Cornwall Gallery

Par Sands, Cornwall, May 1949

A GWR publicity view of Par Sands in Cornwall, May 1949. This image shows the long stretch of white sand along the beach with the town of Par which lies on the Cornish Riviera just visible in the distance. We can also see the large white industrial buildings on the left of the image which support the area's famous china clay industry

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Luxulyan Village, Cornwall, August 1928

A GWR publicity view of the village of Luxulyan near St Austell in Cornwall taken in August 1928.
This image shows the tower of the Luxulyan St Cyriacus & St Julitta Church, and a number of cottages in the village. Luxulyan lies in the wooded Luxulyan Valley; an important industrial area in the 19th century with many of the structures associated with the River Par and the nearby china clay deposits, including the Treffry Aqueduct still visible today

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Looe Quay, Cornwall, c.1930

A GWR publicity view of the coastal town of Looe in Cornwall, taken looking upstream in c.1930. The church tower of The Parish of Saint Nicholas is in the bottom right of the image, with boats at the quay and harbour lining the river banks. Connecting the two sides of Looe in the background is the 1853 stone Looe Bridge. A bridge has existed at this site since 1411

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