 Thomas Sidney Plomer aged 63 White Hart  Western Morning News 3 March 1949 Joseph Henry Matthews aged 64 Chenale husband of Margaret Ann (Daisy).  Lake’s Falmouth Packet 10 November 1866 William White aged 41 Churchtown, St Keverne

FUNERAL REPORTS (funeral service at St Keverne Parish Church unless otherwise stated)

 Cornishman 8 July 1948 Catherine Perry Leverton‐Spry aged 67 Polventon wife of Dr. Edward Leverton‐Spry  Royal Cornwall Gazette 26 January 1855 Thomas White aged 78 carpenter St Keverne  Lake’s Falmouth Packet 3 December 1870 Samuel Pentecost aged 80 Churchtown, St Keverne  West Briton 17 October 1912 Dr. Edward James Leverton‐Spry aged 68 Churchtown  Cornishman 14 July 1926 Sarah Noye aged 82 Parc‐an‐ Quatty wife of James Noye. Funeral St Keverne Wesleyan Church  West Briton 29 August 1912 George Westaway aged 28 Porthkerris (victim of manslaughter)  Western Morning News 23 August 1938 and Cornishman 25 August 1938 Tom Whale aged 58 . Headmaster of St Keverne School, organist and choirmaster St Keverne Parish Church, husband of Katie Phillippa Whale.  Cornishman 5 August 1948 James Andrew aged 78 Mawgan. Funeral St Keverne Parish Church  Cornishman 24 June 1943 Mary Jane Harry aged 85 Lesneague  Cornishman 13 December 1945 Ethel Linda Cornish aged 67 Trenoweth Mill.  Cornishman 14 November 1945 Percival Dacres Williams aged 70 Lanarth. Squire of St Keverne Parish, County Councillor, School governor, Churchwarden, JP.  Western Morning News Major Cyril Maurice Harvey aged 41 Trevenvith  Cornishman 7 August 1947 Beatrice Mary Hocking aged 78 Hill Crest Coverack  West Briton 30 November 1939 Violet Ann Hendy Coad aged 31. Treleague. Died in Hospital following road traffic accident  Western Morning News 2 November 1927 Mary Bolitho aged 69 Coverack  West Briton 28 September 1939 Edward Wilson aged 89 Nambol  Cornishman 12 December 1923 Robert Mann aged 82 died on holiday at  West Briton 12 October 1939 Peter Eddy aged 73 Churchtown  Western Morning News 3 June 1932 Elizabeth Keverne aged 84 Porthoustock  Cornishman 4 September 1947 William Charles Sully aged 67 St Keverne  Western Morning News 16 July 1934 and Cornishman 9 July 1934 Harry Tripconey aged 71 Boak House, Coverack  Cornishman 25 December 1947 William Henry Williams aged 73 Higher Tregidden  West Briton 24 August 1939 William Henry Eustice aged 63 Calstock. Funeral St Keverne Parish Church  West Briton 7 December 1939 Grace Jane Toy aged 81 Porthoustock  Cornishman 30 October 1941 Annie Rashleigh aged 66  Cornishman 20 January 1939 George Walter Jevons aged 83 Traboe Victorian artist  Cornishman 22 November 1945 James Herman Dudley aged 54 Porthallow. Funeral St Keverne Methodist Church  Cornishman 4 July 1935 Jessie Louisa Hill aged 73 Porthoustock  Cornishman 30 November 1944 James Caddy aged 53 Porthoustock  Cornishman 5 December 1946 Samuel John Eustice aged 65 Polcoverack  Cornishman 31 May 1934 Florence Christopher aged 87 Coverack  Cornishman 30 October 1947 Charles Henry Partridge aged 78 St Keverne  West Briton 19 September 1912 Margaret James aged 70 Nambol. Funeral St Keverne Methodist Church  Cornishman 10 July 1947 Mary Hosken aged 78 Lizard. Funeral service St Keverne Methodist Church  Cornishman 8 September 1927 Richard Watters aged 86 Traboe

MARRIAGES ‐ announcements and/or reports (At St Keverne Parish Church unless otherwise stated). Occupation of groom added from parish registers.

