Divisions of areas based on Ango-Saxon influence. Area 4 covers the territories of Cornwall, Wales, and the south-west corner of Herefordshire, and falls outside the limits of the English territorial settlement. The nomenclature within is almost purely Celtic.
The Celtic Realm - National Geographic - Sights and Sounds
Outsider status has helped Celtic languages and culture endure.
http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0603/sights_n_sounds/index.html
A map produced by the Duchy showing Duchy estates and the foreshore �land between high and low tide� and the fundus (river bottom) owned by the Duchy: http://www.prin...iewCover.pdf
The map of foreshore propertie is not at all clear but most seems to be in Kernow and could in fact be all of the Cornish foreshore plus a few spots in Devonshire.
Need to ask for a clearer map!
edited by: Fulub-le-Breton, Mar 08, 2007 - 04:35 PM
And when you have all the maps, and the ancient laws & papers and documents that inspire us all to thinking that we can all initiate change; that invite a future that always lays there just in front of us at all times.. What will we all do in the next moment that brings about a noticable change to our picture of tomorrow?
Kernow.. does it lie there just slightly in front of us all..?
Indeed it does but personally I am able to look to Cornwall’s future whilst trying to clarify its past at the same time, aren't you?
Restoring Cornwall’s history and supplying it to its people thereby reinforcing our identity, I would say, is a very important part of our future, but I understand if the academic, constitutional and historic side of our Duchy is not your COT, so feel free to invent our future. However please also feel free to restrain from criticizing those who are interested.
If you are going to build the future what will be your foundation?
Just an update on the Lecture Maps History and Society last evening at Tremough.
As lectures go it was very interesting and well presented. Whilst it only gave the briefest of references to Cornwall, when showing an example of Gascoigne’s mapping of Lanhydrock Estate, it was noticeable that Prof Kain’s study period seemed to be devoted to a 300 year period commencing at the beginning of the 17th C.
Whilst mapping had occurred prior to this period, for reasons not necessarily obvious, it was clear that there was a definite process in the early 17th C of State Control in the management of land ownership and taxation giving rise to, for example, Tithe Maps and Land Enclosure Maps.
The relevance of the period reviewed is that it shows some form of direct correlation with the apparent airbrushing of our Cornish Duchy from the public perception. It does not give a reason why but is a significant change in the ‘official’, State-driven control, reasons for mapping. It is, however, a theme that I shall pursue on the TGG website.
I had the opportunity to ask a question which prof. Kain neatly side-stepped by stating that Cornwall had many “national firsts” in the field of mapping but he did, at least, acknowledge that he had not answered my question.
Within my question I made the point that I was not from the South West of England – I was a Cornishman [a reference to his published Atlas of South West England]! This was well received and I would like to think that it encouraged the Chairman of the Cornish Branch of the Historical Association, in his closing remarks, to thank prof. Kain for making his journey down from England!
Tribute to shipwreck crew
A ceremony marks the anniversary of a shipwreck off Cornwall and the restoration of its figurehead.
Man drowns in swimming accident
A swimmer who got into difficulty off the Cornish coast is pronounced dead after being airlifted to hospital.
Hotel gets "shocking" energy bill
A hotel owner gets a "shocking" �67,500 bill from an energy company which admits undercharging for years.
'Awkward' Navy staff aid trainees
Navy personnel teach charity workers how to deal with bureaucratic challenges by being as awkward as possible.
Poison coroner slams government
An inquest coroner adjourns the case of a woman who died following the Camelford water poisoning.
Fire crews rescue five from flood
Firefighters rescue five people trapped in a car in flood water as the region "mops up" after torrential rain.
TA troops ready for Afghanistan
Troops from the Territorial Army in Devon and Cornwall make final preparations before deploying to Afghanistan.
Drivers rescued from floods
Drivers across Devon and Cornwall have to be rescued from their vehicles after heavy storms cause flooding.
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