Tag: Advent

Hard times at Advent and a sad end

Further light can now be shed on the fate of John Alford, subject of the blog below, which was posted in September 2021 .... In 1899 John was charged with assaulting and striking his wife Mary at St Teath. She applied for separation, which was granted. John was fined five shillings or a week's hard … Continue reading Hard times at Advent and a sad end →

Hard times at Advent

The name Advent has nothing to do with the period before Christmas. This north Cornish parish was named after St Adweny. By the 1500s it was known as Adwen or Adven and then Advent. One of Cornwall’s smaller parishes in terms of population, although not extent, Advent was a place of scattered farms and cottages … Continue reading Hard times at Advent →