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The pub’s traditional warm warm traditional pub’s The

a few metres on the the on metres few a After fame. Austin-Healey of Healey Donald Trebah, of owner previous a of

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Mondays 10.30 to 5.30 to 10.30 Mondays

Open every day of the year, from 10am from year, the of day every Open

Sunday and Bank Holiday Holiday Bank and Sunday

October, Tuesday to to Tuesday October,

February until the end of of end the until February

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church steps. church

classes with 9-14 year old old year 9-14 with classes

site of the old village taps between the Reading Room and the the and Room Reading the between taps village old the of site

was used for horticultural horticultural for used was

has recently been converted into a residential dwelling. Note the the Note dwelling. residential a into converted been recently has approx. 1958, this land land this 1958, approx.

House! It It House! ments. From 1903 to to 1903 From ments. Hotel, Coffee, Eating or Beer Beer or Eating Coffee, Hotel, Tavern, a as used be

were the school allot- school the were not to to not was It floor. first the on Room Reading or Lecture a with

St. Michael’s Church path path Church Michael’s St. house two steam threshing machines on the ground floor floor ground the on machines threshing steam two house

school was here. Across Across here. was school

- to construct a building to to building a construct to - Edward and Freethy Ralph

1833-1972 the village village the 1833-1972

to three yeomen of Mawnan - Revd. William Rogers, Rogers, William Revd. - Mawnan of yeomen three to

A block of six flats. From From flats. six of block A

In 1865, R. Rogers of Carwinion leased a plot of land land of plot a leased Carwinion of Rogers R. 1865, In

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TREVANION COURT TREVANION 4 THE READING ROOM READING THE

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ot days most

attractive alternative to the long walk to to walk long the to alternative attractive

are open open are workshops craft and Smithy The

chapel in the village provided an an provided village the in chapel

products and bespoke designs. designs. bespoke and products quality Carwinion 23/6/08 13:00 Page 1 Page 13:00 23/6/08 Carwinion

response to Methodism, as the Methodist Methodist the as Methodism, to response

creation of a range of distinctive, high high distinctive, of range a of creation

ulig rgam ws belated a was programme building

the the observe can Visitors village. the of heart

Michael’s. One reason for this extensive extensive this for reason One Michael’s. within the the within attraction central a is workshops,

artisan artisan ease) were built in , including St. St. including Cornwall, in built were ease) craft craft three plus operational, and restored fully , y Smith

Old Old The site. heritage a now is Smithy illage V The 1994. until years,

some 50-60 new churches (chapels-of- churches new 50-60 some “There were a few cottages in Helford hamlet, but they made no impression upon the river life

Dryden, plied their craft here for over 100 100 over for here craft their plied Dryden, son, his by followed

of Carwinion. Between 1830 and 1900, 1900, and 1830 Between Carwinion. of itself, which belonged to the birds - curlew and redshank, guillemot and puffin.”

Mawnan SMITH. Billy James James Billy SMITH. Mawnan name the hence village, the in

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1874 on land given by the Rogers family family Rogers the by given land on 1874 From Daphne Du Maurier’s ‘Frenchman’s Creek’, published by Virago Modern Classics. © The Chichester Partnership

H VLAE SMITHY VILLAGE THE

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Blacksmith’s shops shops Blacksmith’s 3 CHURCH MICHAEL’S St.

was built in built was

7 MAWNAN MARINE LIFE ON THE HELFORD RIVER

distinctive badge incorporates the Penwarne coat-of-arms. Penwarne the incorporates badge distinctive

now a coffee shop coffee a now The Helford River has long been recognised for its beauty and biological

and Lady Rendlesham of Bosloe in 1927. The Club’s Club’s The 1927. in Bosloe of Rendlesham Lady and The parish of Mawnan centres around the village of Mawnan Smith, just over 2km Lord

traditional village store here, and ran it for 30 years. It is is It years. 30 for it ran and here, store village traditional importance. It includes a wide range of habitats from exposed rocky coast to steep-

MAWNAN BOWLING CLUB’s CLUB’s BOWLING MAWNAN from the Coastal Footpath. Falmouth is 9km away. The village boasts a 7 land was donated by by donated was land 3

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Trebah during WW1. In 1919, she established a a established she 1919, In WW1. during Trebah selection of shops - a garage (no fuel), Post Office & Village Store, electrical sided creeks further upstream. Among the notable seaweeds in its rich and

above). Miss Cochrane worked on the land at at land the on worked Cochrane Miss above).

