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High street in Oxford, showing All Souls college.

Higher Faugan House, Paul Hill, House of Stanhope Forbes.
Article regarding the burgalry and attack of Maude Forbes.

Hill & Enderby Engineers, Ltd. in Long Rock. Pictured with man in front on small truck.

The historic Huer's Hut in Newquay, pictured in the 1930s with two women. This is one of the few well-preserved relics of the bygone age of seining. The hut was built on clifftop and used by fishermen to spot shoals of fish such as pilchards and…

Photo shows the Stevenson family re-enacting the landing of the pretender, Perkin Warbeck, which took place at Whitesand Bay near Sennen in September 1497.

Perkin Warbeck was a pretender to the English throne. Warbeck claimed to be Richard of…

Adults and children dressed in historical costumes on a decorated sailing boat with a dragon-head prow. The South Pier lighthouse can be seen in the background.

Outside Newlyn Harbour, Penzance promenade seen in the background.

Hitchens House built 1709
Rebuilt as The 'Alms House' and often known as 'The Gift House" in Paul Village near Penzance

Opened in 1982

The only visible wreckage on the Doom Bar is the bottom tanks and plating of the minelayer HMS Medea, wrecked on January 28th 1939 during the hurricane which destroyed the Glasgow Collier Winston near Zennor. The 540-ton Medea, launched in 1915 by…

Photograph of etching

Royal Navy’s First Diesel Powered Sub Launched 105 Years Ago Today

On 16th May 1908 HMS D1, the first of the D Class Submarines of the Royal Navy was launched. The photo above, taken by Stephen Cribb, shows the D1 moored in Portsmouth harbour…