1490s•St Keverne
An Gof and the Cornish Rebellion of 1497
In the summer of 1497, 15,000 Cornishmen marched on London. They were led by a blacksmith from St Keverne named Michael An Gof (which means "The Smith" in Corni...
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Histotrical Events
5 stories in this collection
1900s•Mousehole
The Death and Resurrection of the Cornish Language
In 1777, Dolly Pentreath of Mousehole died. She is traditionally remembered as the last native speaker of Cornish — the ancient Celtic language that had been sp...
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1800s•Camborne
Richard Trevithick: The Cornishman Who Invented the Steam Age
On Christmas Eve, 1801, a crowd gathered on the road above Camborne to witness something that had never been seen before in all of human history: a machine that...
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1990s•Redruth
Cornish Rugby: Where the Whole County Is a Team
Cornwall has never had a professional rugby team. It doesn't need one. When the county team plays, the whole of Cornwall turns out. The County Championship h...
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1850s•St Columb Major
The Hurling of St Columb: The Wildest Game in Britain
Every Shrove Tuesday and the following Saturday, the town of St Columb Major transforms into a battleground for one of the oldest and most violent sports in Bri...
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