(see (see store, hair salon, and Cornwall Hospice shop. There are also, within the colourful rock pools are species of Cystoseira, one of which is conspicuous by its

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area is now. now. is area Cochrane’s Shop Shop Cochrane’s Miss This site was originally originally was site This Anvil trust premises a working blacksmith and three further craft workshops. iridescence. Twenty species of sea anemone have been found in the estuary since

Services sited where the car parking parking car the where sited

9 include a doctor’s surgery, estate agents, pub, 1985 including two nationally scarce species, the Trumpet Anemone and the

10 & lettings coffee shop,

pumps in the village were were village the in pumps Spanish restaurant, churches, a primary school and playgroup. There are Ginger Tiny. Eelgrass, the only British flowering plant growing in the sea, can be 2 champion. The first petrol petrol first The champion.

8 regular buses to Falmouth & environs. found off Durgan (see map), tufts of leaves arising from underground stems become the National National the become

11 provide shelter while cuttlefish, sea hares and sea lemons use it to anchor their

where his son practised to to practised son his where HELFORD RIVER eggs.

next to his general store, store, general his to next 1

in the year 2000. year the in Above , the river is more sheltered. Of particular interest are the

bowling green situated situated green bowling The Helford is a ria - a drowned river valley. The shoreline of the the people of Mawnan Mawnan of people the

, his pristine pristine his , y and jo and worm populations, the delicate Tube Worms as well as the Peacock Worm

was added in 1901. in added was Helford Estuary covers a total of 27 miles (47km) from its coastal limits at

style erected by by erected style

.C. Pascoe’s pride pride Pascoe’s .C. P

on on Rosemullion in the north to Nare Point on the south bank. , the furthest spreading its fan-like tentacles to catch food from the swirling water.

worship in 1815. The schoolroom schoolroom The 1815. in worship

Celtic Celtic the in cross

was set up in the 1960s, 1960s, the in up set was point inland, is just over 6 miles (9.5km

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CROSS from the coast. A variety of waders and gulls is seen. Migrant Osprey visit each year while

A granite A was granted a licence for public public for licence a granted was

MILLENNIUM MILLENNIUM 11

This small row of shops shops of row small This residents include Heron, Little Egret, Kingfisher,

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During the 20th Century, the focus of the MAWNAN METHODIST CHAPEL CHAPEL METHODIST MAWNAN

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river began to change; large coal, stone Shelduck and Fulmar.

and timberbearing barges were replaced Bass is an important commercial fish. Young bass

in Cornwall. in

goods and chattels and goods

. by pleasure craft; limekilns, custom

of the best-equipped village halls halls village best-equipped the of come into the estuary for two years or more to

year, he left a large number of of number large a left he year, houses, coastguard stations, fishermen’s

Now it is in great demand as one one as demand great in is it Now feed where the water is warmer and these nursery landlord Walter Lory died that that died Lory Walter landlord cottages and adjacent fish cellars were

as a tribute to all those who served. served. who those all to tribute a as hostelry in 1717 for, when when for, 1717 in hostelry gradually converted to modern housing; areas now receive special protection. No less than

the local lads who fell in WW1, and and WW1, in fell who lads local the already a well-established well-established a already and tourism is now the main industry.The 80 other species of fish have been recorded in the

www.mawnan.org.uk Helford Voluntary Marine ConservationArea opened in July 1923 in memory of of memory in 1923 July in opened walled public house. It was was It house. public walled Helford.