 Cornishman 29 February 1940 Charles Edward Sheen RN of London and Sylvia Mary Whale of Coverack  Cornish Telegraph 8 May 1913 Joseph Jewell slaughterman of Churchtown and Amelia Tremills of Porthallow  West Briton 28 October 1897 Charles Benjamin Knowles farmer of St Keverne and Jane Coad of St Keverne  Cornishman 25 March 1948 William John Thomas farm worker of Tregarne Mill and Violet Audrey Turner of Porthkerris  Royal Cornwall Gazette 6 March 1890 and London Morning Post 1 March 1890 Bentley More Gentleman of St Keverne and Annie Augusta Roskruge of St Keverne  Royal Cornwall Gazette 23 October 1890 William Kelynack Dale Pathologist of Helston and Laura Mary Roskruge of St Keverne  Cornishman 10 June 1948 Jacob Henry Lory furnishing assistant of St Keverne and Sylvia Winifred Beckett of Porthkerris  Lake’s Falmouth Packet 1 December 1866 John Pengilly labourer of Mullion and Elizabeth Gilbert of St Keverne  Cornishman 2 October 1879 Thomas Henry Arthur farmer of Manaccan and Annie Jordan of St Keverne  Cornishman 3 September 1936 Arnold Frederick Hawke quarry engineer Porthkerris and Gertrude Enid Doreen Tripconey of Porthallow  West Briton 6 July 1939 Reginald John George Nicholls lorry driver of Laddenvean and Janie Matthews of Treloyan  Cornishman 15 September 1898 Henry Pascoe miner (South Africa) of St Keverne and Edith Mary Martin of Tregaminion  Western Morning News 2 April 1929 and Cornishman 11 April 1929 Leonard Ernest Morrison fish merchant of Falmouth and Winifred Albina Nicholls of St Keverne  Western Morning News 24 February 1939 Sinclair Edward James gardener of Laddenvean and Edna Lily Moore of Zoar at St Keverne Methodist Church  Cornishman 31 July 1947 Henry Kessell farm worker of and Marjorie Joan Maud Beckett of Porthkerris  Cornishman 23 August 1945 William James Caddy RN of Porthoustock and Dorothy May Uren of St Keverne  West Briton 10 October 1907 James Stuart Rule master grocer of Churchtown and Alice Rogers of Roscarnon at St Keverne Methodist Church  Cornishman 7 November 1929 Leonard Foreman gamekeeper of St Keverne and Gwendoline May Keast of Police House, St Keverne  Cornishman 13 February 1936 William James Pascoe Quarryman of Porthoustock and Susan Margery Charleston of Porthoustock  West Briton 5 October 1939 and Cornishman 5 October 1939 Thomas John Searle Downing quarryman of Porthoustock and Gwendoline Alice May Pearce of Porthallow  Cornishman 7 April 1926 Charles Henry Treneer blacksmith journeyman of Porthallow and Emily Alport Eddy of Churchtown at St Keverne Methodist Church  West Briton 26 October 1939 James Charles Dennis baker of Trevalsoe and Joyce King of Mullion  Cornish Telegraph 29 November 1899 and Royal Cornwall Gazette 23 November 1899 Ralph Morten Clayton school master of St Keverne and Ann Coad of Treleague, St Keverne  Cornishman 20 February 1947 Kenneth Maurice Penna lorry driver of St Keverne and Peggy Pearce of Porthallow.  Cornishman 18 October 1945 William James Harvey lorry driver of Coronation Cottages, St Keverne and Elsie Doreen Curnow of Trew, Breage  Cornishman 23 June 1904 John Charles Lewis Pearce joiner journeyman of London and Ada Alice Bray of Mehall Mill at St Keverne Methodist Church  Cornishman 31 October 1929 Alfred Melville Nicholls farmer of and Irene Augusta Pascoe of Alexandra Villa, St Keverne at St Keverne Methodist Church  Cornishman 17 September 1924 William John Bentley Tripp fisherman of St Keverne and Catherine Frances Rothwell of St Keverne.  West Briton 2 November 1939 William John James Kitto farmer of Binnerton, and Lilian Nora James of Treskewes Farm, St Keverne  Cornubian and Redruth Times Philip B Corin and Annie Caroline White of St Keverne, daughter of William White at St Mary’s Church  Lake’s Falmouth Packet 11 February 1865 Richard Sowell and Elizabeth Ann Boucher both late St Keverne at  Royal Cornwall Gazette 23 October 1879 James Roberts farmer of St Anthony in Meneage and Ellen Lugg of Roscarnon, St Keverne  Royal Cornwall Gazette 8 January 1858 Edward Saunders Tripconey miller of Tregoning Mill, St Keverne and Maria Nicholls of St Anthony in Meneage.  Cornishman 15 November 1922 Thomas Henry Johns farmer of Trewartha, and Augusta Emmie Roberts of Coverack at St Keverne Methodist Church  Cornish Telegraph 22 December 1898 Edward Eva clerk of Isleworth, Middlesex and Annie Elizabeth Andrew of St Keverne  West Briton 24 August 1916 – Thomas John Downing stone quarryman of Trenance to Evelyn Margaret Eddy at St Keverne Methodist Church  Cornishman 3 September 1936 – Robert James Tripp farm labourer of Tregarne and Marjorie Rosina Thomas of Touch‐Me‐Pipes at St Keverne Methodist Church  Cornishman 17 September 1936 – Sidney Wermig general store proprietor of Christchurch, Hants and Winifred Rogers of Treglohan at St Keverne Methodist Church  Cornishman 12 August 1925 – Paul William Birkbeck audit clerk of Derby and son of Rev Joseph Birkbeck (Wesleyan Minister at St Keverne) and Laurena Alice Lory Rogers at St Keverne Methodist Church  Royal Cornwall Gazette 8 January 1858 – Samuel Hayden labourer of Trelyn and Philippa George of St Keverne

