Category: railway

Tywardreath: from Fowey Consols to the Great Western Railway

Tywardreath, between St Austell and Fowey, had seen its population soar after the formation in 1822 of the Fowey Consols copper mine from three older ventures begun in 1817. This mine boomed in the 1830s, attracting workers from a wide area. In the late 1830s and early 1840s the value of Fowey Consol’s output peaked, … Continue reading Tywardreath: from Fowey Consols to the Great Western Railway →

St Thomas by Launceston: a gentleman and a grocer

St Thomas by Launceston was part rural, part urban. On its eastern side it probed into the village of Newport that lay in the valley between St Stephen’s and Launceston. To the west, it stretched into the countryside alongside the River Kensey. It might not have been very obvious by the mid-1800s but this parish … Continue reading St Thomas by Launceston: a gentleman and a grocer →