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On 4 February 1534 John Militon and his son William obtained a grant from the Abbess of Syon Monastery (dissolved in 1539) of a 30-year farm of Saint Michael's Mount, on condition of maintaining an arch-priest and two other priests. The Militons are mentioned frequently in this connection in the "Minister's Accounts of Cornwall". [7]
St Michael's Mount (Cornish: Karrek Loos yn Koos, [1] meaning "hoar rock in woodland") [2] is a tidal island in Mount's Bay near Penzance, Cornwall, England (United Kingdom). The island is a civil parish and is linked to the town of Marazion by a causeway of granite setts , passable (as is the beach) between mid-tide and low water.
The tramway was developed around 1900 by the castle's owner – Lord St Levan – to haul supplies ranging from building materials to groceries up to the castle and dustbins downhill. A notable traffic was Lord St Levan's regalia for the Coronation in 1953. It has never operated a passenger service, though one was contemplated in the late 1930s ...
As of 2024 his descendants, the Lords St Levan, remain seated at St Michael's Mount. [ 3 ] The fifth Baronet's legacy also continued through his daughter and co-heir, the mother of Reverend Hender Molesworth, who in 1844 assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of St Aubyn and was the father of Sir St Aubyn Hender Molesworth-St Aubyn ...
Mount St Michael, Cornwall is an 1830 landscape painting by the British artist Clarkson Stanfield. [1] Stanfield, a former sailor , specialised in marine paintings . [ 2 ] This view of St Michael's Mount in stormy weather was a breakthrough for him.
Michaelstow (Cornish: Logmighal (village) and Cornish: Pluwvighal yn Trygordh (parish) [1]) [2] is a civil parish and village in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is about three miles (4.8 km) south of Camelford . [ 3 ]
1865: John Michael Williams, of Caerhayes Castle [122] 1867: Thomas Simon Bolitho, [127] of Trengwainton [122] 1868: Edward Coode, of St Austell [128] or Polapit Tamar [122] 1869: John Whitehead Peard, of Trenython House [122] [129] 1870: Edmund Beauchamp Tucker, of Trevince [122] 1871: Arthur Tremayne, of Carclew [122]
Historically, Mont-Saint-Michel was the Norman counterpart of St Michael's Mount in Cornwall, UK, which was given to the Benedictines, the religious order of Mont-Saint-Michel, by Edward the Confessor in the 11th century. The two mounts share the same tidal island characteristics and a similar conical shape, though Mont-Saint-Michel is much taller.