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  2. Fowey Town Hall - Wikipedia

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    The medieval town hall, now occupied by the Fowey Museum. The site currently occupied by the town hall complex was originally inhabited by a 14th-century guild chapel. [2] The first municipal building on the site was a medieval single-storey merchant's house built in rubble masonry and completed in the 15th century.

  3. Fowey - Wikipedia

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    Fowey (/ ˈ f ɔɪ / ⓘ FOY; Cornish: Fowydh, meaning 'Beech Trees' [1]) is a port town and civil parish at the mouth of the River Fowey in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town has been in existence since well before the Norman invasion, with the local church first established some time in the 7th century; the estuary of the River ...

  4. Grade II* listed buildings in Cornwall (H–P) - Wikipedia

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    This article comprises a list of these buildings in the county of Cornwall. List of buildings. Name ... Fowey: House: c.1710–15: 13 March 1951 ... Old Mansion House ...

  5. Joseph Treffry - Wikipedia

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    Trained in civil engineering, Treffry built a new quay in Fowey to take larger vessels for the export of tin, the major industry of Cornwall. As a result, he became a partner in the Wheal Regent copper mine at Crinnis near Par. He then became a partner in Fowey Consols mine at Tywardreath and manager of Lanscroft mine. After he amalgamated the ...

  6. Fowey Lifeboat Station - Wikipedia

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    Polkerris. The old lifeboat house at Polkerris is now a café. The position of the mouth of the River Fowey meant that it would be nearly impossible to launch a "pulling and sailing" lifeboat (that is, one powered by oars and sails) during the more dangerous storms when the wind blew from the south, and so it was decided to station the lifeboat at Polkerris, a small fishing village with a ...

  7. John Rashleigh (1554–1624) - Wikipedia

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    John Rashleigh II (1554 – 12 May 1624 [2]) of Menabilly, near Fowey in Cornwall, was an English merchant and was MP for Fowey in 1588 and 1597, and was High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1608. He was the builder of the first mansion house on the family estate at Menabilly , near Fowey , Cornwall, thenceforth the seat of the family until the present day.

  8. Grade II* listed buildings in Cornwall (Q–Z) - Wikipedia

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    Row of 3 cottages and wash-house about 150m west of Penheale Manor Penheale, Egloskerry Estate cottage: Early 20th century: 11 January 1989: 1142920: Upload Photo

  9. Place House - Wikipedia

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    Place House is a Grade I listed building located in Fowey, Cornwall, England.Home of the Treffry family since the thirteenth century, the original structure was a fifteenth-century tower, which was defended against the French in 1457 by Elizabeth Treffry.

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