Lostwithiel Old Cornwall Society

Paul holden one of the contributors to a complete reproduction of the atlas will be the speaker at the meeting of lostwithiel old cornwall society on tuesday april 25th at 7 30 pm in the church hall.

Lostwithiel old cornwall society. The lostwithiel garden society holds monthly talks with guest speakers during the winter and excursions to gardens during the summer. Old cornwall society january meeting. It was originally the corn exchange and has also been a school room a butchers then a magistrate s court and the town jail. Contact mary jones on 01208 873504 for further information.

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You are welcome to join us either as a visitor or as a new member. Introduction the biggest little museum in cornwall the museum is housed in a georgian building on fore street in central lostwithiel. Visitors and new members are most welcome. Tuesday 23rd january 2018 7 30pm to 9 00pm.

The speaker at this month s meeting will be local historian dr helen doe talking about jane slade of polruan. The society meets in the church hall at 7 30pm on the fourth tuesday of the month. One of the principal contributors to this wealth of knowledge is jeremy johns who will be giving an illustrated talk at the old cornwall society s october meeting. Church rooms church lane lostwithiel.

You can find out more about merv on his website. John pegg secretary on 01208 872676. Treasurer heather roberts 01208 872649. The original atlas recorded the widespread properties shown field by field owned by the robartes family of lanhydrock throughout much of cornwall.

Non members are welcome to come along. The october meeting of the lostwithiel old cornwall society will be a talk by charlie johns about the submerged forests of cornwall and the isles of scilly. Their annual produce show is held at the beginning of september in the community centre. President mrs mary jones.

Programme secretary miss val strout 01208 872359. Secretary mrs margaret dunkley 01208 872905. To read the report of a wonderful evening please click here. Sally bell merv and alison davey will give an illustrated talk with music and film including a lostwithiel folk dance at the october meeting of lostwithiel old cornwall society on tuesday the 22nd at 7 30pm in the church hall.

Polperro has a long history of smuggling and fishing which has been well researched and recorded alongside the stories of individual characters and local legends. The tudor tin industry will be the subject of alan buckley s talk on march 22nd for the lostwithiel old cornwall society.