Cambron Tours of Cornwall

Would you like to...

• Enjoy fabulous coastal views?
• Travel through narrow lanes and visit mining sites of yesteryear?
• Explore Iron Age settlements and Neolithic tombs?
• Hear about Maritime and Religious history?
• See Lands End and St. Michael's Mount?
• Tour Cornwall's beautiful gardens?

Do you know...

• What is connection between D.H.Lawrence and Cornwall?
• What is a Stamps?
• What happened at Tresillian Bridge?
• What is a Menhyr?
• Where is the Mermaid's Chair?
• Why should we feed the Knockers?

Hear about Cornwall

• from the Stone age to the Celtic Saints
• the Norman Conquest
• the Cornish Rebellion
• Great Cornish families
• the History of Communication
• the Food we Eat

- just a few topics of interest to be discussed en-route with your guide.

Mining

Tin and copper were mined in Cornwall before the birth of Christ. Hear about the early methods of extracting minerals from surface water and methods used in underground mining. Learn about the mineral rights and the growth of mining villages, the life of the Cornish miners and their families. Listen to the story of the mass exodus of miners to all parts of the world and the last throes of a great industry.

Churches and Chapels

Christianity was brought by Saints from Wales and Ireland in the 5th and 6th centuries, and Cornwall has some wonderful Churches and other religious sites. Hear about the Prayer Book rebellion of 1549 when the English Prayer Book took over from the Roman Catholic Order. Learn about the arrival of Methodism and what effect John and Charles Wesley had on the Cornish people from 1743.

Shipwrecks, Smuggling, Lighthouses

Hear stories of smuggling, shipwrecks, lighthouses, the Packet Trade and the Viking, French and Spanish invaders.

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