People & Places

Geologist, banker and philanthropist from Penzance Born: 1817, Phillack Died: 1873, Penzance Laid to rest: Phillack churchyard On a bright and windy day, a small group of us met at St Felicitas church, Phillack, to try and identify the family tomb of the Carne family. This Penzance-based family

The extensive park at the Copperhouse end of Hayle – nearest to the A30 – is a wonderful asset to the area. With a children’s play park, extensive open grassed area and a skate park, it has appeal to all ages in the community. It also has a link to the other major landmark at this end of Hayle; t

A view across Redruth Playing Field towards the play equipment situated at one end of the field. Redruth Playing Field – not far from the Gweal an Tops centre – was established as a public open space in 1947. The land here was purchased by Mrs Jose, who earlier in her life lived at 41 East En

A family who lived in Chacewater, near Truro, and had links to Brazil and the USA. A headstone with a poem stands close to the tower of Chacewater church, and says much about life in Cornwall 150 years ago: One lies beyond the ocean waves and one beneath this sod, But watching over our childr

Engineer on the RMS Titanic Died: 15th April, 1912 Commemorated: on the family grave in Falmouth Cemetery Henry Creese was a Deck Engineer on board the Titanic, who was one of the many to lose his life when the ship sank in April 1912. Henry was born in 1868 in Falmouth, and was 45 at the time o

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

Young miner who died in an accident at Great Condurrow Mine, near Camborne Died: 9th March, 1907 Laid to rest: Roskear churchyard, Camborne Born in Camborne in to the family of a tin miner, Arthur was living in Rosewarne Road and attending school at the time of the 1891 census. By the age of 20, h

Mining graduate of the Royal School of Mines, London, who died in Camborne Died: 14th September, 1902 Laid to rest: Camborne Cemetery, Camborne Charles was the only son of Mr Alfred Sington, a Manchester-born barrister. Charles was born in Manchester, and the family, including his younger sister

Miner, aged 20, who died from a fall at East Pool Mine Died: 9th May, 1907 Laid to rest: Gwennap Churchyard Frederick Tucker was less than a week away from his twenty-first birthday when he died as a result of a fall in East Pool Mine, on 9th May 1907.His death came less than 36 hours after that o

Victim of Spanish Flu at the end of World War One Died: 16th December, 1918 Commemorated: on the family grave at St Day Road Cemetery, Redruth Cesil (on other documentation it is spelt 'Cecil' so the different spelling is either a mistake or fits with family practice) is remembered on the famil

Redruth boy who died serving with the Royal Navy, age 17 Died: 19th December, 1941 Commemorated at: St Day Road Cemetery, Redruth Stanley was only 17 years old when he was serving onboard the cruiser HMS Neptune during enemy action in the Mediterranean. Having been born and raised in Redruth, he

French sailor from the 'Finistere' interred at Gwithian Died: 9th June, 1918 Laid to rest: Gwithian churchyard This is a war grave of a young French sailor, aged 20, who was serving in the Marine Nationale (the French Navy) when he died. His grave is tucked close to the north side of the beauti

Brothers killed a year apart in World War Two Died: 22nd August 1941 & 4th December 1942 Commemorated at: Crantock churchyard. Lionel Douglas Hall was in service with the Royal Artillery when he was killed in August 1941, while attached to the Royal Air Force. He had been born during

Child evacuee who died at Tehidy Isolation Hospital Died: 8th April, 1940 Laid to rest: St Day Road, Redruth John Lambert was a child of seven, evacuated to Cornwall during the Second World War, when he died at Camborne Isolation Hospital, Tehidy. This institution was mainly used for patients w

Local child and child evacuee killed by an unmarked mine on The Lizard Died: 23rd July, 1944 Laid to rest: Gunwalloe churchyard, The Lizard Harry Dale - was the only child of Henry Dale (1909 - 1971), a butcher in Helston. His mother was Alaminta (nee Baddley/Uren): her father, John James Baddley

