'ON THIS DAY' FEATURES
Welcome to the On This Day section of our website where we aim to provide an article for every day of the year. The listing below gives you the 10 most recent articles but using the tools provided you can also filter the database to give more precise results. You can filter by Place or Location or Both or if you need something more precise or flexible you can use our free text-search facility.
3 Features
A Melancholy Sight in Penzance (4 May 1885)
It's the late 19th century, mining in west Cornwall is in a terrible depression. Many men have left the county and some of those who remain and in work are not being paid.......
Malachy Hitchins and the First Census (10 March 1801)
The 1801 Census was based on the Parish system, forms were sent to local clergy and landowners who were responsible for collecting different types of data. In St Hilary the responsibility fell to the Reverend Malachy Hitchins....
Violent Death of Edwin Varker of St Hilary (15 February 1902)
Edwin Varker died in an explosion at a mine in Silver City, Idaho, USA in 1902. He was 38 years old and left a wife and two daughters.
Penwith Local History Group
c/o Morrab Library
Morrab Gardens
Penzance, Cornwall
TR18 4DA
Penwith Local History Group
Penzance, Cornwall
Penzance, Cornwall
The Morrab Library showing the new extension.
Photo Glyn Richards
Photo Glyn Richards
This month's featured photograph:
Higher Bal, Levant Mine. Engine house for dual purpose pumping and winding engine. Stonecrop in foreground.
Photography Ted Mole
Click on the photo above to view more photos
Higher Bal, Levant Mine. Engine house for dual purpose pumping and winding engine. Stonecrop in foreground.
Photography Ted Mole
Click on the photo above to view more photos
