Road, Canal & Railway… The development of Cornwall’s roads was hugely affected by the duchy’s unique topography and landscape. Cornwall’s rivers run north-south, so all traffic along the peninsula has […]
A brief history from the Industrial Revolution to the present day. The industrial revolution had a huge impact on Cornwall and it was at this time amongst the most industrialised […]
A time of new religious and political ideas. During this period English rulers sought to establish firmer control over the furthermost parts of Britain – Scotland and Ireland especially but […]
After the Roman withdrawal from Great Britain, Saxons and others were able to conquer and settle most of the east of the island. But Cornwall remained under the rule of […]
The struggle between King and Parliament. The Civil Wars of the mid seventeenth century were a result of political, constitutional, religious and social changes and disagreements, which culminated in a […]
Bronze Age cultures began to appear in Cornwall around 2200 BC with new ideas spreading from the Continent to the existing population, but the changes were gradual not sudden and […]
As new ideas and discoveries from Celtic central and north-western Europe arrived in Britain after 800 BC, so the “Bronze Age” gave way to the “age of iron”. Whether Celtic […]
With the arrival of the Normans to the British mainland in 1066, the River Tamar became the agreed border. There was an acceptance that Cornwall had a separate identity to […]
In Cornwall, the first impact of the Roman domination of north-west Europe must have been felt around 56BC, when Julius Caesar’s conquering army arrived in Brittany. At the famous naval […]
The human history of Cornwall begins with the reoccupation of Britain after the last Ice Age perhaps 10,000 years ago. The upland areas of Cornwall were the parts first settled, […]
