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Smuggling in the Tamar Valley

Smuggling often brings to mind scenes from Poldark — rugged Cornish beaches and hidden coves — or Jamaica Inn on Bodmin Moor, and the Helford River where Daphne du Maurier set her pirate novel Frenchman’s Creek. Yet Landulph and Bere Ferres, on opposite sides of the Tamar, were once smuggling areas too. 


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Landulph Millennium Photographic Project

Throughout 1999 a photographic record of aspects of life in the parish was made by Dennis Burton as a Millennium project initiated by the Landulph 2000 Association. An exhibition was held in the Memorial Hall on 3rd & 4th December 1999, and copies of the images were buried in the village time capsule during the last week of the year.

A CD was made of all the photographs in the exhibition with their captions.  There were options to tour the exhibition, view all the panels with individual images and captions or use a catalogue to find specific people, themes or places.

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The Crooked Spaniards

A History of the Cargreen Pub

Although much of the history of our “local” has become shrouded in the mists of time, we are very fortunate to have a few members of the Parish who have been able to supply information about the Royal Oak, as it was formerly known.

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History of Landulph Methodist Church

The Wesleyan Methodists first worshiped at the Old Chapel now known as the Rectory Room from 1844 to 1874.

The conveyance of the land on which the present chapel was built is dated 6th June 1873, it records the sale of "A parcel of land situate at the S.E. corner of a field called 'Butts', by Richard Roberts of Grove for £20." Its tower added to the cost but one large contribution (£700) was conditional on the tower being provided.

Mrs John Wickman laid the corner stone on 10th June 1873; the silver trowel used was found in 2004 at an auction in the north of England and returned to Landulph. It is now displayed in the back of the Chapel.

Rev H Luke Wiseman, President of the Wesleyan Conference opened, the Chapel on 6th October 1874. The schoolroom was added in 1889 at a cost of £211. Unusual features in the schoolroom are the Hebrew wall plaques.

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Cargreen Tales

A wasp nest near my house today reminded me of a story my father used to tell about the old days of farming and market gardening around Cargreen.

My great grandfather Fred and grandfather Frank were paring the hedges on their land at Cargreen by hand — long before mechanical trimmers — when Fred accidentally sliced into a hidden wasp nest with his paring hook.  

Unsurprisingly the wasps didn't take kindly to this disturbance and in seconds were after him.  A whole angry swarm giving chase! 

Fred dropped everything running as fast as his legs could carry him  straight for the Tamar, with Frank running behind, trying to bat the wasps away. When they reached the river he launched himself straight in as the only place his tiny assailants would not follow.

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