Penwith Local History Group | Penzance, Cornwall, UK

Penwith Local History Group

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We research the fascinating history of West Penwith by working with original sources as much as possible. We publish our findings every two or three years.

The Morrab Library showing the new extension.
Photo Glyn Richards

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On this Day 3rd March 1641

Sam Swete's Ride

All the parish priests and their officers for the whole of Penwith and Kerrier were due to meet in Helston that Thursday to take the oath. We don’t know what the weather was like but on Friday and Saturday when the men of St. Ives and St. Just took the oath the lists, called Protestation Returns, got wet and the ink ran.

Images of our publications

Our new publication is now available:

"Beyond the Bookshelves"

Edited by Sally Corbett

price £15.00
plus p&p

Click here to see all the Penwith Local History Group publications.

The Penwith Papers

SOWENA

SOWENA

1943-1944

Sowena (Cornish for success) was the magazine of Penzance Grammar School written in a time when contact with the outside world was mainly through censored radio and press.