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The oldest inhabited manor house in Britain and you best believe those walls have some interesting tales to tell!
#Cornwall
https://cornishbirdblog.com/penfound-manor-the-oldest-inhabited-manor-house
Elizabeth Dale - Cornish Bird
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Cornish writer obsessed with local history, blogger all the time, and podcaster not as often but trying!
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Discover the amazing story of Albert Reuss, a Jewish painter who found a new life in #Cornwall after he was helped to escape the Nazis by a Cornish Quaker.
https://cornishbirdblog.com/albert-reuss-escape-to-cornwall-from-nazi-occupied-austria/
Discover the amazing story of Albert Reuss, a Jewish painter who found a new life in #Cornwall after he was helped to escape the Nazis by a Cornish Quaker.
https://cornishbirdblog.com/albert-reuss-escape-to-cornwall-from-nazi-occupied-austria/
The crazy story of the Cornishman who killed a king!
#Cornwall
https://cornishbirdblog.com/hugh-peter-the-cornishman-who-killed-a-king/
#Cornwall
https://cornishbirdblog.com/hugh-peter-the-cornishman-who-killed-a-king/
Marvellous men in their flying machines, taking to the skies over #Cornwall!✈🛫🛬
https://cornishbirdblog.com/first-flights-tales-of-early-aviation-in-cornwall/
My latest blog post takes a closer look at a beautiful corner of #Cornwall and uncovers tales of smuggling, highway robbery and a curious creature lurking beneath the waters of Swanpool . . .
https://cornishbirdblog.com/the-secrets-of-swanpool/
https://cornishbirdblog.com/the-secrets-of-swanpool/
The Secrets of Swanpool - The Cornish Bird
For many visitors and local people alike the little lake known as Swanpool just outside of Falmouth is a favourite place for a stroll. For generations it has been a popular spot to bring the little ones to feed the ducks and to stretch your legs before heading to the beach. However, this coastal lagoon [...]
On 16th May 1643 close to the town of Stratton one of the most important battles of the Civil War in #Cornwall took place.
https://cornishbirdblog.com/the-monument-to-the-battle-of-stratton
https://cornishbirdblog.com/the-monument-to-the-battle-of-stratton
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Check out this tale of Mother Ivey's Bay, the witch who lived there and the curse that was still being felt right up until the 1990s . . .
#Cornwall #Kernow https://open.spotify.com/episode/7fUxONo1WxjeOWbBgPmElM
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Check out this tale of Mother Ivey's Bay, the witch who lived there and the curse that was still being felt right up until the 1990s . . .
#Cornwall #Kernow https://open.spotify.com/episode/7fUxONo1WxjeOWbBgPmElM
29. Mother Ivey’s Curse
Listen to this episode from The Cornish Bird on Spotify. There is a beautiful beach in Cornwall known as Mother Ivey's Bay but this idyllic stretch of coast hides a dark secret, the story of a witch and a powerful, ancient curse. And strangely the power of this curse was still being felt up until the 1990s . . .
That sky, those clouds, that sea . . . #nofilterneeded #Cornwall
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Iron Age #Cornwall was far more outward looking than you might imagine . . .
So, were there, as some suggest, Veneti refugees actually living in communities in cliff castles like the Rumps 2000 years ago?
https://cornishbirdblog.com/the-rumps-the-veneti-refugees-who-settled-in-cornwall/
Iron Age #Cornwall was far more outward looking than you might imagine . . .
So, were there, as some suggest, Veneti refugees actually living in communities in cliff castles like the Rumps 2000 years ago?
https://cornishbirdblog.com/the-rumps-the-veneti-refugees-who-settled-in-cornwall/
The Franklin Expedition was to become Britain’s most notorious and most mysterious polar disaster.
A harrowing story that Robert Johns of penryn was part of . . .
#Cornwall
https://cornishbirdblog.com/robert-johns-of-penryn-sir-john-franklins-doomed-arctic-expedition/
A harrowing story that Robert Johns of penryn was part of . . .
#Cornwall
https://cornishbirdblog.com/robert-johns-of-penryn-sir-john-franklins-doomed-arctic-expedition/
