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LANDSCAPE VALUES St. AGNES PARISH, CORNWALL, ENGLAND Porth Towan Porthtowan Cambrose Mawla Menagissey Wheal Rose Scorrier Mount Hawke Skinner's Bottom Blackwater Two Burrows Carnhot Wheal Busy Mithian Downs Three Burrows Silverwell Mingoose Goonvrea Goonbell Towan Cross Perrancoombe Chapel Porth St. Agnes St. Agnes Beacon Higher Bal New Downs Cross Combe Trevellas Airfield Mithian Gollawater Tubby's Head Carn Gowla St. Agnes Head New Downs Head Polber ro C ove Trevaunance Cove Trevellas Porth Green Island Pen a Grader Hanover Cove Calf and Cow Tobban Horse Wheal Concord The Parish is one of the most picturesque and attractive of all Cornish settlements with its landscape setting, the quality of the buildings, the feel of its streets and the warmth of its people. It has an unrivalled interplay of the built environment with large areas of greenery right within the village core that make an extremely attractive place but locally distinctive. The parish has several villages and hamlets: Silverwell, Blackwater and Skinner's Bottom to the south, St Agnes village in the centre, Mount Hawke to the southwest and Mithian to the west. Each one has a very special character. Cornish people have remained rural based, working class, and free thinking whilst holding a strong sense of justice. St. Agnes Parish - Bryanek Unlike many coastal parishes in Cornwall, St Agnes thrives all year round. People have shifted from traditional employment areas such as agriculture, mining/quarrying, fishing and forestry, they have moved into wholesale/retail trading, manufacturing, tourism and construction. Several communities can be found in St Agnes, such as: Cornish families that have lived there for centuries; English people settling to retire or live a different paced life; Surfers from around the globe that wait for the big wave; Visiting walkers and nature lovers; Enthusiasts of the industrial past; Artists crafting in pottery, metal and paint; and People that passed through and fell in love with a small corner of Cornwall. Some of the things people have said about living in St Agnes, are written here as blue text. Community Concerns and Responses Some key local concerns mentioned by local people. People are responding to some of these concerns, for example two hundred people signed a petition requesting that new affordable housing should be developed in St. Agnes and to enable young Cornish people live in the village and access its schools and facilities. Local government is trying to respond by addressing this need. However local people also want a new process where their landscape values are acknowledged and respected. Whilst acknowledging that if the village is to have a future, young people must be able to settle, they do not want to suffer the results of bad developers. Many want to influence how development proceeds in their Parish by asking that new houses are built using local materials so they are in keeping, and sites chosen do not impact on landscape features that are important to local people. The community map drawn by several local people and illustrated here, show features valued by them, the key viewing points in the parish and the direction the landscape is best viewed from. # # # Bathing water quality can cause health problems for surfers Waste management is not adequate as the shared storm water storage design is too small for more frequent high volume storms High seasonal demand use on resources more wear and tear on roads passing through Churchtown Tourism related concerns # # # # Increase in house prices outsiders who buy up cottages in the centre. Lack of affordable housing so local young people have to rent and are asked to pay higher rents in the summer to compete with tourists. Increased urban development has increased flood vulnerability in Petersville Age skewered population influences how resources are invested in the village - too many park benches in strange places Immigration # # # # Cheap housing that is in keeping - mundig was used extensively in the area (concrete from mine spoil degrades quickly - concrete cancer) Old people want to down size their homes but they have no where smaller to move into Fish/shell fish decline caused by over exploitation from commercial fishing, and divers Pressures of modern farming demands the enlargement of old fields for the machines used and to ensure profitability. # # # Low farmgate prices offered for produce (higher volumes available at more accessible areas with cheaper transport) Lack of local wholesale markets increases transportation costs of goods The coastal reefs are not protected for the sole use of local fishermen. They are out fished by medium scale fishing fleets that put down too many pots. Resource Scarcity Transportation / access The legend has been incorporated into local events throughout the year. Children symbolically fire clay objects in the beacon fire lit on May day and the Giants leads everyone back to the village. The clay is mixed with a local variety found as a rare horseshoe deposit at the foot of the Beacon Cultural