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Around the world near St Day - stories from Gwennap churchyard
Set in a rolling landscape of farmland, and with the church in an elevated position, the extensive old churchyard of Gwennap is a...

Louise@Gwanwyn
Jan 4, 20235 min read


Penponds Church - links to the mining wealth of Camborne
Joseph Vivian - the youngest son of the Vivian family from Reskadinnick - was married and is laid to rest at Penponds, a church with...

Louise@Gwanwyn
Nov 1, 20224 min read


Exploring Stories at St Day Road Cemetery, Redruth
The edge-of-urban setting of St Day Road cemetery - Redruth to the north, south and west, and open fields to the east towards St Day -...

Louise@Gwanwyn
Dec 10, 20211 min read


Gwennap churchyard - all at sea
In the full summer, with a strong breeze, we opened the creaky gate of Gwennap churchyard, and stepped away from the present. Following...

Louise@Gwanwyn
Aug 13, 20214 min read


St Erth trail - new memories from old
Tucked away from the busy A30 and enclosed by green hills, the atmosphere around St Erth – a small village to the south of Hayle – is...

Louise@Gwanwyn
Jul 23, 20213 min read


Phillack - an ancient Celtic location
On a bright and breezy May afternoon, how wonderful it was to walk up through the cool shadows along Phillack Hill to the ancient...

Louise@Gwanwyn
Jun 4, 20213 min read


Trevenson church - modernity passes by
One of the many bridges that takes the A30 across the undulations in the Cornish landscape is almost adjacent to the squat, neat form of...

Louise@Gwanwyn
Apr 30, 20213 min read


Budock Water - the spire across the river
The wonderful thing is that there are so many footpaths leading to the parish church here, that it's almost impossible to take the wrong...

Louise@Gwanwyn
Feb 26, 20213 min read


Treleigh - the church which is bypassed.
The approach that I first took when I explored Treleigh Church remains my favourite one: through an industrial estate, along an anonymous...

Louise@Gwanwyn
Jan 29, 20213 min read


Gwithian church - north coast of Cornwall
The autumnal colours in the roadside ferns and other plants give a wonderful contrast to the blue of the sky: one of those dry but windy...

Louise@Gwanwyn
Oct 26, 20202 min read
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