Lostwithiel Museum - Library Search this site Embedded Files LIBRARY ocal Museums and Historical Societies Old Cornwall Societ ies List of Museums in Cornwall (Wikipedia) Previous version of Lostwithiel Museum Website Significant buildings and monuments in Lostwithiel Restormel Castle (English Heritage site) Methodist Chapels in Lostwithiel (Also information about WW1 Memorials) Friends of St Bartholomew's Church Lostwithiel Bridge History  - Original text by Barbara Fraser Lostwithiel Peace Memorial (War Memorials Trust website) Detailed photographs showing Lostwithiel War Memorial  and Garden of Remembrance Lostwithiel War Memorial - Roll of Honour History of Edgcumbe House from Cornwall Buildings Group Norway House Peregrine Hall (from current owner's website) Peregrine Hall ( Early history as St Faith's House of Mercy) Pelyn House. Grade II* listed property built in 1601. Historic England page. Sold for £2,150,000  in  July 2017 Property details from Estate Agent. Restormel Royal Iron Mine (Trinity Mine) Glyn Cinema Glyn cinema celebration -  May 2016 (Lost In Film Website "My Lostwithiel" Archived webpage with series of articles about Lostwithiel buildings. (Originally published in Lostwithiel Newsletter c2018 .) Lostwithiel Lime Kilns (1) Lostwithiel Lime Kilns (2) Walking tour of Lostwithiel for smartphones Lostwithiel Town Trail The  principal trail is the Heritage Highlights Trail that leads you through 20 of the key points of interest in the town centre and takes you out to Restormel in the north and to Shirehall Moor in the south.  Also there is a Nature Trail for Young Explorers, especially for young people and those who are young at heart. This introduces the flora and fauna of the Fowey Valley. Alongside these you will find the Brass Plaque Trail and the Pub Trail. Genealogical Information (includes links to on-line census data from 1841 to 1891) GEN UKI Page for Lostwithiel Family Search page for Lostwithiel Webpage of the Online Parish Clerk (Genealogy) for Lostwithiel  Ann Tumser Lostwithiel Cornwall Family History Guide from Parish Mouse. Monumental & Memorial Inscriptions within St Bartholomew’s Church, Lostwithiel Memorial Inscriptions in the Churchyard of St Bartholomew’s Church, Lostwithiel Memorials in  Restormel Road Cemetery Lostwithiel Memorials in Castle Hill Cemetery Lostwithiel Extensive list of Family history websites for Cornwall including Lostwithiel Family History websites with a Lostwithiel connection Beswetherick Family Staniforth Family (FM Hext) Tearle Family Works of Reference relating to Lostwithiel's History Lostwithiel Neighbourhood Plan. (Published Dec 2018 - includes considerable amount of historical information) Cornwall Council's Historic Characterisation Study of Lostwithiel County Churches. Cornwall by J. Charles Cox, published in 1912 (Information about Lostwithiel on pages 158 to 163) The Duchy Palace, Lostwithiel, historic building record and archaeological watching brief 2012 Duchy Palace Analysis of Oak Timbers   (English Heritage) Duchy Palace- Information plaques (Princes Regeneration Trust) Details of  Members of Parliament for Lostwithiel from 1820 to 1832 (Information about MPs from 1529 onwards also available Battle of Lostwithiel (Battlefields Trust Website - Includes links to English Heritage Battlefield Register) Battle of Lostwithiel (British Battles Website) Article about presentation of medals to Lostwithiel residents who served in Boer War The Murder of Joseph Burnett -  Article by Cornish Historian Francis Edwards Tom Matthews (1887-1962) – 'Lusitania' survivor from Lostwithiel The History of Cornwall: From the Earliest Records and Traditions, to the Present Time Volume  2  Published 1824  (Lostwithiel info page 395) The Cornwall Register by John Wallis, A.M. F.S.S. Vicar of Bodmin, printed 1847 (Lostwithiel features in section 119 - pages 392 to 396) The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume III by Davies Gilbert and others. Published in 1838  (Lostwithiel information Pages 24 to 29) Article about Lostwithiel from 1837 (Source SDUK Penny Cyclopedia) Snapshot of Lostwithiel in 1844  - From Pigot & Co's Directory of Cornwall 1844 Report of  Municipal Corporations in England and Wales 1835 (Lostwithiel section) Lostwithiel Bridge and its Memories by the Rev'd. Canon Edmund Boger, MA  From a book published in 1887 History of Royal Oak Public House (Originally published in "Lostwithiel Past and Present" ) History of Lostwithiel Fire Station (Cornwall Council web page) Lostwithiel's Crucifixion Figure (BBC Website) Memorials of Lostwithiel [and of Restormell]: F. M. Hext. Published: 189 1 (British Library Website) Alternative local download  for Memorials of  Lostwithiel by FM Hext (File  size 24MB) Town Band History (Cornish National Music Archive) Map of Lostwithiel in 1905 .  (Credit  National Library of Scotland) Map of Lostwithiel in 1888 .  (Credit  National Library of Scotland) Old Victorian Ordnance Survey 6 inch to 1 mile  Map  of Lostwithiel (1888-1913) (Also shows current road layout) Detailed statisics about history of Lostwithiel from University of Portsmouth (A Vision of Britain through Time.) The University of Leicester website contains many Historical Directories of England & Wales including some from Cornwall. Lostwithiel section of Pigot's Directory of Cornwall, 1830 available here The Lostwithiel section from Kelly's 1897 Cornwall Directory  may be read via this link The 1906  version of Kelly's Cornwall Directory for Lostwithiel may be read here. Complete  Kelly's Directory of Devonshire & Cornwall for 1893 Lostwithiel entry starts page 1179.  (Viewable on flip book as pages 192-193) Various extracts from "Lake's Parochial History of Cornwall" published between 1866 and 1873 from the following areas available via this link Boconnoc, Braddock, Lanlivery, Lanteglos, Lostwithiel, St. Veep, St Winnow Lostwithiel entry in 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica The bells shall ring; an account of the chime bells of Grace cathedral, San Francisco, and how the boyhood dreams of Dr. Nathaniel T. Coulson at last came true, by Rosa Lee Baldwin. (15Mb File size) Complete Parochial History of the County of Cornwall: Volume 3  - Joseph Polsue · 1870 Lostwithiel section starts on page 169 Newspapers in the US Library of Congress featuring articles about Lostwithiel Guide to Lostwithiel history, plus  "See and Do" and "Eat and Drink" from Cornwall.co.uk Photographs recording Lostwithiel's history Selection of images of St Bartholomew's Church taken by Wendy Harris  (March 2018 Selection of images of St Bartholomew's Church taken by Rex Harris  (April 2019) Over 900 photographs relating to Lostwithiel from Cornish Memory website Photographs of old Lostwithiel from Francis Frith Collection 360 degree Panorama of St Bartholomew’s Church by Roy Reed Lostwithiel Bridge Exhibition December 2014 Copy of Rotating Images as displayed in Museum "Then and now" Photographs of Lostwithiel by Mat Connolley St.Austell Area In The Old Days - Lostwithiel Albums 43 and 74 and Selection of historic images hosted on Lostwithiel Forum Website Over 1500 photos of Lostwithiel taken in 2007 in support of Cornwall Council's Historic Characterisation Study ictures of Lostwithiel including Royal Visits, Renovation of Fire Engine, St Barts,  Railway, People of Lostwithiel (inc Town Band, Fire Brigade and Mayors) Streets and Buildings Historic Photos of Lostwithiel from various flickr pages Approx 400 photos of Lostwithiel from Royal Cornwall Museum Old Photographs of Lostwithiel Station #1 Old Photographs of Lostwithiel Station #2 Podcasts Shooting of Joseph Burnett (From The Back Tracker History Show) Restormel Castle and the Duchy of Cornwall (English Heritage Podcast) BBC Radio 4 Any Questions 1st September  2023  Political debate from Lostwithiel Community Centre Videos Lostwithiel Railway Station in 1976  (BFI Player) In the late 19 0's thousands of people  tried to avoid paying poll tax by becoming Cornish tinners and investing in a tin mine owned by Fred Trull of Lostwithiel BBC Spotlight Feature from Tuesday 6th March 1990 News items and Publicity about Lostwithiel Museum Museum Fund Raising (Midsummer 2015) Conservation of 18th Century Fire Engine (April 2012) Lostwithiel Museum  celebrates 40th birthday (August 2011) Google Sites Report abuse Page details Google Sites Report abuse This site uses cookies from Google to deliver its services and to analyze traffic. 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