Category Archives: Local Issues

Local issues for residents of Newquay, what are the big stories, the long-standing issues and niggles.

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 →

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A Place Called Filorey Between Newquay and Mawgan

Posted on 11, July 2013 by newquayt

This post is to help those readers of an old book that refers to Filorey between Newquay and Mawgan. If you’re looking to find where this is, then I’ve found the answer for you. The book in question is John Murray’s 1852 book entitled A Handbook for Travellers in Devon and Cornwall.  The line says: “beneath a range of romantic cliffs, which are particularly fine at a place called Filorey between Newquay and Mawgan” and the question one asks is “where is Filorey?” Continue reading →

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Unsolved Murders Newquay

Posted on 11, July 2013 by newquayt

There is still one cold case unsolved murder in Newquay, from July 1958, the murder of Horace Hand (Harold Hand). Continue reading →

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