The beautiful park near Malpas is built on land reclaimed from the Truro River, a project that, upon its suggestion, was deemed 'almost impossible'. Today, it is a well-used facility for the people of Truro, and further afield. Read about it's inception, and the family it is named after, at: Bo

Though the name is no longer familiar, Joel Michell was once a well-known figure in Penryn. He was a merchant – first for linen, and later coal and potatoes – and used his wealth for the benefit of Penryn residents. Joel Michell was born to a Mine Agent, Thomas, and his wife, Elizabeth, in 1833,

John Rule - born in Camborne in the middle of the nineteenth century, and laid to rest in Camborne Parish churchyard - spent much of his life overseas. I hope you enjoy exploring aspects of his life through the images on this page. Items sold by John Rule & Co. in Glen Innes, Australia Draper

Penryn Colts Rugby player, who drowned in a boating accident The impressive, swirly iron gates of the Penryn Rugby Club are dedicated to the memory of David Blake, a playing member of the Colts team, who tragically died aged 16 as the result of a boating accident, in November 1960. Made by Mr Dicki

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

Cornish miner who died in British Columbia Died: 3rd November, 1904 Commemorated: St Day Road Cemetery, Redruth Born in Redruth to a father who was a tin miner, John Nicholas had two older brothers - William, who was a mine carpenter, and Stephen who was a tin miner age 15, but subsequently beca

Mine Manager at South Crofty for almost thirty years Died: 11th February, 1911 Laid to rest: Roskear churchyard, Tuckingmill Josiah Paull was born in Camborne at Roskear Villas in 1871 to a father from Cornwall and a mother from Somerset; his father was likely to have worked in the mining sector

Mine-girl working at Agar Mine, Redruth, who died in an accident Died: 6th January, 1894 Laid to rest: St Day Road Cemetery, Redruth Ellen Vincent, age 22 was killed in a tragic accident at Wheal Agar Mine on the dressing floor. Local press at the time reports that Ellen's scarf became entangled

Young miner killed in an accident at East Pool Mine, Redruth Died: 8th May, 1907 Laid to rest: St Day Road Cemetery, Redruth Thomas Plint was the third of four children born to Mark and Mary Ann Plint. Both parents were born in Camborne, and his father, Mark, was working as a Tin dresser (working

Brothers from Redruth who attended Camborne School of Mines, who served and died in World War Two Died: 8th September 1941 & 15th April 1945 Commemorated at: St Day Road Cemetery, Redruth Brothers John and Edward Rodwell were born and brought up in Redruth, and both attended the Camborne School o

Munitionettes at the Hayle explosives factory Died: 20th December, 1916 Laid to rest: Phillack churchyard, near Hayle These two young women were working together at the Hayle explosives factory - one of 147 munition production sites that were set up across the UK by David Lloyd George, following

Sisters widowed by World War One, who lived in Redruth Died: January 16th 1950 (Ann Bullen) & 29th December 1952 (Ethel Annear) Laid to rest: St Day Road Cemetery, Redruth Ethel and Eliza (known as Ann) were born in Heywood, Lancashire, in 1885 and 1891, into a family with two older brothers,

Traction Engine driver, born in Bristol, who died at Gallipoli in the First World War Died: 13th August, 1915 Commemorated: St Day Road Cemetery, Redruth William Rudd was born in Bristol and was living with his family - a wife, Mary, born in Ireland, 2 sons and 2 daughters - in Chapel Street, St D

Sister and brother who both died on duty in World War Two Died: Verona - 14th June, 1941. Donald - 15th December, 1941 Laid to rest (and commemorated): St Day Road Cemetery, Redruth Verona, aged just 20, died of burns in the Redruth-Camborne Miner's hospital, and is noted on her headstone as '

Pioneering Cornish engineer Died: 22nd April, 1833 Commemorated: on Station Road, Pool, where he was born. Richard Trevithick was born in Pool, Cornwall. During his working life he developed steam-powered pumping equipment that allowed mine-shafts to be sunk to greater depths than previously, all