A stroll round Tywardreath10th August 2000 |
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About the village |
After the Norman Conquest the great French monastery of Cluny set up a priory in Tywardreath, though little physical trace of it remains today. St Andrew's Church was consecrated by the Bishop of Armagh in 1347. Later the village grew to house a community of mineworkers extracting tin and copper. When economic depression gripped the mining industry towards the end of the 1800s many of these mining families emigrated looking for mining work all over the world, and today their offspring sometimes come back to the village to see where there great-great-great-grandparents were born. Tywardreath is a fortunate village. Not being excessively picturesque it has avoided the blight suffered elsewhere caused by the ownership of second homes whose emptiness for most of the year tends to sterilise the area by depriving local people of homes, shops of customers, churches of congregations, buses and trains of passengers and schools of pupils. Increasingly Cornwall is dependent upon the tourist industry and this activity has received a boost by the start of the extraordinary "world class" Eden Project, just two-and-a-half miles from here. Join me for a stroll round the village. In fact the photos were taken on two strolls - on the afternoon of 10th and on the morning of 11th August 2000. Douglas Steven (Webmaster) |
Church Street
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John's Hair Studio |
 Church Street - John's Hair Studio |
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Post Office |
 Tywardreath Post Office and Store |
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Church Street |
 Looking west down Church Street |
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Phone Box |
 Looking east up Church Street |
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Harris' Shop |
 Charles Harris' Shop |
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Well Street |
 Well Street with glimpse of Methodist Church |
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The New Inn |
 The New Inn - the garden door is open |
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Smith's Shop |
 A E Smith & Son - Grocer and Newsagent |
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Chip Shop |
 "The Catch" for fish and chips |
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Mount Bennett Road |
 Mount Bennett Road (Belmont Street to left) |
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Patio Garden |
 Patio garden at the top of North Street |
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North Street 1 |
 Looking back up the top half of North Street |
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Church House |
 Nursery Close - Church House is nearly ready |
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North Street 2 |
 North Street near the Scout Hall |
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Full Circle |
 The church from outside St Andrew's Hall |
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Churchyard |
 Tower, Hair Studio, War Memorial, passing tractor |
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Church Porch |
 Church Porch - looking east |
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Church Path |
 Looking west back at the church porch |
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Coffee Time |
 11:23am - Church tower with contrail-streaked sky |
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Webpage created by Douglas Steven
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