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Pages in category "Burials in Cornwall" The following 92 pages are in this category, out of 92 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. John Anstis;
John Pearce was the Cornish wrestling champion of Cornwall in 1887 and held the title for 6 years. He won over 24 tournaments in England and the USA. [89] [90] Pearce also claimed to be world Cornish wrestling champion in 1884 [91] and in 1894. [92] Andrew Pears (1770–1845), soap manufacturer who invented Pears soap
A view of the cemetery in 2012, before restoration work commenced A section of cemetery seen in summer 2012 after tidying. The Congregationalist Cemetery (also known as the "Independent Burial Ground" or the "Dissenters Burying Ground") at Ponsharden, Cornwall was opened in 1808 to serve the Dissenting Christian congregations of Falmouth and Penryn.
From the sixteenth century to the middle of the nineteenth century, the church was virtually buried by the dunes and was known locally as "Sinking Neddy" [citation needed] or "Sinkininny Church". [1] To maintain the tithes required by the church, it had to host services at least once a year, so the vicar and parishioners descended into the ...
These burial places of British royalty record the known graves of monarchs who have reigned in some part of the British Isles (currently includes only the monarchs of Scotland, England, native princes of Wales to 1283, or monarchs of Great Britain, and the United Kingdom), as well as members of their royal families.
Great Cornish Families: A History of the People and Their Houses is a book by Crispin Gill, published in 1995. [1] A second edition was published in 2011 ( ISBN 978-0-85704-083-1 ). Crispin Gill, at the time of the book's publication, lived in Plymouth and was assistant editor of the Western Morning News .
Etched in local memory for generations, the tale of Nancy the circus elephant says that she died from yew leaf poisoning on the outskirts of Bristol 130 years ago, and was buried outside a church ...
The presence of Arundell's family in England is dated back to the eleventh century, at the time of William the Conqueror. [2] A very early member of the family, Roger, was marshal of England; and according to the Exeter Cathedral 'Martyrologium,' William de Arundell, who died in 1246, was a canon of that cathedral; about the same time a Roger ...