ST KEVERNE PARISH CHURCH

BELLS

 Cornishman 2 December 1880 – Church bells of Cornwall including St Keverne  Cornishman 13 September 1906 – donation from Sir Edward Dunning Lawrence for the bells  Cornish Telegraph 8 November 1906 – successful appeal for bells  Cornishman 3 January 1907 – three old bells have been dismantled  West Briton 10 January 1907 – Church bells  West Briton 17 January 1907 – Muffled peals rung at St Keverne on death of Lady Vyvyan  West Briton 28 February 1907 – Fred Greet elected secretary of St Keverne bell ringers  West Briton 11 April 1907 – new bells arrive at St Keverne  Nottingham Evening Post 15 April 1907 – new bells arrive at St Keverne  West Briton 18 April 1907 – Sire William Treloar to visit St Keverne for opening of bells  Cornish Telegraph 18 April 1907 – Lord Mayor of London to visit St Keverne for bell opening  West Briton 18 April 1907 – St Keverne bell ringers receiving lessons  West Briton 6 May 1907 – Sir William Treloar and new bells  West Briton 19 September 1907 – Bells and clock expenditure  Cornishman 31 December 1908 – new chiming apparatus for St Keverne bells  Cornish Telegraph 22 September 1910 – St Keverne bell ringers at Manaccan  Western Morning News 11 August 1930 – Ladock bell ringers at St Keverne  Cornishman 7 September 1933 – Gulval bell ringers at St Keverne  Cornishman 3 September 1936 – Bell ringers outing  Cornishman 28 July 1938 – St Keverne bells silent as repairs needed