Legacy The legend of Bolster giant links the people to their landscape Many Cornish myths and legends are linked to the landscape and incorporated into daily life through community "fiestas" and this is as true for St. Agnes as anywhere in the Cornwall. "There is an argument that anyone can be Cornish if they embrace what it is to be Cornish. So that an outsider is considered more Cornish if they learn about the history, culture and language than say someone that was born here. There is some truth to that. Why should being born here just make you Cornish? Many that were born here are reluctant to embrace "Cornishness", they suffer from inertia and are often only kicked out of it by outsiders wanting to retain the differences. So who is more Cornish?" Community Taking Responsibility The independent free thinking manifests in St. Agnes through its many organisations and activities. There are well over fifty local organisations and committees. The sense of community and cohesion is very strong, St. Agnes offers activities for all ages and interests, many annual events are organised throughout the year such as Bolster day in May, Carnival in August and several charity balls as well as Christmas and Easter celebrations. People care about the place, its management and the decisions taken that determine how development influences their future. Several local historians have written books on the area and the local Museum contains key historical facts and local stories about the parish, its people and their stories. There was an attempt to rebuild the harbour destroyed in 1915 and 1916, but it was not possible to reconstruct it. However the money was donated to pay for the keel of the local gig boat and local people raised the rest needed; it was launched in April 2005 as Bryanek, the old name for St Agnes. Bathing Water Quality concerns local people. Surfers frequently get infections and diseases; they suspected it was the water quality. During storm events Combined Stormwater Drainage (storage/treatment) system has to be shut down because of too much water, consequently raw sewage flows directly down the river to the sea at Trevaunance cove. Locally based Surfers against Sewage started in St Agnes and has campaigned for; Improvements in tank design so they store more water/sewage during frequent heavy rains; Larger fines for companies that illegally discharge sewage; and Improved bathing water. The Landuse Image is part of the Millennium Map which is copywrite of Get Mapping plc. ASIAN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION CULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION EXCHANGE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE 1/F MANILA OBSERVATORY BUILDING ATENEO UNIVERSITY CAMPUS LOYOLA HEIGHTS, QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SERVICE CORNWALL COUNTY COUNCIL KENNALL BUILDING, TRURO, TRI 3AY UK. LEGEND MITHIAN CHURCH SEA CAVES "FOOT PRINT" IN A BOULDER ROUNDS, IRON AGE SETTLEMENTS COASTLINE WIND CROPPED TREES BARROWS OLD FIELD PATTERNS RIVER BOUNDARY 500 0 500 1000 1500 SCALE 1 : 20,000 St. Agnes landscape is dominated by the rocky coast, scattered mine ruins, wind cropped heather and tree- lined valleys. "Its not a cosy landscape, but striking in a beautiful way, it has a majesty on a grand scale". St. Agnes Church, roofscape and Stippy Stappy Unprotected are the remnants of the railway system that once brought many tourists but are now tucked away in folds of the valley. Although St Agnes is a single village in nature, it retains separate elements, such as Churchtown, Petersville, Rosemundy Vicarage, Goonbell and Goonown. Green spaces scattered within a minescape separate these elements ensuring each maintains its distinctive character. Development is restricted in many parts of the village because several old buildings are protected (grade 2 listed) and part of the village is a declared conservation zone. "The church is very re-assuring it's tucked into the village but still very visible". Hedgerows Wheals and Engine Houses Mine Shafts Working Stamp Heads The ruins of Cornish pump engines are scattered throughout the landscape. Wheal kitty has been restored as workshops, this shows how the mining past can be part of future village life. Cornwall County Council is seeking international recognition of the unique Cornish "Minescape" and has applied for world heritage status; St Agnes Parish is included in this bid. Yet many mining features go unnoticed like the network of tunnels and shafts that are just below the surface. "Some with ivy, some without, all special, all unique: we love our wheals and engine houses". Minescape Views Out of the mosaic of stonewall hedges and fields, the beacon rises out of the northwest plateau. Bryanek, the old Cornish name for St. Agnes, means prominent hill "Looking for the beacon you are looking for home". Landscape and its Importance to Local People STEN SEN AGNES YU AN GWELLA YN BYS St. Agnes tin is the best in the world Many of the fields are medieval; all are marked out by dry stonewall hedges and footpaths.The fields patterns were kept unchanged