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View along the shore under the Mousehole Road, below the site of Penlee Quarry. Showing mine chimney stack of Tolvadden copper mine on far point, and Stones Cottage, far right.

Gwavas Quay Litho by Prout Published by Vibert (1831). 1831..
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Looking across the foreshore slip and houses in Newlyn Town before the harbour road was built

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…

similar to JDC 022

205x135mm Gwavas Road area to the left- site of Centenary Methodist Church. To the right is Mann's cottage, which burnt down in 1937. Centre, junction of Trewarveneth Street.

175x125mm. Gwavas Road leading to Paul Village. To the right , cottages were demolished to build Newlyn Centenary Methodist Church

110x80mm Gwavas Road leading to Paul Village. Same image as JDC 022

Gwavas Road, looking down to the top of Trewarveneth and Boase Streets. Cottages to the left demolished to make way for the building of the Centenary Chapel in 1927.

175x120mm. Gwavas Road, Mann's thatched cottage. Road at right to St Peter's Hill, up hill to Gwavas and on to Paul Village.

Headland with tall rocky construction in the foreground, possibly man-made

Situated near the village, John Wesley preached 18 times between 1762 and 1789, although Gwennap Pit is about 1.7 miles (2.7 km) to the north west at the hamlet of Busveal near St. Day. The pit was caused by mining subsidence in the mid-18th century.…