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St Ives is an historic fishing port in west Cornwall and offers a sheltered harbour for ships in the open waters of the Western Approaches.On 24 December 1838 the schooner Rival was trying to enter the harbour in a gale but came to grief on one of its piers; despite lacking proper rescue boats and equipment five people were saved after much courage and effort by the people ashore.
St Ives has been a popular tourist destination since the St Ives Bay Line opened in 1877, allowing visitors to easily get to the town. [46] St Ives has been named the best UK seaside town by The Guardian in 2007, [7] and by the British Travel Awards in 2010 and 2011. [3] [47] In 2020, St Ives was named the most expensive seaside resort in the ...
St Ives railway station, in the town; St Ives (UK Parliament constituency), the parliamentary constituency that covers the far west of Cornwall; St Ives, Cambridgeshire, formerly in Huntingdonshire St Ives (Cambridgeshire) railway station, a former railway station in the town; St Ives, Dorset; Bingley St Ives or St. Ives Estate, West Yorkshire
Tate St Ives is an art gallery in St Ives, Cornwall, England, exhibiting work by modern British artists with links to the St Ives area. The Tate also took over management of another museum in the town, the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden , in 1980.
The first municipal building in St Ives was a medieval guildhall in Fore Street which was completed in 1490. [2] The local portreeve, John Payne, who held meetings in the old guildhall, was hanged as a rebel during the Prayer Book Rebellion in 1549. [2] In the 1820s, civic leaders decided to demolish the old guildhall and replace it with a ...
Donald Trump mocked Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after his top minister’s surprise resignation following a clash on how to handle the president-elect’s looming tariffs.
The New York City Ballet has been performing "The Nutcracker" for decades. Each year, young dancers make their mark on the ballet.
11th (St Ives) Cornwall Artillery Volunteer Corps; 1846 St Ives by-election; 1874 St Ives by-election; 1875 St Ives by-election; 1881 St Ives by-election; 1887 St Ives by-election; 1928 St Ives by-election; 1937 St Ives by-election