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Francis Edwards ~ The Cornish Historian
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Cornish writer and blogger. See my website: https://the-cornish-historian.com/
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Delighted to report that my talk on the last years of Holmans was well received by the Trevithick Society last night...
#Cornwall #Kernow #Cornish #Kernow/Cornwall
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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A new post will be coming out for Remembrance Sunday...
#Kernow #Cornwall #Kernow/Cornwall #Cornish
November 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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On Monday, 10 November at 7.30 I will be giving a Zoom presentation to the Trevithick Society: ‘Pride and Anger: The Last Years of Holmans’. If you’re a member I hope to see you there! If you’d like to join, go here: trevithicksociety.info/index.php/me...
#Cornwall #Kernow #Cornish #Kernow/Cornwall
November 3, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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Cornish Metals are now working on the 195 fathom pumping station at South Crofty. Here’s my maternal grandfather, John Williams, at work there in the early 1980s.
#Cornwall #Kernow #Cornish #Kernow/#Cornwall #mining
September 12, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Great day at Northampton RFC - #rwc2025
September 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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No Cornish knitted rugby figure @northamptonsaints for the Women’s Rugby World Cup?!
#rugbyunion #cornwall
September 7, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Bargain Power Rangers, Northampton RFC, for the Women’s Rugby World Cup
#rugby #rugbyunion
September 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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New post on Saturday! Cornwall’s schoolchildren take matters into their own hands…for more tales of Cornish history, follow the link below…
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#Cornwall #Kernow #Cornish #Kernow/Cornwall
August 28, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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New post on Sunday! An important piece of Cornish history is discovered…
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#cornwall #kernow #cornish #kernow/cornwall
August 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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New post on Saturday! I take a look at the time when Cornwall’s oldest sport was big in the city…for more Cornish sporting history, see:
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#cornwall #kernow #cornish #kernow/cornwall #history #cornishwrestling
July 31, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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Was a fantastic experience to present on 'The Last Years of Holmans' at the Institute of Cornish Studies researchers' conference last week! (I'm behind the victory salute.) I hope to be presenting on this to wider audiences in the autumn, so stay tuned...
#cornwall #kernow #cornish #kernow/cornwall
July 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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The touring Australian XV gave a war cry at Camborne RFC, then beat Cornwall 18-3 before a crowd of 10,000 in October 1908. From: The Cornishman, October 8, 1908.

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#cornwall #kernow #cornish #kernow/cornwall
July 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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In 1971 three of my uncles (Percy, Ross, Tommy) appeared for Illogan Park RFC against St Day. Result currently unknown…
#cornwall #cornish #kernow #kerniw/cornwall
July 20, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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There’s the Tate, Bodmin Jail, Tintagel and Eden. And then there’s…
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July 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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More steps to the water, Gillan Creek, near Manaccan
#cornwall #kernow #cornish #kernow/cornwall
July 18, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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Helford only has two residents during the winter months, so I’m told
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July 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Steps down to the water, Treath, near Helford
#cornwall #kernow #cornish #kernow/cornwall
July 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Great setting, awesome food, challenging drive - Carn Brea Castle Restaurant, Cornwall
#cornwall #kernow #cornish #cornwall/kernow
July 16, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Exodus to St Michael’s Mount…
#cornwall #kernow #cornish #cornwall/kernow
July 16, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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Reopening in 2-3 weeks! The Basset Arms, Portreath
#cornwall #kernow #cornish #cornwall/kernow
July 15, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Holmans admin block/Council offices, Camborne
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#Cornwall #Kernow #Cornish #Cornwall/Kernow
July 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Protest steps in Noto by the Sicilian artist Carlo Coniglio
July 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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The BEST seafood restaurant in Syracuse! If ever you’re in the area, check it out!
#sicily #syracuse
July 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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The crypt of Chiesa di San Domenico in Noto, Sicily was used to store deceased members of the Dominican Order (sat upright) until their bodies had decayed. The skulls would then be displayed whilst the bones would be flung down the ossuary. Napoleon banned the practice.
#sicily #crypts
July 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Arancini are a thing of joy
July 5, 2025 at 7:43 AM