The foreground is the site of the later harbour offices. Harbour full of sailing vessels, no steam vessels in view. Part of Newlyn Town and the Old Pier to the left. Harbour wall built between 1885-1900
Near the entrance to the now North Pier (built by 1895) Fish wives sorting fish probably for sale. Later 'Swordfish' pub far left.
At low tide. Fish jousters with their donkey carts wait on the beach, now the site of the Harbour Offices. Horse and carts transporting goods to Newlyn Town would need to cross here from right to left at low tide until the Harbour Road was built in 1908. This was a regular thoroughfare as the alternative was up Paul Hill and around, not practical for horse drawn vehicles.
Newlyn, area of Street-an-Nowan, part of the Strand. 1895.
Rocky fore shore now site of fish market. Road to left leads now to Newlyn Bridge and Penzance. Huts to right now the site of harbour offices. Central building next to flag pole was for many years Newlyn Post Office, now the home of Newlyn Archive. 1895.
Far right is Harbour office and merchant offices. Large building is the Ice works now extended from the original Norway Ice Store. Glimpses of of cottages at Fradgan far left.
Looking from seaward ashore. Newlyn, 1880.
Far left is Champion's Slip and Old Wesleyan School (1858). More central is Gwavas Quay then Keel Alley with 2 luggers on the beach. Far right is building of Norway Ice Store, later the R.R.Bath Ice works. Area behind Keel Alley is The Fradgan. Terraced cottages are on Chywoone Hill (Paul Hill). Large raised building on left is Antoine Villa. Luggers afloat are moored over site of later Harbour road built 1908.
Fradgan Court, Street-an-Nowan, Newlyn, 1910-1915.
View of left part of houses above Keel Alley, Fradgan, Street an Nowan, Newlyn
Similar but later to JDC 252. Tall houses on Chywoone Hill can be seen in left background.
House of the Fradgan behind. Gwavas Quay homes and slip now altered indicating that New Harbour Road is built.
View across to Newlyn Town and Gwavas Quarry (later Penlee) on the hillside far left. House and little pier rightis Gwavas and slip. This is before the Newlyn Harbour Road (built 1908) connected two parts of the village .
Over Street an Nowan, across the foreshore to Penzance. Before New Road was built (1883) from Wherrytown to Newlyn. Norton's Baths on the western promenade can be seen.
Overview of the harbour, Newlyn Town, Street an ajowan and the Tolcarne looking South. The North Pier not yet completed.
View from Gwavas Quay near the Fradgan looking across to Newlyn Town. Nets drying on the railings. Scaffolding to extreme left of the picture shows construction of South Pier underway (1885). Tide is out but the two men are overlooking the site of the Harbour Road yet to be built in 1908. Mounts Bay luggers aground near Newlyn Slip to the right.
Slope leads up to the Carn and Carn Woods. JDC 246 shows the Mill in context with wide view
Looking up the Coombe from the area now known as the Road Bridge. Parked to the right next to the river are show peoples caravans, fairground etc. Extreme right is Tolcarne Mill, where the road leads up to the Carn. Left top is St Peter's Church and Vicarage, built 1866, access to this is by the stone bridge. Newlyn fair was held in October, about Paul Feast time.
Workers sorting and packing fish. Area is on the start of the North Pier , where is now the Seamans Mission. Large building behind is the Bridge House, next to the Old Bridge.
Area behind New Road, used to be called Parc Saundry) Left leads up to the Carn. Looking across to Treneglos Terrace and Charles Street. Lamp posts seen top right corner are on the New Road leading into Wherrytown.
Start of the Coombe above the later road bridge. River not contained yet. The visiting fairground and showmen would pitch on this open space. Piles of fish can be seen. St Peters Church (built 1866) is 150yds to the right of the picture.
Old bridge over Coombe river, Newlyn, 1950.
Florence Place cottages, right top of picture. Fish workers washing wooden boxes in river. Tolcarne blacksmith shop out of picture to right.