Cornwall Collection (page 7)

St Mawes Castle, Cornwall, late 19th or early 20th century. Artist: Church Army Lantern Department
St Mawes Castle, Cornwall, late 19th or early 20th century. St Mawes Castle is one of a string of coastal fortresses built by Henry VIII. Lantern slide

Porch of Truro Cathedral, Cornwall, early 20th century. Artist: Church Army Lantern Department
Porch of Truro Cathedral, Cornwall, early 20th century. Built in the Gothic Revival architectural style, Truro was the first new cathedral to be built in England since Salisbury Cathedral

Truro Cathedral, Cornwall, early 20th century. Artist: Church Army Lantern Department
Truro Cathedral, Cornwall, early 20th century. Built in the Gothic Revival architectural style, Truro was the first new cathedral to be built in England since Salisbury Cathedral

Len Harvey, British boxer, 1938. A Cornishman, Harvey (1907-1976) fought at every weight division, beginning at flyweight at the age of 12

Boscastle Harbour, Cornwall, 1937. Site of dramatic floods in 2004. Sights of Britain, third series of 48 cigarette cards, issued with Senior Service, Junior Member, and Illingworth cigarettes

Trevaunance Cove, Cornwall Coast, 1937. Sights of Britain, third series of 48 cigarette cards, issued with Senior Service, Junior Member, and Illingworth cigarettes

Polperro, Cornwall, 1936. Sights of Britain, second series of 48 cigarette cards, issued with Senior Service, Junior Member, and Illingworth cigarettes

Mullion Cove, Cornwall, 1936. Sights of Britain, second series of 48 cigarette cards, issued with Senior Service, Junior Member, and Illingworth cigarettes

Cutty Sark, Falmouth, 1936. Sights of Britain, second series of 48 cigarette cards, issued with Senior Service, Junior Member, and Illingworth cigarettes

St Michaels Mount, 1936. Sights of Britain, second series of 48 cigarette cards, issued with Senior Service, Junior Member, and Illingworth cigarettes

Tregothnan, Cornwall, home of Viscount Falmouth, c1880. The house was rebuilt in the 1650s after being sacked during the Civil War and was enlarged in the 19th century to designs by William Wilkins

The pump shop in a Cornwall works, c1880. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)

Sir Humphry Davy, Cornish chemist and physicist, 19th century. Artist: Thomson
Sir Humphry Davy, Cornish chemist and physicist, 19th century. Davy (1778-1829) discovered the anaesthetic effects of laughing gas (nitrous oxide)

Falmouth Harbour, Cornwall, England, 1900. Famous for its harbour and Carrick Roads, it forms the third largest natural harbour in the world

On the Cornish Coast, 1900. Predannack Point, Cornwall, England. Illustration from The life and times of Queen Victoria by Robert Wilson, (1900)

The Queen visiting a Cornish Iron Mine, c1840s, (1900). Queen Victoria is shown round a mine. Illustration from The life and times of Queen Victoria by Robert Wilson, (1900)

Captain Philip Gidley King, British naval officer and third Governor of New South Wales, (1886). Artist: WA Hirschmann
Captain Philip Gidley King, British naval officer and third Governor of New South Wales, (1886). King (1758-1808) served as Governor of the colony from 1800-1806

William Bligh, British naval officer and Governor of New South Wales, (1886). Artist: W Macleod
William Bligh, British naval officer and Governor of New South Wales, (1886). Best remembered for his part in the mutiny of HMS Bounty

Looe Harbour, Cornwall, England, 1896. The famous banjo pier at Looe

When the Boats are Away, 1903. Artist: Walter Langley
When the Boats are Away, 1903

St Austell, 1860. A scene on the Cornwall Railway, later part of the Great Western Railway (GWR) at St Austell, showing one of Isambard Kingdom Brunels (1806-1859) timber viaducts

Hayle St Ives in the distance, c1860. Scene on the West Cornwall Railway, later part of the Great Western Railway (GWR). The boom time for the harbour

Truro, from Trennick Lane, 1860. The Cornwall Railway, later part of the Great Western Railway (GWR), at Truro, showing one of Isambard Kingdom Brunels (1806-1859) timber viaducts

Humphry Davy, British chemist, 19th century. Born in Penzance, Cornwall, Davy (1778-1829) discovered the anaesthetic effects of laughing gas (nitrous oxide)

Carglaze tin mine, near St Austell, Cornwall, England, c1825, (1837). Tin mining was practised in Cornwall since the Bronze Age, but reached its peak in the 19th century

