Portal:Cornwall

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Cornwall (/ˈkɔːrnwɔːl, -wəl/ ^ⓘ; Cornish: Kernow [ˈkɛrnɔʊ] or [ˈkɛrnɔ]) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is also one of the Celtic nations and the homeland of the Cornish people. The county is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, Devon to the east, and the English Channel to the south. The largest urban area is the Redruth and Camborne conurbation.

The county is predominantly rural, with an area of 1,375 square miles (3,562 km²) and population of 568,210. After the Redruth-Camborne conurbation, the largest settlements are Falmouth, Penzance, Newquay, St Austell, and Truro. For local government purposes most of Cornwall is a unitary authority area, with the Isles of Scilly governed by a unique local authority. The Cornish nationalist movement disputes the constitutional status of Cornwall and seeks greater autonomy within the United Kingdom.

Cornwall is the westernmost part of the South West Peninsula, and the southernmost county within the United Kingdom. Its coastline is characterised by steep cliffs and, to the south, several rias, including those at the mouths of the rivers Fal and Fowey. It includes the southernmost point on Great Britain, Lizard Point, and forms a large part of the Cornwall National Landscape. The national landscape also includes Bodmin Moor, an upland outcrop of the Cornubian batholith granite formation. The county contains many short rivers; the longest is the Tamar, which forms the border with Devon. (Full article...)

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Fore Street, Trevena, in 2009

Tintagel (/tɪnˈtædʒəl/) or Trevena (Cornish: Tre war Venydh, meaning Village on a Mountain) is a civil parish and village situated on the Atlantic coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village and nearby Tintagel Castle are associated with the legends surrounding King Arthur and in recent times have become a tourist attraction. It was claimed by Geoffrey of Monmouth that the castle was the place of Arthur's conception.

Tintagel is used by the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson in the poem Idylls of the King and Algernon Charles Swinburne's Tristram of Lyonesse, and Thomas Hardy's The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall at Tintagel in Lyonnesse, is a play published in 1923, which perpetuates the same legend.

Tourists can visit King Arthur's Great Halls at Trevena which is a substantial building of the early 1930s. The Artognou stone, which was discovered in 1998, has added to the legend, although historians do not believe the inscription refers to King Arthur. (Full article...)

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du Maurier, c. 1930

Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning, DBE (/duː ˈmɒrieɪ/; 13 May 1907 – 19 April 1989) was an English novelist, biographer and playwright. Her parents were actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier and his wife, actress Muriel Beaumont. Her grandfather George du Maurier was a writer and cartoonist.

Although du Maurier is classed as a romantic novelist, her stories have been described as "moody and resonant" with overtones of the paranormal. Her bestselling works were not at first taken seriously by critics, but they have since earned an enduring reputation for narrative craft. Many have been successfully adapted into films, including the novels Rebecca, Frenchman's Creek, My Cousin Rachel and Jamaica Inn, and the short stories "The Birds" and "Don't Look Now". Du Maurier spent much of her life in Cornwall, where most of her works are set. As her fame increased, she became more reclusive. (Full article...)

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Richard Trevithick Humphry Davy William Bligh Richard Lemon Lander Mark of Cornwall Catherine, Duchess of Cornwall John Arnold (watchmaker) Cuthbert Mayne Edward Boscawen

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...that 300 years ago there was a Jacobite uprising in Cornwall?
...that the South American Monkey Puzzle tree (pictured) was introduced to Britain by the Cornishman William Lobb?
...that Great Britain's rugby union team at the 1908 Summer Olympics was represented by Cornwall?
...that the Cornish port of Newlyn was the last port of call in Britain before the Pilgrim Fathers set sail for the New World onboard the Mayflower in 1620?
...that a mine known as "Wheal Wherry" in the village of Wherrytown was forced to close in 1798 when a ship collided with it?

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Cornwall has the strongest regional identity in the UK

— John Prescott, Deputy Prime Minister from 1997 - 2007

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Photo credit: Severecci

The Scillonian Cross, an unofficial flag of the Isles of Scilly, and the result of a campaign launched by Scilly News in early 2002 for a design.

