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History
10:14, 28 JUN 2024
Unrecognisable video shows sleepy Cornwall fishing village in its heyday
History
Can you tell where the video was filmed?
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The day a giant oil tanker ran aground in Cornwall 90 years ago threatening the lives of all onboard
History
All hands onboard were saved including a mother and her baby
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New proof that Cornish have mined tin for almost 4000 years
History
A pick and shovel have been unveiled which support the growing evidence of Bronze Age tin workings in Cornwall dating back over 3,600 years
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Cornwall D-Day veteran takes centre stage for 80th anniversary in London and Portsmouth
Cornwall
A new portrait of Richard Aldred will appear on huge digital screens and at exhibitions in London and France
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The Cornwall border 'nearly home trees' and the real story behind them
History
The copse at Cookworthy Knapp is variously known as grandma's trees, the unicorn's wood and the fairy wood
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Meet surviving World War II plotter who was sending aircraft signals aged 20
Armed Forces
Kate was visited by personnel from RAF St Mawgan
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Tale of medieval Fowey windmill with elaborate design that was almost lost to modern world
History
The too ornate design to be practical had baffled a local historian for some time
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Historic drovers path in St Austell cleared by residents so it's not forgotten again
History
There are references to the path on maps dating back to the 19th century
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Human skeleton found by the coast was 'shipwrecked sailor'
Cornwall Council
The two skeletons have now been analysed by the Cornwall Archaeological Unit
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Beatrix Potter's Cornwall rowing boat visit mystery solved at last
History
It has taken historian Barry West seven years to pinpoint the exact location that not even the Beatrix Potter Society knew of
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Inside Cornwall's hidden woodland chapel that's just for animals
Lizard
The tiny chapel, no bigger than a garden shed, is dedicated to the patron saint of animals and was built almost 100 years ago
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Temple, the hamlet off the A30 where Knights Templar had a base
History
They were in Kernow for 200 years
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Experts launch hunt for lost treasure shipwreck of Merchant Royal that sank 400 years ago
Isles of Scilly
The Merchant Royal, a 17th-century English treasure ship known as "the El Dorado of the seas" sank in bad weather near the Isles of Scilly in 1641
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Most famous miners' Methodist chapel in Cornwall to be sold
St Ives
St Just Miners' Chapel is being sold because of the dwindling congregation and rising costs
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Lowest tide of the year uncovers ancient submerged forest
Penzance
The lowest tide of the year has uncovered tree trunks, stumps and roots from an ancient forest thought to be 4,000 to 6,000 years old at a beach in Cornwall
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Quakers founder was locked in urine-filled jail in Cornwall for having long hair
History
A series of events are planned later this year to celebrate the connection between Cornwall and the Quakers
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Lowest tide of the year exposes 110-year-old shipwreck
Land's end
Almost 110 years to the day after it was wrecked on a Cornish beach during a storm, the remains of a huge three-masted sailing ship can be seen once again
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'Prophetess' fled to Cornwall after being branded mad for preaching gender equality
Truro
She used her own eloquence and knowledge of the scripture to dazzle her accusers in court
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Inside 21-year-old shipwreck that ran aground after a trouser accident
History
The 294ft cargo vessel ran aground when the officer on watch caught his trousers in his seat and knocked himself unconcious
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Cornish miner was gunned down in the Wild West by a scorned wannabe bride
History
Tombstone is a name that conjures up gunslingers, bandits and lawmen in Wild West
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Inside fire damaged Cornish castle used to interrogate Hitler's deputy
Property
The grand 38-room property was once used as a location to interrogate Hitler’s Nazi deputy Rudolf Hess during the Second World War
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Thousands of years of Cornish history uncovered during A30 dualing works
History
A series of fascinating pictures show the history that has been uncovered by Cornwall Council's archaeological unit
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Farmer left Cornwall and became most famous soap maker in the world
History
Andrew Pears came up with a game-changing soap formula that was so posh 200-years ago it was only sold to an 'exclusive' customer base
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Inside Cornwall's mysterious ancient villages and underground tunnels
History
The Roman-age tunnels lead to nowhere and archaeologists are not sure what they were for
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