Tag: Blisland

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 →

Quiet times at Blisland

In Victorian times Blisland, on the western slopes of Bodmin Moor, resembled its neighbour Altarnun - lightly peopled, rural, an upland parish of hamlets and farms. Even more so than Altarnun, the people in the Blisland database did not stray too far. Not one of the six traced to 1891 had left Cornwall. In fact, … Continue reading Quiet times at Blisland →