Images Dated 2015 December

17 Dec 2015 Collection
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18 Dec 2015 Collection
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Porthleven, Cornwall. 1914-1918
Porthleven fishermen in their boat by Newlyn Harbour wall. All aged over 70, they returned to fishing during the manpower shortage in the First World War. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

Churchtown, St Agnes, Cornwall. Early 1900s
Churchtown showing Paulls hotel named after landlord John Paull. In 1930 the establishment changed to the St Agnes Hotel. Photographer: Probably Arthur William Jordan

Bill Harvey hanging skate, Porthgwarra, Cornwall. 1903
Bill Harvey hanging skate at Porthgwarra. He was aged 58 when the photograph was taken. Bill is dressed in rubber boots and corduroy trousers, a knitted fishermans gansy and checked cap

St Agnes, Cornwall. Around 1900
Unidentified schooners below winding gear in Trevaunance Harbour. Photographer: Unknown

Cottages at the head of the creek, Ruan Lanihorne, Cornwall. Around 1925
Glass lantern slide from a lecture, entitled Some Historic Cornish Beauty Spots, given by Cornishman and amateur photographer, Major Arthur William Gill, in around 1925

Market Jew Street, Penzance, Cornwall. 1920s
View up Market Jew Street towards the Market House with the statue of Sir Humphrey Davy in front. Sir Humphrey Davy was born in Penzance in 1778 and became President of the Royal Society

Princes Street, with the first Great House and Trevail Monumental Masons
Glass lantern slide from a lecture, entitled Some Historic Cornish Beauty Spots, given by Cornishman and amateur photographer, Major Arthur William Gill, in around 1925

Interior of the Old Grammar School, Truro, Cornwall. Around 1925
Glass lantern slide from a lecture, entitled Some Historic Cornish Beauty Spots, given by Cornishman and amateur photographer, Major Arthur William Gill, in around 1925

The Falcon Inn and view up hill with a postman walking towards the camera
Mawgan is identified with the Arundell family, known as the great Arundells on account of their vast riches

The Implacable, anchored off Falmouth, Cornwall. Around 1925
The ship was built for the French Navy as Douguay Trouin

Fore Street, St Austell, Cornwall. Around 1910
A view down Fore Street looking east, towards Holy Trinity Church, showing shops with outside displays and external lighting. A group of young schoolboys and a road sweeper are shown

Trerice House, Kestle Mill, St Newlyn East, Cornwall. Around 1925
Glass lantern slide from a lecture, entitled Some Historic Cornish Beauty Spots, given by Cornishman and amateur photographer, Major Arthur William Gill, in around 1925

Carnon Viaduct, Perranwell, Cornwall. Around 1925
Isambard Kingdom Brunels original wooden viaduct crossing the Carnon valley, which opened in 1863. It was replaced in 1933 by a stone structure

Vicarage Road, Fore Street, St Agnes, Cornwall. Early 1900s
Two men meeting near Trenerry Supply Stores. Adverts in the shop window include Camp Coffee, Sunlight Soap, Golden Shred and Lyons Cocoa. Photographer: Probably Arthur William Jordan

The Green, Truro, Cornwall. 1920s
The Dolphin Inn can be seen on the right with the carved stone dolphin sign, with the cathedral behind

Lanhydrock gatehouse, Bodmin, Cornwall. Around 1925
Glass lantern slide from a lecture, entitled Some Historic Cornish Beauty Spots, given by Cornishman and amateur photographer, Major Arthur William Gill, in around 1925

The Pillars and Raleigh House, Mitchell, St Newlyn East, Cornwall. Around 1925
The Pillars (or Pillars Hotel), on the left, is a Grade II listed farmhouse built in 1683. The house is dated on the timber panel over the door

King Harry Ferry, Feock, Cornwall. Around 1925
Taken from the Tregothnan side

Penponds, Camborne, Cornwall. Early 1900s
Children playing by a stream through woods