RESTORATION WORK AT ST KEVERNE PARISH CHURCH

 Western Morning News 7 October 1884 – letter regarding appeal for money for repairs to Church  Royal Cornwall Gazette 10 December 1886 – removal of gallery etc in readiness for Church restoration  Cornish Telegraph 28 May 1891 – St Keverne Church to be restored  Royal Cornwall Gazette 3 September 1891 – Rev Rhys and plans for St Keverne Church restoration  Royal Cornwall Gazette 22 October 1891 – donation from Colonel Tremayne for St Keverne Church restoration  Western Morning News 24 December 1891 – donation from Sir Vyell Vyvyan for Church restoration  Cornish Telegraph 24 March 1892 – donation to Church restoration from Mr. John Smith (Australia)  Worcester Journal 11 June 1892 – impending restoration work at St Keverne Church  Cornishman 30 March 1893 – restoration work started on St Keverne Church  Western Morning News 10 April 1893 – Letter regarding Church restoration from Edmund Sedding (architect)  Cornishman 11 May 1893 – interesting finds (stones) discovered during restoration of St Keverne Church  Royal Cornwall Gazette 18 May 1893 – loss of materials for St Keverne Church restoration in fire at  Cornishman 8 June 1893 – advertisement : carpenters needed for restoration work at St Keverne Church  Cornish Telegraph 10 August 1893 – donation from Williams family of Scorrier towards restoration work at St Keverne Church  Royal Cornwall Gazette 3 August 1893 – restoration work at St keverne Church  Monmouthshire Beacon 2 September 1893 – old wall paintings found during restoration work in St Keverne Church  Royal Cornwall Gazette 27 July 1893 – restoration work on St Keverne Church  Western Morning News 23 August 1893 – rood loft entrances found while restoration work proceeding in St Keverne Church  Royal Cornwall Gazette 31 August 1893 – discovery of wall paintings in St Keverne Church  Cornishman 10 May 1894 – Bishop of Truro to re‐open St Keverne Church  Western Morning News 11 May 1894 – re‐opening of St Keverne Church after restoration  Western Morning News 12 May 1894 – re‐opening of St keverne Church after restoration work  Royal Cornwall Gazette 17 May 1894 and Cornish Telegraph 17 May 1894 – re‐opening of St Keverne Church  Royal Cornwall Gazette 31 May 1894 – Church restoration and re‐opening at St Keverne  Royal Cornwall Gazette 19 December 1895 – re‐opening of St Keverne Church  Cornishman 14 July 1904 – recently discovered frescoes at St Keverne Church  Cornishman 21 December 1905 – Talk on St Keverne Church wall paintings (St Christopher) by Thurston Peter  Cornubian and Redruth Times 22 September 1906 – article on frescoes in St Keverne Church  West Briton 6 December 1915 – old oak benches removed from St Keverne Church  West Briton 13 December 1915 – benches and bench ends in St Keverne Church  Cornishman 16 December 1915 – oak benches in St Keverne Church  Cornishman 12 December 1935 – St Keverne Church new heating system + tribute to the late P D Williams of Lanarth  Western Morning News 17 December 1943 – appeal for money for steeple, tower and belfry repairs (Rev. Pulford)  Cornishman 4 October 1934 – re‐gilding of weather vane and repairing steeple  Cornishman 19 October 1944 – weather vane to be repaired and replaced

CHURCH CHOIR

 Lake’s Falmouth Packet 9 January 1858 – St Keverne Church Choir supper  Cornishman 15 January 1903 and West Briton 22 January 1903 – Church Choir supper  Cornish Telegraph 12 January 1905 – Church Choir supper  Cornish Telegraph 25 Aril 1907 – St Keverne Church Choir concert at St. Martin in Meneage  Cornish Telegraph 27 June 1907 – Manaccan Church Choir rehearsal with St Keverne Church Choir at St Keverne  West Briton 9 October 1912 – St Keverne Church Choir outing to Penzance  Cornishman 9 January 1924 – Church Choir supper  Western Morning News 11 July 1932 – Deanery choral festival at St Keverne  Western Morning News 21 April 1929 – Advert:‐ Organist and choirmaster wanted at St Keverne Church  West Briton 20 July 1939 – St Keverne Church Choir outing to Penzance  Cornishman 6 December 1945 – BBC broadcast from St Keverne Church with Church Choir, Methodist Church Choir and Male Voice Choir

SPECIAL SERVICES AT ST KEVERNE CHURCH

 Royal Cornwall Gazette 4 October 1861 – Harvest Festival services  Royal Cornwall Gazette 9 October 1869 – Harvest Festival services  Cornishman 29 July 1880 – Service in St Keverne Church for Falmouth Oddfellows  Royal Cornwall Gazette 15 October 1880 – Hospital Sunday services at St Keverne Church  Cornishman 9 July 1896 – Confirmation service at St Keverne Church  Royal Cornwall Gazette 21 September 1899 – Rev H Baugh farewell sermon at St Keverne Church  Royal Cornwall Gazette 5 October 1899 – Rev Baugh preaching at St Keverne Church  Cornubian and Redruth Times 23 November 1900, Royal Cornwall Gazette 22 November 1900 and West Briton 15 November 1900 ‐ Church dedication festival at St Keverne  Cornishman 4 October 1896 – Harvest Festival services  West Briton 17 October 1907 – Confirmation service at St Keverne Church  West Briton 9 July 1908 and West Briton 11 July 1912 – Rev W H Fisher (London) to preach at St Keverne Church while Vicar Canon Diggens is on holiday  West Briton 20 August 1908 – Bishop Vyvyan will be preaching at St Keverne Church  West Briton 8 February 1912 – Bible Society services at St Keverne Church  West Briton 29 February 1912 – Canon Diggens’ Lenten lecture at St Keverne Church  West Briton 10 October 1912 – Harvest Festival services  West Briton 17 October 1912 – Hospital Sunday collections  Western Morning News 12 March 1921 – Dedication of War memorials in St Keverne Church  Cornishman 2 January 1924 and Western Morning News 29 December 1923 – Church Christmas Day service  Western Morning News 16 September 1930 – Rev T D Lawton (Stoke on Trent) to remain in St Keverne until the end of the month  Cornishman 30 January 1936 – united service at St Keverne Parish Church  Cornishman 29 September 1938 – Missions to Seamen service at St Keverne Church  West Briton 3 August 1939 – Scouts at St Keverne Cjurch service  Cornishman 29 May 1947 – St Keverne Youth Club members attend St Keverne Church service and take part

CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOL

 Royal Cornwall Gazette 8 July 1859 – Church Sunday School tea treat  West Briton 22 January 1903 – St Keverne Church Sunday School tea  West Briton 17 January 1907 – St Keverne and Coverack Church Sunday School tea and prize distribution  West Briton 28 February 1907 – St Keverne Church Sunday School superintendents, Mr. Gerald W Roskruge and Mr. William J Tripp, unanimously elected by teachers  West Briton 9 January 1908 – St Keverne Church Sunday School concert and prize giving  Cornish Telegraph 13 January 1910 – St Keverne Church Sunday School concert  Cornishman 17 January 1929 – St Keverne Church Sunday School tea and prize giving  Cornishman 18 September 1947 – Church Sunday School outing

CHURCH FETES AND BAZAARS

 Cornishman 21 August 1884 – Bazaar at COVERACK to raise money for the new Coverack Mission Church  Cornishman 1July 1897 – Church Bazaar  Western Morning News 11 June 1926 – Church fete  West Briton 31 August 1932 – Church fete  Western Morning News 23 July 1934 and Cornishman 26 July 1934 – Church garden fete  Western Morning News 15 August 1938 and West Briton 12 August 1938 – Church garden fete and dance in aid of church roof fund  West Briton 20 July 1939 – Notice of Church garden fete  Cornishman 16 August 1945 – Church garden fete  Cornishman 8 August 1946 – Church garden fete  Western Morning News 9 August 1950 – Church fete

ST KEVERNE CHURCH MISCELLANEOUS

 Royal Cornwall Gazette 6 February 1863 – Collection in St Keverne Church for the poor in the north of  Royal Cornwall Gazette 1 January 1876 – Concert in aid of new organ for church  Royal Cornwall Gazette 25 March 1876 – Letter regarding the state of St Keverne Church  Cornishman 30 May 1889 – welcome to Rev J Rhys, new vicar at St Keverne  Gloucestershire Chronicle 27 July 1889 – Details of epitaph of Thomas Toll of Penare  Royal Cornwall Gazette 29 August 1889 and West Briton 29 August 1889 – death of Richard Lawrence in church after evening service  Cornish Telegraph 8 June 1893 – legacy of £20 for St Keverne Church in will of Miss Smedley  Cornishman 9 June 1898 – story of Rev Anthony Williams and lightning damage to spire in 1770  Cornishman 26 March 1903 – accident to Mrs. Rowe, church organist  West Briton 27 June 1907 – Thanks from Royal Cornwall Infirmary for collection of £1 – 12s – 1d from St Keverne Church  Cornishman 1 February 1922 – Discovery of old candlesticks in St Keverne Church  Western Morning News 30 April 1924 – letter from Mr. W R Lowman (Churchwarden) regarding St keverne Church Council  Cornishman 27 January 1926 – Church Army van at St Keverne Church  Cornishman 25 August 1926 – Talk on St Keverne Church to Old Cornwall Society  Western Morning News 10 November 1926 – Churchyard dispute  Cornishman 9 November 1939 – Church services in Church Hall because of the blackout.  Western Morning News 25 February 1943 Church knitting club  Cornishman 9 May 1946 – Church knitting club disbanded  Cornishman 11 July 1946 – bequest to Parish Church in will of Joseph Hannibal Shepherd James of Victoria House, The Square

