Hosted by Cornwall Heritage Trust, our first ever Cornish Story Cafe held on Zoom will be led by Merv and Alison Davey. The theme is Cornish Scoot (Step) Dancing, and Merv and Alison will talk about the tradition of Cornish dancing and show archive footage. We invite participants to join on Zoom and you will […]
Our office will be closed from Monday 21st December and re-open again on Tuesday 5th January. If you need to get in touch with our staff, please email info@cornwallheritagetrust.org Have a wonderful Christmas and here’s to a much brighter 2021!
This afternoon saw the 35th Annual General Meeting of Cornwall Heritage Trust take place in a slightly different format than usual. Due to the Coronavirus lockdown restrictions the meeting took place online using Zoom and sadly it was not possible to invite members and friends as we usually would. Despitethis, almost a full complement of […]
Did you know that you can make a quick text donation to Cornwall Heritage Trust via your mobile phone by sending a text to 70085? All you need to do is send a text message to 70085 with CHT5DONATE to donate £5, or text CHT10DONATE to donate £10.
Following the announcement of a second lockdown starting tomorrow we would like to reassure you that it’s very much business as usual at Cornwall Heritage Trust. Our staff have been working from home since March and it has worked well, this arrangement will continue for the foreseeable future. Behind the scenes we are working hard […]
A selection of the winning photographs in our Calendar competition are now available as a set of 8 Note Cards. Thank you to the photographers who allowed their photos to be used, and they will be receiving a calendar and cards with their winning entries this week. “Rough Tor” by Lemi Mitchell “Cot Valley Sunset” […]
Notice is hereby given that the 35th AGM of the Cornwall Heritage Trust will take place by Zoom on Thursday November 19th 2020, starting at 2.00pm. With the current restrictions we have reluctantly made the decision that the Annual General Meeting will be unable to go ahead in its usual format. Instead, Trustees have decided […]
Introducing the Cornwall Heritage Trust Calendar for 2021, starring the winners from our 2020 Photography Competition: “Special Places in Cornwall”. In August our Trustees had the unenviable task of selecting the top 12 photographs from over 100 competition entries, all of which were of a very impressive standard. The overall winner was then chosen by […]
Thanks to a grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund we are seeking a talented filmmaker or videographer to help us produce short films of three of our historic sites for use on our website. The films will be aimed at schools and each film will focus on an individual site. It is intended that […]
Calendar 2021 “Special Places in Cornwall” Photography Competition. Voting for the Front Cover and First Place. If you are viewing this page on a phone or tablet, you might find it easier to complete the form here Loading…
The Cornish National Music Archive (www.cornishnationalmusicarchive.co.uk) has recently been launched. It is an online resource about music in Cornwall, featuring all kinds of music – from brass bands to choirs, pub songs to rock bands, and orchestral to pop. Funded by the Cornwall Heritage Trust, Gorsedh Kernow and the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies, the […]
Every year Cornwall Heritage Trust awards bursaries to post-graduate students at the Institute of Cornish Studies to assist in study costs for one or more students producing a dissertation/thesis centred on any aspect of Cornwall’s Heritage. Kensa Broadhurst is currently studying for her PhD and sent us an update on her work and how she […]
