St Ives

St Ives lifeboat crew member, lost in 1939 Drowned: 23rd January, 1939 Laid to rest: Barnoon Cemetery, St Ives The fate of the St Ives' lifeboat - launched at 3am on the morning of 25th January 1939 to assist a vessel in distress 2 miles NNE of St Just - is graphically described in a newspaper ar

Artist and fisherman, St Ives Born: 1855. Died: 1942 Laid to rest: Barnoon Cemetery, St Ives Alfred Wallis, has produced some of the most easily recognised paintings of the town of St Ives, where he lived for many years. His burial site - with beautiful views over the sea - is appropriate, as h

Sculptor who enjoyed the artistic life in St Ives Born: 1903. Died: 1975 Laid to rest: Longstone cemetery, St Ives Born in 1903 in Yorkshire, Barbara Hepworth trained as a sculptor at Leeds School of Art between 1921-24, lived, worked and exhibited in London and Rome until 1939 when she and her

A ship's carpenter, mysteriously lost at sea Died: September, 1872 Inscription of his loss: Barnoon Cemetery, St Ives Stephen Legg was born in 1840 in Quay Street, Madron (near Penzance), to a father who was a master mariner. He had an elder brother who was also at sea, and 5 other siblings. I

Potter and author, who transferred oriental techniques to the West. Born: 1887. Died: 1979 Laid to rest: Longstone Cemetery, St Ives Bernard Leach was born in Hong Kong in 1887, to wealthy British parents: his father was a judge, and his mother died during childbirth. His early life in the east -