because the miners kept only a few animals for their own food - only recently have farmers been forced to merge fields for economic reasons. "Our hedges here are made of mine rock; quarry stone was too expensive for most people. They were made in the process of clearing the land for farming. The local style is to have the stones laid so they stand up on short ends touching, they were then back filled with clay sediments and mine waste - some are still toxic and nothing grows on them." Landscape Defined "If you look up from the beach at low tide across to the Beacon you get an impression of how the vast heathland would have stretched across all the cliffs along here before it was converted to farmland." # The multitude of caves, shafts and rock arches along the coast are evidence that smuggling took place along this coast, there is a hidden jetty at seal cove, an arch only revealed at low tide and a shaft leading up into where the old manor house was situated on the cliffs. The coast is rocky and dangerous with fast tides and a regular sea fog. "The rocks called calf and cow are the full stop at the end... we use them to navigate in fog." # Viewing point and direction The cliffs, headland and Beacon are carpeted in heather which thrives on the nutrient poor mine spoil that was left across the landscape. Landscape Views Seascape Views "In spring glittering water dances from one side of the path to the other just as you go into promised land at the top of water lane". The four rivers have scoured out the valleys from the largely flat landscape exposing the tin ore close to the surface. This enabled tin streamers to gather black tin ore, crush it with stamp heads, smelt it until the white metal crackled. This process still occurs at Blue Stream Tin mine in Trevellas Combe at the base of Jericho Valley. The valleys give walkers respite from the harsh winds, they are a sanctuary of tranquillity with gentle streams winding through wind cropped trees. Quiet Valleys "You have to be careful of the tides, but you can walk all along the beach at Chapelporth" There are only three beaches in St Agnes, Trevaunance cove, Chapelporth and Porthtowan. The winter surf beach is Trevaunance cove because of the prevailing on-shore winds, in spring and summer surfing moves to Porthtowan from about May to October when the prevailing winds change direction. Local people and children surf throughout the year and have done so since the 1930s when they just used body boards. Trees Pretty Valley and Glittering Stream St. AGNES MUSEUM TRUST In the time of giant's there lived a troublesome giant called Bolster, who was of such enormous stature that he could stand with one foot on Carn Brae and the other on St. Agnes Beacon a distance of 6 miles. Bolster himself was a terror to the surrounding countryside, stealing sheep and cattle from the ordinary Cornish folk. At that time St. Agnes lived in the same area. Bolster became infatuated with St Agnes and eventually fell in love with her. Tired of the attention, and wishing rid of this evil brute, she asked him to prove his love for her by filling a hole in the cliff at Chapelporth with his own blood. Bolster considered the task to be easy due to his huge size. Bolster went up to the cliffs at Chapelporth, plunged a knife into his arm and waited for the hole to fill up. Eventually the giant lost so much blood that he died. The hole actually led from the cliffs into the sea, a fact that St Agnes knew about but Bolster did not. The blood of Bolster is said to have stained the cliffs at Chapelporth and the red mark is still visible today Vibrant Coves SOURCES : St Agnes people that shared their landscape values; H Thomas, C Grub, R. Jerome, R.Radcliffe, D. Brown St Agnes people that provided interviews, and information; R.Radcliffe, J.Symonds, N.Elkins, A.Parsons, J.Sawle, C.Hoskins, Al Blunsden, M.Wills, C.Wills, J.Vassey, E.Earl, Andy (SAS), W.J.Doble, D.Gil-Cary, Lobster fishermen on the Quay References used: Bizley, A.C. (1955) A Friendly Retreat, The St Agnes Museum Trust, 1994 edition. Inspiration from C. Benny (2005) Down Quay, Photo history of St. Agnes. Various articles from St Agnes Museum Trust Journal and data from the Museum itself. Special thanks to: Tina at St Agnes Hotel, "Friday night club" Roads, Paths and Parish Boundary data was provided by Cornwall County Council. Photos by Karen Lawrence, except; Bolster Giant by T. Greenslade "Spirit of Cornwall" and Gig Bryanek from Trevaunance.com PATH "Tourists enjoy living in St Agnes, buy property and migrate becoming new comers". "Outsiders own the businesses, the Cornish are the workers" "Locals cannot afford to buy houses, they are the ones that rent". "people work hard but they finish at five and are in the water, surfing by 6pm" - some keep horses, others let their land or buildings to tourists "To survive farmers have to enlarge or diversify" It is a slow development area - UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING STIRLING, SCOTLAND St. Agnes Beacon Print Date: SEPTEMBER 05, 2005 / File Name: CORNWALLFINALE1.APR / ESSC-Manila, Philippines-D.A.R.