Camborne Posting Company Bus, Trelothan, Camborne, Cornwall. Around 1900
Trelothan church choir outing in 1900 taken in the square at Trelothan. The wall is the boundary to the Pendarves estate

Basset Road, Camborne, Cornwall. 1870s
Photographer: Unknown

Mousehole harbour, Cornwall. Around 1925
Boat registrations: PZ193, PZ591, 413PZ, PZ460Glass lantern slide from a lecture, entitled Some Historic Cornish Beauty Spots, given by Cornishman and amateur photographer, Major Arthur William Gill

Godolphin House, Breage, Cornwall. Around 1925
The main facade; a collonade of massive granite pillars leads into the quadrangle through an old Jacobean doorway with carved oak doors

Pengersick Castle, Breage, Cornwall. Around 1925
Glass lantern slide from a lecture, entitled Some Historic Cornish Beauty Spots, given by Cornishman and amateur photographer, Major Arthur William Gill, in around 1925

Veronica (Major Gills wife) rowing in a creek off the River Fal, Cornwall. Around 1925
Glass lantern slide from a lecture, entitled Some Historic Cornish Beauty Spots, given by Cornishman and amateur photographer, Major Arthur William Gill, in around 1925

Launceston Castle, Cornwall. Around 1925
The castle was also known as Castle Terrible and was fortified for King Charles, although subsequently lost and recovered

Town Clock, Fore Street, Tregony, Cornwall. Around 1925
The clock tower was built in the 1830s, along with the two, single-storey, market houses on either side of it

Truthall, Sithney, Cornwall. Around 1925
Seen through entrance gate. On the right is the doorway to the chapel with the remains of an oak roof

Man with dogs, Tolverne Barton, Philleigh, Cornwall. Around 1925
Tolverne Barton was a former Arundel property

Chapel converted to a barn at Golden, Probus, Cornwall. Around 1925
The granite pillars in the farm yard came from the old Truro Market House

St Columb Major Church and War Memorial, Cornwall. Around 1925
Glass lantern slide from a lecture, entitled Some Historic Cornish Beauty Spots, given by Cornishman and amateur photographer, Major Arthur William Gill, in around 1925

Tregothnan House and formal garden, St Michael Penkivel, Cornwall. Around 1925
Tregothnan has been home to the Boscawen family since 1334. The house was rebuilt by Edward Boscawen (1787-1841), fourth Viscount and First Earl of Falmouth, near the site of an older mansion

A Cornish Cottage, unidentified location, Cornwall. Around 1925
Glass lantern slide from a lecture, entitled Some Historic Cornish Beauty Spots, given by Cornishman and amateur photographer, Major Arthur William Gill, in around 1925

St Ives, Cornwall. Around 1925
Back of harbour and church. Glass lantern slide from a lecture, entitled Some Historic Cornish Beauty Spots, given by Cornishman and amateur photographer, Major Arthur William Gill, in around 1925

Poltair, St Austell, Cornwall. Saturday 18th June 1921
Cornish Folk Dance Festival. Children dancing in a competition. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

Vicarage Road, Fore Street, St Agnes, Cornwall. Early 1900s
Horse and cart in distance. Photographer: Probably Arthur William Jordan

Restormel, Lanlivery Parish, Cornwall. Around 1925
Glass lantern slide from a lecture, entitled Some Historic Cornish Beauty Spots, given by Cornishman and amateur photographer, Major Arthur William Gill, in around 1925

Tamar River from Polston Bridge, near Launceston, Cornwall. Around 1925
The site of King Charles entry into Cornwall on August 1st, 1644

Group of men at Daddyport bridge, Tregony, Cornwall. Around 1925
Qualification as a voter in Tregony required proof of house keeping by boiling a pot within the limits of the borough over an open fire, giving rise to the term pot wallopers to describe voters

Tolverne Barton, Philleigh, Cornwall. Around 1925
Tolverne Barton was a former Arundel property

