Pictures Dated 24th May 2018

Wall, Gwinear, Cornwall. Early 1900s

View of Wall settlement. In the foreground, with a group of people and a pony, is Francis Hale's wheelwright shop. Signage on the shop states "J.V.H. Hill". The thatched cottage next to it, Box Tree Cottage, is where John Wesley, the Methodist preacher, slept when he visited Wall in 1743. The Methodist Chapel is in the background. Photographer: Probably Samuel John Govier.

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Roseworthy Hammer Mills, Gwinear, Cornwall. Early 1900s

View of Roseworthy Hammer Mills and river with several men on the footpath. The hammer mills opened in 1808 and manufactured castings, iron chimneys for mines, boilers, chains, box irons but was perhaps best known for its quality Cornish shovels. The Cornwall Shovel Company Limited and the hammer mills ceased to operate in 1941. Photographer: John Charles Burrow / Herbert Hughes, plate marked JCB.

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Rashleigh almshouses, Polmear, Tywardreath, Cornwall, 1959

The Rashleigh almshouses were originally built around 1800 by William Rashleigh as four cottages. They were extended later in the 19th century by three more cottages and, in 1855, a small hospital block was added. The buildings were restored in 1977 to 1978 when the seven almshouses were converted into three cottages, with extensions at the back. Photographer: Charles Woolf .

© RIC, photographer Charles Woolf