Category Archives: Newquay History

Great Western Beach, Emma Smith

Posted on 19, July 2013 by newquayt

Great Western Beach makes for a great summer read – especially if you’re sitting on Great Western Beach in Newquay. The novel was written by Emma Smith, whose real name is Elspeth Hallsmith, in 2008 and describes her childhood, much of which was spent on Great Western Beach, Newquay, between the two world wars. The family were in reduced financial circumstances, her father, who was an undiscovered artist, was off in west Cornwall living a hedonistic lifestyle at the artist colonies and Emma spent many days at the beach. The book is a wonderfully atmospheric memoir of a 1920s and 1930s childhood in Newquay. Continue reading →

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Crantock Village Stocks

Posted on 18, July 2013 by newquayt

Crantock village stocks still exist and can be seen in the village. Years ago every village had the stocks, for villains to be locked into and publicly viewed/humiliated by their disapproving neighbours and family. Continue reading →

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Treninnick Manor, Domesday Book

Posted on 17, July 2013 by newquayt

The Treninnick area of Newquay was the Manor of Treninnick, or Treninnick Manor, in the times of the Domesday Book. The Domesday census ordered by William the Conqueror in 1086 AD and when the Book was compiled, during 1087, it was the only household listed in Newquay. Continue reading →

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List of Stonemasons in Newquay

Posted on 11, July 2013 by newquayt

If you’re interested in tracing your family, then there’s a lady who has put a lot of time and effort into accumulating a list of stonemasons in Newquay and St Columb Minor. Continue reading →