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Transcript of CORNWALL
LANDSCAPE VALUESSt. AGNES PARISH, CORNWALL, ENGLAND
Porth Towan
Porthtowan
Cambrose
Mawla
Menagissey
Wheal Rose
Scorrier
MountHawke
Skinner'sBottom Blackwater
TwoBurrows
Carnhot
WhealBusy
MithianDowns
ThreeBurrows
Silverwell
Mingoose
GoonvreaGoonbell
TowanCross
Perrancoombe
Chapel Porth
St. AgnesSt. AgnesBeacon
Higher Bal
New Downs
Cross CombeTrevellas
Airfield
Mithian Gollawater
Tubby's Head
Carn Gowla
St. AgnesHead
New DownsHead
Polberro Cove
TrevaunanceCove
TrevellasPorth
Green Island
Pen a Grader
Hanover CoveCalf and Cow
Tobban Horse
Wheal Concord
The Parish is one of the most picturesque and attractive of all Cornish settlements with its landscape setting, the quality of the buildings, the feel of its streets and the warmth of its people. It has an unrivalled interplay of the built environment with large areas of greenery right within the village core that make an extremely attractive place but locally distinctive. The parish has several villages and hamlets: Silverwell, Blackwater and Skinner's Bottom to the south, St Agnes village in the centre, Mount Hawke to the southwest and Mithian to the west. Each one has a very special character.
Cornish people have remained rural based, working class, and free thinking whilst holding a strong sense of justice.
St. Agnes Parish - Bryanek
Unlike many coastal parishes in Cornwall, St Agnes thrives all year round. People have shifted from traditional employment areas such as agriculture, mining/quarrying, fishing and forestry, they have moved into wholesale/retail trading, manufacturing, tourism and construction. Several communities can be found in St Agnes, such as: Cornish families that have lived there for centuries; English people settling to retire or live a different paced life; Surfers from around the globe that wait for the big wave; Visiting walkers and nature lovers; Enthusiasts of the industrial past; Artists crafting in pottery, metal and paint; and People that passed through and fell in love with a small corner of Cornwall. Some of the things people have said about living in St Agnes, are written here as blue text.
Community Concerns and ResponsesSome key local concerns mentioned by local people.
People are responding to some of these concerns, for example two hundred people signed a petition requesting that new affordable housing should be developed in St. Agnes and to enable young Cornish people live in the village and access its schools and facilities. Local government is trying to respond by addressing this need. However local people also want a new process where their landscape values are acknowledged and respected. Whilst acknowledging that if the village is to have a future, young people must be able to settle, they do not want to suffer the results of bad developers. Many want to influence how development proceeds in their Parish by asking that new houses are built using local materials so they are in keeping, and sites chosen do not impact on landscape features that are important to local people. The community map drawn by several local people and illustrated here, show features valued by them, the key viewing points in the parish and the direction the landscape is best viewed from.
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Bathing water quality can cause health problems for surfers Waste management is not adequate as the shared storm water storage design is too small for more frequent high volume storms High seasonal demand use on resources more wear and tear on roads passing through Churchtown
Tourism related concerns
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Increase in house prices outsiders who buy up cottages in the centre. Lack of affordable housing so local young people have to rent and are asked to pay higher rents in the summer to compete with tourists. Increased urban development has increased flood vulnerability in Petersville Age skewered population influences how resources are invested in the village - too many park benches in strange places
Immigration
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Cheap housing that is in keeping - mundig was used extensively in the area (concrete from mine spoil degrades quickly - concrete cancer) Old people want to down size their homes but they have no where smaller to move into Fish/shell fish decline caused by over exploitation from commercial fishing, and divers Pressures of modern farming demands the enlargement of old fields for the machines used and to ensure profitability.
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Low farmgate prices offered for produce (higher volumes available at more accessible areas with cheaper transport) Lack of local wholesale markets increases transportation costs of goods The coastal reefs are not protected for the sole use of local fishermen. They are out fished by medium scale fishing fleets that put down too many pots.
Resource Scarcity
Transportation / access
The legend has been incorporated into local events throughout the year. Children symbolically fire clay objects in the beacon fire lit on May day and the Giants leads everyone back to the village. The clay is mixed with a local variety found as a rare horseshoe deposit at the foot of the Beacon
Cultural Legacy
The legend of Bolster giant links the people to their landscape
Many Cornish myths and legends are linked to the landscape and incorporated into daily life through community "fiestas" and this is as true for St. Agnes as anywhere in the Cornwall.
