Objects and Artefacts
Revealing stories and history through physical objects
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Babygrow
A place of refuge series, Part 1
In 1937 the Quaker Arthur Pearce Jenkin of Redruth bought the Mansion and adjoining land. He gave Carclew to the Society of Friends (the Quakers), free of rent for ten years to help refugees fleeing persecution by the Nazis in Europe. This was to be called ‘The Carclew Project’. -
Medals At The Poly
By Michael Carver
The first President of The Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society (now The Poly) was Sir Charles Lemon of Carclew. By 1835 the Polytechnic Hall had been built, and the exhibitions proved popular immediately – as did the prizes: Silver or Bronze medals designed by William Wyon, chief engraver at the Royal Mint.