(HVMCA) has placed several interpretation The Memorial Hall was officially officially was Hall Memorial The A traditional, thatched, cob- thatched, traditional, A

Mawnan Smith Mawnan boards along the coast to help people The woods fringing the estuary still contain part of

MAWNAN MEMORIAL HALL MEMORIAL MAWNAN

1 10 THE RED LION RED THE understand, enjoy and conserve this the original ancient oak woodland of Cornwall. Hermit Crabs unique, special place. Underwater photos by Lance Peters (1944-2003) Colony of Sea Squirts With thanks to Pamela Tompsett and the HVMCA. Published by the Mawnan Parish Council. © Mawnan Parish Council 2018 PENWARNE HOUSE Parish map may extend beyond the boundaries of Mawnan Parish The Penwarne family exercised considerable influence in the area during the Middle Ages. The Parish of MAWNAN in Cornwall Photographs with thanks to Anne Ohly and others. Gardens open to the public occasionally in the spring. FINE AND BRAVE LANE An old mule or pony track which was used to transport sea weed, sand and lime from the limekiln at Maenporth to dress the acid soils of the inland fields. In Cornwall, with no local The three cottages in the hillside on the Mawnan side of the hamlet housed miners from the limestone, kilns were set up beside the sea, where limestone could be shipped in and burnt. adjacent arsenic mine. A succession of Packet Captains occupied Bareppa House. (From 1688- Reproduced from Ordnance Survey mapping on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. THE LEGEND OF FINE AND BRAVE LANE © Crown Copyright. Licence Number MC 100040215 1850, the Packet Service, carrying overseas mail, was associated with Falmouth.) During the French wars, the women of Mawnan hurried down the narrow lane, pitchforks in hand, to repel an invasion from a French ship nearing Maenporth. Glimpses of their red petticoats persuaded the French that a company of Redcoats was approaching, so they sailed away. The men of Mawnan, proud of their women’s initiative, MILL declared it was a fine and brave thing to do, hence Fine and Brave Lane. Of course, the name may be a corruption of fyn an bre - the boundary of the hill - for the lane lies below an Iron Age In 1621, Tregarne Mill served the manor of Boskensoe. There were two mills - the upper earthwork, known as the Round Field. one ceased working in the middle of the 19th century and very little remains. The lower mill was working until the mid thirties.

BOSKENSOE DOWNS THE MAENPORTH ESTATE In 1836, the Summer House and Pleasure Gardens were part of the Fox Temporary landing strip for Sir Alan Cobham’s Flying Circus and Cornwall Aviation family holdings. Julia and Hester Sterling (grand-daughters of The Times Company in the 1930s, when passengers enjoyed flights over the Helford River. leader writer) then constructed an impressive mansion on the hilltop. After Julia’s death in 1911, The Crag was occupied by Mr & Mrs Black, who had plantations in Sri Lanka. The mansion became the much- BOSVEAL CROSSROADS loved Crag Hotel until it was destroyed by fire. It is now an estate of The woods provided perfect cover for a large US Army storage depot in 1944. leisure homes. Stone and ash from old mine workings were rolled to make a firm surface for SAT NIGHT 30th DEC 1978 During a blizzard, with winds of storm tents and vehicles. force 10-11, the Aberdeen trawler, Ben Asdale, was wrecked off the rocks at Maenporth. Her hull has virtually disappeared.

WHEAL ANNA MARIA (Wheal - mine) The Engine Shaft, still visible but overgrown by bushes, is at the head of BREAM COVE the creek. It took its name from Anna Maria Pender of Budock Vean, on A large party of us met on Meudon Beach (Bream Cove) to draw a seine for Prof. Owen. We all whose land it stood. Copper and silver were mined here from 1833 lounged on the beach most peacefully, John Sterling reading some Tennyson to us. onwards. A final attempt was made to re-open it in 1906. CAROLINE FOX 1818-1871. SEINING was an in-shore daytime operation which entailed encircling a shoal of pilchards with a large net. The fish were drawn in nearly on to the beach, where they could be kept alive and taken out and cured in manageable quantities. HIGHER PENPOLL nestles in a valley, beside a stream which joins the Helford River at Anna Maria Creek. In the 1820s, most of the young people from the seven farm labourers’ cottages emigrated to America.