ST KEVERNE PARISH MISCELLANEOUS

 Royal Cornwall Gazette 21 January 1804 and 11 February 1804 – Sale of Penare Barton  Cornishman 4 March 1837 – Golden Wedding of Mr and Mrs Wlliam Harry of Lesneague  Royal Cornwall Gazette 5 February 1858 – Mrs. Carlyon at the White Hart summoned  Royal Cornwall Gazette 14 February 1840 – Celebration for marriage of Queen Victoria  Royal Cornwall Gazette 4 December 1840 – land and property for sale at , Trelease, Trelease Mill and Polkanoga  Lake’s Falmouth Packet 29 January 1859 – Inquest at St Keverne on Robert Jackson (mate of the Czar wrecked at Lizard)  West Briton 15 August 1862 – Sale of Three Tuns  Royal Cornwall Gazette 9 January 1875 – additional rooms needed for public school  Royal Cornwall Gazette 13 February 1875 – election to St Keverne School Board  Cornishman 23 June 1881 – fossils found while building a cottage at Porthallow  Cornishman 23 June 1881 – Helston District Council report of state of roads in St Keverne  Cornishman 27 September 1883 – Helston Rural Sanitary comments on state of drains at St Keverne  Western Morning News 13 August 1885 – announcement :‐ St Peter’s Church at Coverack will be consecrated on Thursday 20 inst. by the Bishop of Truro  Royal Cornwall Gazette 31 July 1890 – big fire at Trenithon Waste  Cornishman 11 October 1894 and Cornubian and Redruth Times 12 October 1894 – Alice Bray of St Keverne wins a scholarship  Cornish Telegraph 11 June 1895 – meaning of the name :St Keverne”  Cornubian and Redruth Times 5 July 1901 – return of trooper John Roskruge  Cornishman 22 November 1906 – Oak screen made of wood from the wrecks of the John and the Mohegan loaned by Mr. James displayed at the Arts and Crafts Exhibition at Penzance  West Briton 7 February 1907 – Miss Guy appointed caretaker of Traboe school and accident to Joseph Jewell while working for James’ butchers  West Briton 13 June 1907 – Cottages removed by church steps for building of  new Three Tuns  Cornishman 4 November 1909 – Ralph Clayton (Headmaster of St Keverne School) and school libraries  West Briton 25 April 1912 – St Keverne victims and survivors of the Titanic – lost :‐ John Jago Smith, Hayden Sobey, Stephen Hold; survivor – Mrs. Annie Hold  West Briton 29 August 1912 – Trial of Thomas James, quarryman, regarding manslaughter of George Westaway (funeral of George Westaway in same article)  West Briton 29 July 1920 and Western Morning News 28 July 1920 – Porthkerris Bungalow for sale  Western Morning News 7 July 1921 – Letter regarding St Keverne banner of 1537  West Briton 8 February 1923 and 22 February 1923 – Whist Drive in Church Hall  Cornishman 2 January 1924 – the old custom of a carol service at 7 a.m. on Christmas morning was held in Coverack UM chapel. At Coverack Wesleyan Church the choir rendered a service of song. Carols and anthems were sung at a carol service in St Keverne Wesleyan Church.  Western Morning News 4 June 1924 – sale of Roskruge Barton  Cornishman 27 June 1926 – Dance in aid of Parish Room funds  Western Morning News 12 March 1929 – Hunt at St Keverne  Western Morning News 10 January 1939 – Memories of a post office official at St Keverne and Coverack  Cornishman 16 November 1950 – Armistice services at St Keverne Church and Chapel. Parish wreath laid by the oldest parishioner Simon Moyle ex RN

ADDITIONAL EXTRACTS RELATING TO ST KEVERNE WESLEYAN/METHODIST CHAPEL

 Royal Cornwall Gazette 29 March 1817 – apology from Ely James for disturbing the congregation in St Keverne Methodist Chapel on 13 February and an agreement to pay 40 shillings in bread to be distributed to the poor of the Parish

WARNING TO DISTURBERS OF RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLIES

I, Ely James, of the Parish of St Keverne, yeoman, having been duly convicted under 52 Geo 111 cap.155 do hereby acknowledge my unfeigned sorrow for disturbing the congregation in the Methodist Chapel in St Keverne Churchtown on 13 day of February last. I agree to pay forty shillings to be distributed to the poor of this parish in bread and do, hereby, give my best thanks to the parties who have thus leniently compromised the further penalty of the law on Disturbers of Public Worship. Ely James