Humphry Davy, British chemist and inventor, late 19th century. Obverse of the Royal Society Davy medal, nstituted in 1877 and awarded annually for an outstanding recent discovery in chemistry

Humphry Davy, British chemist and inventor, 1802. Artist: James Gillray
Humphry Davy, British chemist and inventor, 1802. Davy (1778-1829) discovered the anaesthetic effects of laughing gas (nitrous oxide)

Mining Pitchblende, Cornwall, England, c1916. Radium, isolated by the Curies in 1898, is extracted from this ore

Dalcoath copper mine, Camborne, Cornwall, c1830. View of the mine showing engine houses and Bolling Maidens who broke ore into small pieces. The mine later also produced tin

Tin mine between Camborne and Redruth, Cornwall, c1860. Ore is being washed in the foreground, while in the background, Cornish steam engine houses powering mine pumps

Tregiffian Barrow, Neolithic tomb, 3rd Millennium BC, Penwith, Cornwall, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Tregiffian Barrow, Neolithic tomb, 3rd Millennium BC, Penwith, Cornwall, 20th century. Neolithic or early Bronze Age barrow or echambered tomb, is a rare form of passage grave

Lands End, Cornwall, England, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Lands End, Cornwall, England, 20th century. Lands End is a headland and the most westerly point of mainland Cornwall and England with granite dating to the Permian period, 268-275 million years old

Longships Lighthouse and the Armed Knight, Lands End, Cornwall, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Longships Lighthouse and the Armed Knight, Lands End, Cornwall, 20th century. Lands End is a headland and the most westerly point of mainland Cornwall

Granite Cliffs below Lands End mine, Cornwall, England, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Granite Cliffs below Lands End mine, Cornwall, England, 20th century. Lands End is a headland and the most westerly point of mainland Cornwall

Guillemot Preening Feathers Following Oil Spill, Cornwall, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Guillemot Preening Feathers Following Oil Spill, Cornwall, 20th century. An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially marine areas

Neolithic tomb, Tregiffian Barrow, Penwith, Cornwall, 3rd Millennium BC, 20th century. Listed in the historical monument category

Tintagel Head and Castle, Cornwall, UK, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Tintagel Head and Castle, Cornwall, UK, 20th century. Medieval fortification located on the peninsula of Tintagel Island, on the Atlantic coast of Cornwall

Cornwall, Taylors Shaft Engine House, Cambourne, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Taylors Shaft Engine House, East Pool Tin Mine, Cambourne, Cornwall, 20th century. 90-inch Beam Pumping Engine in Camborne, a town and civil parish in west Cornwall, England

Nine Maidens Stone Circle, Cornwall, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Nine Maidens Stone Circle, Cornwall, 20th century. A partially restored prehistoric stone circle near Boskednan, northwest of the town of Penzance in Cornwall

The Merry Maidens Stone Circle, Penwith, Cornwall, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
The Merry Maidens Stone Circle, Penwith, Cornwall, 20th century. Also known as Dawns Men, a late neolithic stone circle located in Cornwall, United Kingdom

Boscawen-Un Stone Circle near St. Buryan, Penwith, Cornwall, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Boscawen-Un Stone Circle near St. Buryan, Penwith, Cornwall, 20th century. A Bronze age stone circle consisting of 19 upright stones made of grey granite and one of bright quartz, in an ellipse

Old Tine Mine in Cambourne, Cornwall, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Old Tin Mine in Cambourne, Cornwall, 20th century. Camborne is a town and civil parish in west Cornwall, England, formerly one of the richest tin mining areas in the world

Lanyon Quoit, Cornwall, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Lanyon Quoit, Cornwall, 20th century. Neolithic dolmen in Cornwall, 2 miles southeast of Morvah. It collapsed in a storm in 1815 and was re-erected 9 years later

East Pool Whim Engine House, 19th century
East Pool Whim Engine House, a 30 inch rotative beam engine for a tin mine, 19th century

Shaft Engine House, 1910s
Shaft Engine House, a 90 inch beam pumping engine used in tin mining, 1910s

China-clay workings in Cornwall, northwest of St Austell

Gwennap Pit near Redruth, 18th century
Gwennap Pit near Redruth, probably caused by the subsistence of 18th centurys. John Wesley first preached here in 1762, then regularly up until his 85th year, once to 32, 000 people. The pit is c

Men-An-Tol Stones, 17th century BC
Men-An-Tol Stones, through which children were passed to cure ailments, 17th century BC

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