Good news! We now have a large printed tithe map of Manaccan Parish up in the snack shack at Kestle Barton. Courtesy of the Cornwall Records Office, this map shows past field names from the area, providing a fascinating incite into how the land was once used and the old field boundaries that existed. As part of […]
Posts Tagged ‘field names’
Getting creative with field names…
One thing that always fascinates me is the names that farmers give their fields. Often passed down through generations and outlined in old deeds, these names provide incites into the past use of fields. Sometimes the history of a field is passed along with the name… sometimes it is lost, leaving mysterious names, often in […]
Mystery solved!
Here is artist Lousie McClary on her recent discoveries around her local fields… I have been having a lovely time drawing down at Bonnal farm, wandering the lanes and watching the trees start to form those lovely red tops now the buds are getting ready to burst forth. I found a fantastic field with beautiful […]
The snow reaches Cornwall… ‘Snow in Pellago field’
The silent field, rabbit footprints and the soft sweeping of bird wings… Louise We’ve got snow in South-West Cornwall! Here are some photographs from Louise McClary of Pellago field… It’s amazing how much snow can change the landscape, making familiar places exciting and new. We hope everyone is enjoying the snow and managing to stay […]
Water colours in ‘Flat field’
Here’s another post and beautiful water colour by artist Louise McClary… Catching the last of the sun last week I decided to visit Halonoweth farm to my favorite field that overlooks the creek. We have ( that’s me and the farmers) always named it “Flat Field ” now with the tythe map we now know […]
‘PELAGGO’ field
Following on from the last blog post here is some more text and some beautiful sketches by artist Louise McClary- On the other side of the road, not on the riverside, is “PELAGGO ” field. It seems this field used to be two fields, ‘Pelaggo’ and ‘Bens Pelaggo’… I have been walking this field for […]
Artist Louise McClary spending time on Halonoweth Farm
Louise McClary (http://louisemcclary.com) is an artist who lives and works near Manaccan. Louise attended our oral history training last week and is now armed with a recorder to go and interview a local farming family she knows. Here is a slideshow of photographs Louise has sent over with descriptions- Weighing the cows before the butcher […]
Remembering ‘Family, Farming & Tradition’
A great year with lots of memories. Here are just a few highlights from the project… Really interesting to find out field names, often passed down through generations, they tell stories of past land usage. Here we had a large aerial photograph printed and invited farmers to come an name their fields- each number corresponds […]