OYSTERS The Romans ate them; lovers relish them; Lewis St EDWARD’S Catholic Church Carroll had them walking with the Walrus and they The church was built in 1964 on land donated by are farmed at Porth Navas. The Prince of Wales Mrs Alice Pilgrim of Nansidwell Hotel (now a (Edward VIII) was a visitor and, in more recent times, private residence) in memory of her husband. Prince Charles, Duke of Cornwall, has been welcomed. MEUDON FARMHOUSE Dates from 1250. The present CARWINION is a classic Cornish granite and house was built between 1700 TREBAH WARTHA sandstone manor that has been the home of the and 1710. The Fox family, who A little cluster of houses which were initially Trebah estate workers’ homes. Rogers family for 200 years. lived here at the end of the 18th The Tower House was the laundry, water being stored in the tower. century, kept a coach (with a secret compartment for valuables) prepared for a quick escape if the French invaded. BAR HOUSE (with its concrete jetty) was home to Claude Worth (died 1936), Moorfields Hospital surgeon and well-known yachtsman. From the local paper, The Falmouth Packet 1930: The Royal Cruising Club celebrated its jubilee by meeting on the Helford PRISK COVE River .... where members were the guests of the vice-commodore, Dr Worth Noted for at Bar House. Boats of five ton and upwards came from outstanding rock all over Europe for the event. pools, each one like a natural aquarium. BAR BEACH Shellfish Collectors: Please leave the tradition of trigging (scraping cockles from the mud) on Good Friday to local people, so conserving the shellfish, which have greatly diminished. Watch rather than participate! POLGWIDDEN PORTH SAXON The manor of In 1943, Lord Runciman’s yacht Sunbeam II COVE A chain of pill-boxes Trerose anchored off Bar Beach to become the base for a Trebah's private beach, (relics of WW2) from originally Special Intelligence Service (SIS) unit. With Special Operations Executive accessible from the main Rosemullion Head to GREEN LANE MAWNAN CHURCH comprised all the land (SOE) already ensconced in two nearby properties, Ridifarne and Pedn Billy garden entrance only. Helford Passage, (NT land - not open The ancient earthwork, within which with its thatched boathouse on the foreshore, they were involved in Early in 1944, a military includes the one to the public) BOSLOE St Maunanus, a Celtic saint, between clandestine sea communications with Brittany and further afield. Maenporth and road was created in a overlooking the beach This grassy track In 1880, Chatham Cottage established his church, remains as Porth Navas. few days from the GLENDURGAN from the east. between little stone was enlarged and renamed a section of the churchyard’s From 1635- established road to Glendurgan was given to built hedges is a Bosloe. From 1920-1939 it western hedge. In the 13th century, TREBAH 1642 the THE HELFORD FERRY Helford Passage. The the National Trust in 1962 relic of the main was occupied by Lord a more substantial building was GARDEN manor house On-demand passenger and cycle ferry operates from foreshore was encased by the Fox family. There is DURGAN route connecting Rendlesham. His yacht, erected, with the Tower added 100 years later. was occupied 1st April (or Good Friday) to 31st October. A sub-tropical in a concrete mat and a a lovely mix of native and This thriving fishing cove with fish cellars, donkey sheds, Trebah to Trerose. The Lady Bee, was crewed by the The earliest known reference to a franchise for the paradise with a 150ft (46m) jetty exotic plants and a puzzling coal yard, chapel and ale-house was purchased in 1823 Up to the end of the by Durgan ex-fishermen. A request from Trinity House in 1842 to whitewash the Tower as a governor of operation of a ferry is by a Charter of King Canute stunning coastal backdrop. Open protruded out into the maze. The village of by Alfred Fox. The Schoolroom was built over a fish 18th century, most One of his hobbies was guide to mariners was never Pendennis everyday of the year from 10am. river. In June 1944, the Durgan is at the foot of the cellar in 1876 by Mr Fox’s son-in-law, Sir Joseph Pease. of the county’s the hybridisation of in 1023. Horses and carts were transported until followed up! The Cornish inscription Castle, Sir Entry is free to the visitor centre, shop US 29th Infantry Division valley garden. Open to the At the same time, he demolished The Two Cutters ale merchandise was daffodils. Bosloe is now the beginning of the 20th century, with the animals over the lych gate has been Nicholas and cafe. Tickets are valid for 7 days. embarked for the assault public from February to house on the opposite quay, replacing it with Quay carried on the backs split into three National swimming astern, tethered by a rope. translated It is good for me to draw Slanning. Tel: 01326 252200 landing on Omaha October, Tuesday to Cottage and Beach Cottage. Several of the cottages are of mules and ponies Trust holiday apartments. Tel: 01326 250770 E-mail: @helford-river-boats.co.uk nigh unto God. info www.trebah-garden.co.uk Beach, Normandy. Sunday. Tel: 01326 252020 now holiday lets. along such lanes.