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Counter balance on the beam pumping engine, made at Copperhouse foundry in 1846 for Kew Water Works, Middlesex. Worked for 100 years until 1945.

A ketch typical of numerous such coastal traders seen in most English ports until ousted by the more economical diesel powered vessels in the 1930s. They carried general cargoes; coal, manures, cattle foods, chemical, etc, and regularly called on…

Coffin on board ready for burial at sea. Group of people, some possibly religious members

Kerris Quarry

Kneelers on the roof

Elizabeth Pengelly family photos. A photograph of the Wesleyan Chapel in Kerris. The only wedding to be performed at this chapel on the 29th March 1929 was between William John Prowse and Ethel James Maddern, Aunt and Uncle of Elizabeth Pengelly.…

Family photograph including Adam, Mornie, Tim, Andrew and Captain - the dog