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Falmouth (/ ˈ f æ l m ə θ / FAL-məth; Cornish : Aberfala [2]) is a town, civil parish and port on the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. [3] Falmouth was founded in 1613 by the Killigrew family on a site near the existing Pendennis Castle.
1801 Cornwall Gazette and Falmouth Packet started. 1802 Richard Pidgeley bequeathed £5 per annum for distribution of bread to the poor, from the estate of Mulberry Square, for 1,000 years. 1802 Church Charity School founded for girls, and in 1804 for boys.
Pendennis Castle (Cornish: Penn Dinas, meaning "headland fortification") is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near Falmouth, Cornwall, England between 1540 and 1542. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire , and defended the Carrick Roads waterway at the mouth of ...
Three galleries are devoted to the maritime history of Cornwall. These cover topics such as Cornish fishing, trading, boatbuilding, wrecks and emigration. The Falmouth gallery also tells the story of: The Packet ships which operated out of Falmouth and which took the mails to the growing empire from 1668 until 1851
Falmouth Docks are a deep-water docks of the town of Falmouth in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The docks are the southern shore of the Fal Estuary which is the third largest natural harbour in the world and the deepest in Europe. They extend over 30 hectares (74 acres) and covers a range of services to shipping such as repair, refuelling ...
Arwenack is a historic manor on the site of what is today the town of Falmouth, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.Historically in the parish of St Budock, it was partly destroyed in 1646, and only a remnant survives today.
The Rev. William John Coope (born c. 1810) was rector from 1838 to 1869. He was the pioneer of Tractarianism in Cornwall. While studying at Oxford Coope had been greatly influenced by the Oxford Movement. When he came to Falmouth the church was in a poor state of repair.
The magistrates at Falmouth referred the matter to the assizes at Exeter and the sailors were eventually sentenced to 6 months in prison. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] In 1948, the Odd Fellows sold the hall, which was converted into an antiques shop in 1986, [ 11 ] and which, since June 2015, has served as an art gallery.