We regularly share stories about the people, the lands, and the physical presence connected to Carclew.
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Founding the First Cornish Hospital
The formation of the first Cornish Hospital, the social and economic impact of the mining boom and the work of the Royal Cornwalls Hospital Charities today. In the heart of the Royal Cornwall Hospital as people travel through to the wide and varying specialised departments, is a display.
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A Family Snapshot With Friends 1841 Style
William Henry Fox Talbot, the father of photography, came to visit his uncle Sir Charles Lemon in August 1841. Not only are these images the first ever taken in Cornwall, they show a shot of family and friends delighting in being together and enjoying the fun of having their photograph taken.
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Full Circle
By Linda Jenkin
How our present and future are connected to our past, the importance of place in relationships and community support. Researching with Ancestry.com as a winter lockdown project in 2021, I discovered that Jane Rodda, born in St Erth 1670 and died in Breage in 1748, was in my family tree. -
R Gill and Sons Himalayan Nursery
The Himalayan Woodland Series, Part 2
The Great War changed Carclew forever. The male workforce left to fight and those who returned home came back to a collapsed economy with few jobs. In an attempt to bring in revenue, the government created the 1920 land tax with the result that Carclew had to sell off huge portions of the estate. -
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A place of refuge series
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’. -
The Ancestry of the ‘Great’ William Lemon of Carclew
The ‘Great’ William Lemon was instrumental in helping to transform Cornwall’s economic, political and cultural landscape. Who was he and what is his legacy? William was by all accounts a formidable man. He was married to Isabelle Vibert who has been described as his intellectual equal.
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Up To No Good
A newspaper article printed in the West Briton on 25 June 1847 gives a glimpse into life in and around Carclew during the mid Nineteenth Century. This article was reprinted and included in a book of extracts from the West Briton Newspaper called ‘Life In Cornwall in the Mid Nineteenth Century.
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Exploring the Four Corners of the World
The Himalayan Woodland Series, Part 1
In spring, the woods at Carclew are festooned with colourful vibrating jewels reaching to the skies, illuminating and transforming the normally green foliage into a magical Himalayan paradise. -
An Introduction to Carclew and its Historical Significance
Carclew, Cornwall’s finest Palladian mansion, was built by William Lemon (1696-1760), a mining entrepreneur whose genius dramatically accelerated the Industrial Revolution in Cornwall and tin and copper mining around the world. From humble beginnings in West Cornwall, Lemon built a significant copper and tin mining empire, acting as a mining…