"There is an argument that anyone can be Cornish if they embrace what it is to be Cornish. So that an outsider is considered more Cornish if they learn about the history, culture and language than say someone that was born here. There is some truth to that. Why should being born here just make you Cornish? Many that were born here are reluctant to embrace "Cornishness", they suffer from inertia and are often only kicked out of it by outsiders wanting to retain the differences. So who is more Cornish?"
Community Taking ResponsibilityThe independent free thinking manifests in St. Agnes through its many organisations and activities. There are well over fifty local organisations and committees. The sense of community and cohesion is very strong, St. Agnes offers activities for all ages and interests, many annual events are organised throughout the year such as Bolster day in May, Carnival in August and several charity balls as well as Christmas and Easter celebrations.
People care about the place, its management and the decisions taken that determine how development influences their future. Several local historians have written books on the area and the local Museum contains key historical facts and local stories about the parish, its people and their stories.
There was an attempt to rebuild the harbour destroyed in 1915 and 1916, but it was not possible to reconstruct it. However the money was donated to pay for the keel of the local gig boat and local people raised the rest needed; it was launched in April 2005 as Bryanek, the old name for St Agnes.
Bathing Water Quality concerns local people. Surfers frequently get infections and diseases; they suspected it was the water quality. During storm events Combined Stormwater Drainage (storage/treatment) system has to be shut down because of too much water, consequently raw sewage flows directly down the river to the sea at Trevaunance cove. Locally based Surfers against Sewage started in St Agnes and has campaigned for; Improvements in tank design so they store more water/sewage during frequent heavy rains; Larger fines for companies that illegally discharge sewage; and Improved bathing water.
The Landuse Image is part of the Millennium Map which is copywrite of Get Mapping plc.
ASIAN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYAND COMMUNICATION
CULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTALINFORMATION EXCHANGE
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE1/F MANILA OBSERVATORY BUILDING
ATENEO UNIVERSITY CAMPUSLOYOLA HEIGHTS, QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES
HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SERVICECORNWALL COUNTY COUNCIL
KENNALL BUILDING, TRURO, TRI 3AY UK.
LEGEND
MITHIAN CHURCH
SEA CAVES
"FOOT PRINT" IN A BOULDER
ROUNDS, IRON AGE SETTLEMENTS
COASTLINE
WIND CROPPED TREES
BARROWS
OLD FIELD PATTERNS
RIVER
BOUNDARY
500 0 500 1000 1500
SCALE 1 : 20,000
St. Agnes landscape is dominated by the rocky coast, scattered mine ruins, wind cropped heather and tree-lined valleys.
"Its not a cosy landscape, but striking in a beautiful way, it has a majesty on a grand scale".
St. Agnes Church, roofscape and Stippy Stappy
Unprotected are the remnants of the railway system that once brought many tourists but are now tucked away in folds of the valley.
Although St Agnes is a single village in nature, it retains separate elements, such as Churchtown, Petersville, Rosemundy Vicarage, Goonbell and Goonown. Green spaces scattered within a minescape separate these elements ensuring each maintains its distinctive character. Development is restricted in many parts of the village because several old buildings are protected (grade 2 listed) and part of the village is a declared conservation zone.
"The church is very re-assuring it's tucked into the village but still very visible".
Hedgerows
Wheals and Engine Houses
Mine ShaftsWorkingStamp Heads
The ruins of Cornish pump engines are scattered throughout the landscape. Wheal kitty has been restored as workshops, this shows how the mining past can be part of future village life. Cornwall County Council is seeking international recognition of the unique Cornish "Minescape" and has applied for world heritage status; St Agnes Parish is included in this bid. Yet many mining features go unnoticed like the network of tunnels and shafts that are just below the surface.
"Some with ivy, some without, all special, all unique: we love our wheals and engine houses".
MinescapeViews
Out of the mosaic of stonewall hedges and fields, the beacon rises out of the northwest plateau. Bryanek, the old Cornish name for St. Agnes, means prominent hill
"Looking for the beacon you are looking for home".
Landscape and its Importance to Local People
STEN SEN AGNES YU AN GWELLA YN BYSSt. Agnes tin is the best in the world
Many of the fields are medieval; all are marked out by dry stonewall hedges and footpaths.The fields patterns were kept unchanged because the miners kept only a few animals for their own food - only recently have farmers been forced to merge fields for economic reasons.
"Our hedges here are made of mine rock; quarry stone was too expensive for most people. They were made in the process of clearing the land for farming. The local style is to have the stones laid so they stand up on short ends touching, they were then back filled with clay sediments and mine waste - some are still toxic and nothing grows on them."
