Category Archives: Cornwall

      Click here to take a look a Sancreed war memorial.

Pendeen Cemetery.  The war memorial is in the centre of the photo at the end of the path, but we shall take a look around the cemetery first.  As I mentioned in the previous Pendeen post, some of the headstones … Continue reading →

Pendeen was at the heart of copper and tin mining operations in Cornwall until the end of the 19th century, when, with the decline of the industry, many local miners were forced to find work as far afield as South … Continue reading →

  Note the white house on the right… …which, most unusually, has a plaque of its own. The nearby church, unfortunately, was locked, and I could find no military burials in the churchyard, but the lych gate was another thing … Continue reading →