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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.

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.

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.

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…

Slope leads up to the Carn and Carn Woods. JDC 246 shows the Mill in context with wide view

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…

Overview of the harbour, Newlyn Town, Street an ajowan and the Tolcarne looking South. The North Pier not yet completed.

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.

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 .

House of the Fradgan behind. Gwavas Quay homes and slip now altered indicating that New Harbour Road is built.

Similar but later to JDC 252.
Tall houses on Chywoone Hill can be seen in left background.

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…

Near the entrance to the now North Pier (built by 1895)
Fish wives sorting fish probably for sale.
Later 'Swordfish' pub far left.

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

Green Rocks and the South at low tide, with fish jousters (sellers) waiting on the beach for fish to be landed from vessels anchored offshore.
There is a tall sailing ship along side the Old Pier.
Vessels can just be seen to the right anchored in…