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Mr W Balkwell, a postman in Merton near Okehampton, standing in front of an ivy-covered stone doorway to the post office, about to start his rounds. He wears a satchel over his shoulder and is holding some post. The sign above the post office door…

The Pirate Inn on Alverton Road, a Courage house with newly-painted sign showing the traditional tough-looking 'Pirate' just ashore from the moored vessel in the background.

King William IV pub in Madron.

Stiles. Showing the obvious hazard of the Cornish stile after a fall of snow. On a footpath leading to Newlyn. The harbour and lighthouse pier can be seen against a sullen late-afternoon sky.

A combined stile and bridge crossing the stream at Lamorna Cove near Penzance.

Typical style in granite areas of Cornwall
Grid reference (of the church), SW 5052 3303
For further information, see Historic Environment Record, https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MCO6370&resourceID=1020

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Typical church entrance stile showing the slate slab on which the coffin was rested whilst the bearers sat on the side seats to await the conducting priest. This 1898 photo shows Tintagel Church. St.Materiana's church.

Grid reference, SX 0506…

J. Roque Triales, the only survivor from the S.S. Febrero which struck the Runnel Stone off Gwennap Head in June 1910 with a loss of 23 hands. Triales was found at Mill Bay or Nanjizal after being washed ashore on a raft and for some time no trace of…

Stoke Poges Church viewed through the carved lychgate.

A general view of the churchyard at Stoke Poges where Thomas Gray's 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' was reputedly written.

Stoke Poges Church. Entrance to the church enclosure within the churchyard where Thomas Gray's 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' is reputed to have been written.

Stoke Poges churchyard wherein Thomas Gray's 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' was reputedly conceived and written.