Tywardreath W.I. Scrap Book
Do you know . . . ?
- That Cock's well in Well Street was once the only water supply for the whole village.
- That Tywardreath Flower Show was the first in the county. The Rural Gardening Society was established in 1830.
- That Mr Frost's house, next to Mr Bacon's - Mount Bennett Farm, was the last thatched cottage in the village.
- That farmers used to lend their wagons to take children to outlying farms for their Sunday School treat. That later the local band led the procession of Sunday School children around the streets.
- That Hill House was once a public house named "The Bassett Arms".
- That the Petty Sessions for Tywardreath were held at an inn called "Porcupine", near Tywardreath Highway, and in 1862 removed to Tywardreath.
- That an argument between two men in a cobblers shop in North Street brought about the respective sizes of their home-grown gooseberries resulted in the Annual Flower Show.
- That the lease of land for Sycamore Cottage in Belmont Street was granted during the reign of Elizabeth I for 999 years with no ground rent.
- That the first chapel in the district was at "Chapel Down" on the right of the road to Treesmill.
- That a bullock fair was held in the streets. Later in the day sheep shearing and rope spinning took place in the fields behind the New Inn.
- That Nos. 57, 59 and 61 North Street were once cattle sheds, and No. 2 Belmont Street was once a bake house.
- That some 70 years ago the residents of Wood Lane had to fetch their water supply from a well in the marsh below.
- That the small cottage adjoining the church yard was a dressing room for the Rashleigh family, used before church on Sundays.
- That the Royal Cornwall Show was held in Tywardreath in 1891.
