Tag: Retallick

St Eval: a Scottish sojourn and some sad deaths

In 1938 St Eval's churchtown was demolished to make way for an airfield as part of the re-armament programme. The church was left intact and used as a navigational aid. The airfield closed in 1959 but the church remains. Of the 12 children in our database who were living in the parishes of St Ervan … Continue reading St Eval: a Scottish sojourn and some sad deaths →

Lanivet: from farming to the office

Lanivet is a parish strategically placed in the heart of Cornwall just west of Bodmin. In 1861 mining, mostly for tin but sometimes for iron, occupied some of the men, as did tin streaming. But the 37 men (just over 10 per cent of the parish’s workforce) engaged in mining were well outnumbered by the … Continue reading Lanivet: from farming to the office →