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diocese of Truro diocese of Truro
Truro, diocese of. The see, roughly conterminous with Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, was created in 1877. Episcopal oversight of Cornwall, previously Celtic, passed to Canterbury after Egbert's victory over the Cornish c.838, and finally to Crediton (909). The separate see for Cornwall, St... Read more
Cornwall Cornwall
Cornwall county (1991 pop. 469,300), SW England. The county seat is Bodmin , although most administration eminates from Truro. Cornwall is a peninsula bounded seaward by the English Channel and the Atlantic Ocean and landward by Devon. It terminates in the west with the rugged promontory of ... Read more
Tin industry Tin industry
stannaries (from the Latin stannum, tin). The region of tin-mining in Cornwall and Devon, which acquired special jurisdiction. Tin- and lead-miners, being isolated communities, had their own customs and conventions. King John's charter of 1201 empowered the lord warden of the stannaries to try all... Read more
Penzance Penzance
Penzance , town (1991 pop. 18,501), Cornwall, SW England, at the head of Mounts Bay. Penzance is a resort and a port for the Scilly Islands . It also has flour mills. Penzance Library houses a notable Cornish collection. The town was sacked by the Spanish in 1595 and until the 18th cent. was... Read more
Isolde Isolde
Isolde ♀ The name of the tragic mistress of Tristan in the Arthurian romances. There are several versions of the story. The main features are that the beautiful Isolde, an Irish princess, is betrothed to the aged King Mark of Cornwall. However, through accidentally drinking a magic potion,... Read more
Denzel Denzel
Denzel ♂ From the Cornish surname Denzell, a local name from a place in Cornwall. It came to be used as a given name in the Hollis family in the 16th century, when the Hollis family and the Denzell family became connected by marriage, and spread from there into more general use. It is borne... Read more
duchy of Cornwall duchy of Cornwall
Cornwall, duchy of. From the Norman Conquest onwards, Cornwall has had close links with the crown. William the Conqueror gave large estates there to his half-brother Robert; Reynold, an illegitimate son of Henry I, was created earl of Cornwall in 1141; John's second son Richard was earl of... Read more
earl of Cornwall Richard earl of Cornwall Richard
earl of Cornwall Richard 1209-72, second son of King John of England and brother of Henry III . In 1227, following an expedition to Gascony and Poitou, Richard forced Henry to grant him the land and wealth he regarded as his right, as well as the title of earl of Cornwall. He improved his position... Read more
Cornwall (Canada) Cornwall (Canada)
Cornwall industrial city (1991 pop. 47,137), SE Ont., Canada, on the St. Lawrence River. It manufactures cotton and rayon textiles, paper, chemicals, furniture, and electronic equipment. The Canadian headquarters of the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority are in Cornwall. The Akwesasne (in the United... Read more
Peter Lanyon Peter Lanyon
Lanyon, Peter (1918–1964). British painter, born at St Ives, Cornwall. He studied at Penzance School of Art in 1937, at the Euston Road Art School in 1938, and then under Ben Nicholson and Naum Gabo at St Ives. From 1940 to 1946 he served in the RAF and from 1950 to 1957 taught at the Bath... Read more

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