The Manor House at Golden, Probus, Cornwall. Around 1925
The manor house is also known as Wolveden. Cuthbert Mayne, a Roman Catholic priest in the reign of Elizabeth I, was captured here and executed in 1577

Lantern Cross, St Mawgan in Pydar, Cornwall. Around 1925
Glass lantern slide from a lecture, entitled Some Historic Cornish Beauty Spots, given by Cornishman and amateur photographer, Major Arthur William Gill, in around 1925

Lanherne Convent, St Mawgan in Pydar, Cornwall. Around 1925
The Nunnery, a Tudor house, was the manor house of the Arundells and was given to Carmelite nuns, refugees from the French Revolution

St Michael Penkivel church, Cornwall. Around 1925
Major Arthur William Gills car is in the foreground. St Michael Penkivel church contains four altars, one of which is in the tower

Penzance Harbour, Cornwall. 1920s
View of Penzance harbour with a steamer at the Quay and St Marys church behind

St Michaels Mount, Cornwall. Around 1925
View from harbour side. Glass lantern slide from a lecture, entitled Some Historic Cornish Beauty Spots, given by Cornishman and amateur photographer, Major Arthur William Gill, in around 1925

The Lander Monument, Truro, Cornwall. Around 1925
The Monument was designed in 1835 by Philip Sambell. It celebrates the discoveries, including the discovery of the source of the River Niger in 1827, of the Lander brothers, Richard and John

Adelaide Terrace, Truro, Cornwall. Early 1900s
View up hill with people and horse and trap. Photographer: Arthur Philp

Paul, near Newlyn, Cornwall. Around 1925
Paul Church and Dolly Pentreaths Memorial. Dolly Pentreath was the last person who could speak the Cornish language fluently and who died in 1777 at the age of 102

Godolphin House, Breage, Cornwall. Around 1925
Rear view, showing the mullioned windows of the Banqueting Hall

Godolphin House, Breage, Cornwall. Around 1925
Rear courtyard. Glass lantern slide from a lecture, entitled Some Historic Cornish Beauty Spots, given by Cornishman and amateur photographer, Major Arthur William Gill, in around 1925

Sea picture, possibly off St Ives, Cornwall. Around 1925
Glass lantern slide from a lecture, entitled Some Historic Cornish Beauty Spots, given by Cornishman and amateur photographer, Major Arthur William Gill, in around 1925

Abandoned Engine House at St Agnes, Cornwall. 1920s
Glass lantern slide from a lecture, entitled Some Historic Cornish Beauty Spots, given by Cornishman and amateur photographer, Major Arthur William Gill, in around 1925

Lostwithiel Church from the south side, Cornwall. Around 1925
Glass lantern slide from a lecture, entitled Some Historic Cornish Beauty Spots, given by Cornishman and amateur photographer, Major Arthur William Gill, in around 1925

Mawgan Church and Lychgate, St Mawgan in Pydar, Cornwall. Around 1925
Glass lantern slide from a lecture, entitled Some Historic Cornish Beauty Spots, given by Cornishman and amateur photographer, Major Arthur William Gill, in around 1925

Entrance doorway to Lanherne Convent, Cornwall. Around 1925
Glass lantern slide from a lecture, entitled Some Historic Cornish Beauty Spots, given by Cornishman and amateur photographer, Major Arthur William Gill, in around 1925

St Michaels Mount, Cornwall. Around 1925
View from the base of the hill

Poltair, St Austell, Cornwall. Saturday 18th June 1921
Cornish Folk Dance Festival. Competitors waiting to dance. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

Godolphin House, Breage, Cornwall. Around 1925
The Kings room seen from the exterior of the house. The Kings Room was used, in the days before newspapers, for reading out the weekly news letter from Exeter

St Michaels Mount, Cornwall. Around 1925
Taken from Marazion beach with fishermen and boats on foreshore

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