How a long-lost piece of Cornish sporting history was discovered in California…
Category Archives: Cornwall in the 1800s
Joseph Menear and Cornish Wrestling in London
The story of Cornishman Joseph Menear, London’s champion wrestler of Cornwall and Devon during the 1860s…
Cornwall’s Rugby Codebreakers: Part One
From the 1890s to World War One, the stories of all Cornwall’s rugby union players who switched codes and joined the northern union…
Camborne RFC’s Top Try Scorers
The history of Camborne Rugby Club’s top try scorers over the years, from 1877 to the present day…
1908 and All That
How Cornwall’s skipper John Jackett masterminded the legendary 1908 County Championship campaign…
The Great Cornish Bake Off
At the end of the Napoleonic Wars, a group of Cornishmen exploit demand by establishing a network selling flour cut with china clay…
Death or Victory: The Bodmin Jail Riot of 1827
Penal treadwheels were a terrifying instrument of punishment, and Bodmin Jail’s was especially bad…
The Piskie Trap Podcast: Mary Hartley of Rosewarne
Keith Wallis of ‘The Piskie Trap’ and myself discuss the tragic figure of Mary Hartley…
Cornish Minstrel Bands
In late 1800s and early 1900s Cornwall, blackface minstrel bands were the most popular form of entertainment…
Rugby and Mining in Camborne
How the miners came to play rugby for Camborne RFC…and never left…
Francis Edwards ~ The Cornish Historian 