Landscape Defined
"If you look up from the beach at low tide across to the Beacon you get an impression of how the vast heathland would have stretched across all the cliffs along here before it was converted to farmland."
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The multitude of caves, shafts and rock arches along the coast are evidence that smuggling took place along this coast, there is a hidden jetty at seal cove, an arch only revealed at low tide and a shaft leading up into where the old manor house was situated on the cliffs. The coast is rocky and dangerous with fast tides and a regular sea fog.
"The rocks called calf and cow are the full stop at the end... we use them to navigate in fog."
#Viewing pointand direction
The cliffs, headland and Beacon are carpeted in heather which thrives on the nutrient poor mine spoil that was left across the landscape.
Landscape Views
Seascape Views
"In spring glittering water dances from one side of the path tothe other just as you go into promised land at the top of water lane".
The four rivers have scoured out the valleys from the largely flat landscape exposing the tin ore close to the surface. This enabled tin streamers to gather black tin ore, crush it with stamp heads, smelt it until the white metal crackled. This process still occurs at Blue Stream Tin mine in Trevellas Combe at the base of Jericho Valley. The valleys give walkers respite from the harsh winds, they are a sanctuary of tranquillity with gentle streams winding through wind cropped trees.
Quiet Valleys
"You have to be careful of the tides, but you can walk all along the beach at Chapelporth"
There are only three beaches in St Agnes, Trevaunance cove, Chapelporth and Porthtowan. The winter surf beach is Trevaunance cove because of the prevailing on-shore winds, in spring and summer surfing moves to Porthtowan from about May to October when the prevailing winds change direction. Local people and children surf throughout the year and have done so since the 1930s when they just used body boards.
Trees
Pretty Valleyand Glittering Stream
St. AGNES MUSEUM TRUST
In the time of giant's there lived a troublesome giant called Bolster, who was of such enormous stature that he could stand with one foot on Carn Brae and the other on St. Agnes Beacon a distance of 6 miles. Bolster himself was a terror to the surrounding countryside, stealing sheep and cattle from the ordinary Cornish folk.
At that time St. Agnes lived in the same area. Bolster became infatuated with St Agnes and eventually fell in love with her. Tired of the attention, and wishing rid of this evil brute, she asked him to prove his love for her by filling a hole in the cliff at Chapelporth with his own blood. Bolster considered the task to be easy due to his huge size. Bolster went up to the cliffs at Chapelporth, plunged a knife into his arm and waited for the hole to fill up. Eventually the giant lost so much blood that he died. The hole actually led from the cliffs into the sea, a fact that St Agnes knew about but Bolster did not. The blood of Bolster is said to have stained the cliffs at Chapelporth and the red mark is still visible today
Vibrant Coves
SOURCES :St Agnes people that shared their landscape values; H Thomas, C Grub, R. Jerome, R.Radcliffe, D. BrownSt Agnes people that provided interviews, and information; R.Radcliffe, J.Symonds, N.Elkins, A.Parsons, J.Sawle, C.Hoskins, Al Blunsden, M.Wills, C.Wills, J.Vassey, E.Earl, Andy (SAS), W.J.Doble, D.Gil-Cary, Lobster fishermen on the QuayReferences used: Bizley, A.C. (1955) A Friendly Retreat, The St Agnes Museum Trust, 1994 edition. Inspiration from C. Benny (2005) Down Quay, Photo history of St. Agnes. Various articles from St Agnes Museum Trust Journal and data from the Museum itself.Special thanks to: Tina at St Agnes Hotel, "Friday night club" Roads, Paths and Parish Boundary data was provided by Cornwall County Council. Photos by Karen Lawrence, except; Bolster Giant by T. Greenslade "Spirit of Cornwall" and Gig Bryanek from Trevaunance.com
PATH"Tourists enjoy living in St Agnes, buy property and migrate becoming new comers".
"Outsiders own the businesses, the Cornish are the workers"
"Locals cannot afford to buy houses, they are the ones that rent".
"people work hard but they finish at five and are in the water, surfing by 6pm"
- some keep horses, others let their land or buildings to tourists"To survive farmers have to enlarge or diversify"
It is a slow development area -
UNIVERSITY OF STIRLINGSTIRLING, SCOTLAND
St. Agnes Beacon
Print Date: SEPTEMBER 05, 2005 / File Name: CORNWALLFINALE1.APR / ESSC-Manila, Philippines-D.A.R.