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The following are images from various Cornwall-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Entrance at Truro Cathedral has a welcome sign in several languages, including Cornish. (from Culture of Cornwall)
Image 2Remains of Tintagel Castle, according to legend the site of King Arthur's conception (from Culture of Cornwall)
Image 3Will of Alfred the Great, AD 873–888 (11th-century copy, British Library Stowe MS 944, ff. 29v–33r) (from History of Cornwall)
Image 4The War Memorial, in the churchyard, Constantine, Kerrier, carved from local stone by Elkana Symons (from Culture of Cornwall)
Image 5The cross at the end of Higher Bore Street, Bodmin (from Culture of Cornwall)
Image 6Stanhope Forbes, A Fish Sale on a Cornish Beach (1884-85); also showing traditional dress (from Culture of Cornwall)
Image 7Cornwall's national tartan, bracca (from Culture of Cornwall)
Image 8Low tide at Bedruthan Steps (from Geography of Cornwall)
Image 9Stargazy pie, with sardines looking skywards before it is baked in the oven
Image 10Cornish wrestling (Omdowl Kernewek) (from Culture of Cornwall)
Image 11The font of St Nonna's church, Altarnun (from Culture of Cornwall)
Image 12Lanner Band Room (from Culture of Cornwall)
Image 13St German's priory church, St Germans (from Culture of Cornwall)
Image 14Three Holes Cross (from Culture of Cornwall)
Image 15An aerial view of Carrick Roads (from Geography of Cornwall)
Image 16Harlyn Bay (from Geography of Cornwall)
Image 17The Minack Theatre, carved from the cliffs (from Culture of Cornwall)
Image 18The 9th-century Men Myghtern Doniert (King Doniert's Stone) commemorating the last independent King of Cornwall (from Culture of Cornwall)
Image 19Boscawen-Un stone circle looking north (from History of Cornwall)
Image 20A map of inscription stones, with and without Ogham inscriptions. (from History of Cornwall)
Image 21Boscawen-Un stone circle looking north (from Culture of Cornwall)
Image 22A map of camps and earthworks in Cornwall (from History of Cornwall)
Image 23Atlas of Cornwall by Christopher Saxton from 1576 (from History of Cornwall)
Image 24The cross on the grave of Charles Bowen Cooke, St Just in Roseland (from Culture of Cornwall)
Image 25Lime-washed and slate-hung domestic vernacular architecture of various periods, Polperro (from Culture of Cornwall)
Image 26Penryn, Prayer Book Rebellion Memorial, near the site of Glasney College (from Culture of Cornwall)
Image 27Celebrating Saint Piran's Day (from Culture of Cornwall)
Image 28The Roman milestone in St Materiana's Church, Tintagel (from History of Cornwall)
Image 29Wheal Owles, example of a historic Cornish tin mine (from Culture of Cornwall)
Image 30Lady of Cornwall and flower girls at the 2007 Gorseth (Penzance) (from Culture of Cornwall)
Image 31Cornish dancers (from Music of Cornwall)
Image 32The view northwest from Carn Brea, Penwith (from Geography of Cornwall)
Image 33Bluebells on the Cornish coast (from Geography of Cornwall)
Image 34Rough seas off Trebarwith Strand on the north coast (from Geography of Cornwall)
Image 35Church of St Morwenna, Morwenstow (from Culture of Cornwall)
Image 36Millennium Cross, Landrake (from Culture of Cornwall)
Image 37Land's End (from Geography of Cornwall)
Image 38Cornwall seen from the International Space Station (from Geography of Cornwall)
Image 39Bal maidens at work, showing traditional dress (from Culture of Cornwall)
Image 40Flag of St Piran, used as a flag of Cornwall (from Culture of Cornwall)
Image 41A Cornish pasty, known traditionally as an oggy, can be found all over the world. (from Culture of Cornwall)

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Natural Regions - Bodmin Moor - Carnmenellis - Cornish Killas - Hensbarrow - Tamar Valley - The Lizard - West Penwith
Former districts - Penwith - Kerrier - Carrick - Restormel - Caradon - North Cornwall
Settlements - Truro - St Austell - Falmouth - Penzance - Camborne - Newquay - Bodmin - Redruth - St Ives - Helston - Bude - Liskeard - Hayle - Launceston - Penryn - full list...
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