Witnesses William Thomas and Thomas Martin Parish of St Keverne March 24th 1817

 Western Morning News 28 March 1883 – Accident to Rev David Williams and his son on way home from taking service at St Keverne Chapel  Cornishman 19 July 1883 – Chapel manse  Cornishman 30 October 1902 – fire at St Keverne Wesleyan chapel  Cornishman 13 August 1903 – St Keverne Wesleyan Circuit held a picnic in a field near the Manacle Rocks  Cornubian and Redruth Times 31 December 1904 – two day bazaar at St Keverne Wesleyan Chapel  Cornish Telegraph 16 February 1906 – decision whether to build a new chapel or restore the old one  Cornishman 26 June 1906 – Stone laying ceremony for new St Keverne Chapel  Cornish Telegraph 16 January 1908 – Concert given by St Keverne Wesleyan Choir at Coverack Wesleyan Church  West Briton 25 June 1908 – Service at St Keverne Chapel and a talk by Sir George Smith  Cornish Telegraph 9 December 1909 – Mission services held in St Keverne Chapel  West Briton 18 April 1912 – Missionary services have been held at St Keverne Wesleyan Church  Cornish Telegraph 1 January 1914 – funeral of Mrs. Edwin Rule  Cornishman 7 October 1915 – Harvest Festival services  Cornubian and Redruth Times 2 June 1921 – the sum of £2 – 10s was sent from St Keverne Wesley Church to the Camborne‐Redruth Unemployment Appeal  Cornishman 2 May 1923 – Pike’s Hill Choir (Falmouth) gave concert in St Keverne Wesleyan Chapel  West Briton 3 May 1923 – Cantata given by St Keverne Wesleyan choir  West Briton 17 May 1923 – Thomas Sowell and old St Keverne boy and now station master at Bugle preached at St Keverne chapel on Sunday  Cornishman 13 June 1923 – Dr. William Martin from New York preached at St Keverne Chapel (home after 16 years)  Cornishman 2 January 1924 – the old custom of a carol service at 7 a.m. on Christmas morning was held in Coverack UM chapel. At Coverack Wesleyan Church the choir rendered a service of song. Carols and anthems were sung at a carol service in St Keverne Wesleyan Church.  Cornishman 4 June 1924 – Following a storm the organ at St Keverne Chapel had to be blown by hand  Western Morning News 13 August 1925 – Rev Joseph Birkbeck preached his farewell sermon at St Keverne Wesleyan Church  Western Morning News 8 September 1927 – Rev G Tinsley Peet started his ministry at St Keverne  Western Morning News 1 January 1929 – Mr. F E Rule was the organist at St Keverne Methodist Church  Western Morning News 16 March 1929 – St Keverne Chapel choir supper  Western Morning News 27 September 1932 – Rev H W Pemberton the new Helston minister preached at St Keverne  Cornishman 5 June 1933 – Reduction in the number of Cornwall Methodist Circuits based on membership figures  Western Morning News 29 May 1934 – the new Methodist Hymn Book was used for the first time at St Keverne Chapel  Cornishman 21 January 1937 – Sunday School Tea and Prize giving and concert by St Keverne Band in the chapel  Western Morning News 28 December 1937 – Chapel bazaar  Cornishman 24 May 1939 – services taken at St Keverne Chapel taken by ex rugby player Mr. J D Cribbs  Western Morning News 8 August 1939 – farewell sermon preached at St Keverne Methodist Church by Rev W S Gifford  West Briton 12 October 1939 – Mrs. Williams the wife of Rev Chenalls Williams preached at St Keverne Methodist Church  West Briton 2 November 1939 – funeral of Mrs. Jane Inch Oliver, sub postmistress, was held at St Keverne Methodist Church  Cornishman 9 November 1939 – Chapel services being held in the Sunday School because of the blackout  Cornishman 5 October 1944 – Cadets attended harvest festival services at St Keverne Chapel  Cornishman 23 August 1947 – Chapel choir outing to  Cornishman 4 December 1947 – Climax male Voice Choir concert in St Keverne Chapel  Cornishman 8 January 1948 – Bazaar at St Keverne Chapel  Cornishman 15 June 1950 – funeral of John Ancell (Jack) Leggo

ST KEVERNE STONE COMPANY (PORTHOUSTOCK)

 West Briton 26 October 1916 – Clerk needed for St Keverne Stone Company  Western Morning News 3 November, 10 November and 12 November 1924 – Fitter wanted for St Keverne Stone Company  Cornishman 3 February 1938 – Clerk needed for St Keverne Stone Company