Tywardreath

Tywardreath is a small hilltop village in southern Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. about 3 miles north-west from Fowey in the Restormel district of mid-Cornwall. It is located in a sheltered spot overlooking a silted up estuary opposite Par and near the beach of Par Sands. It sits on the Saints' Way trail.

Tywardreath translates from the Cornish language as "House on the Strand", and was featured by Daphne du Maurier in a novel of that name. Although a fictional tale of drug-induced time-travel, the history and geography of the area was carefully researched by du Maurier who lived in a house called "Kilmarth", one mile to the south.

The settlement grew out of a Benedictine priory established at around the time of the Norman conquest. It was dissolved in 1540 and many of the better stones are reputed to have been shipped to its parent monastery at Angers in France.

St Andrew's church was first dedicated in 1343 but was extensively rebuilt in 1880. It houses a peal of six bells. Memorials include those to the Harris family, active in the English Civil War. Philip Rashleigh, of Menabilly, the famous mineralogist and MP for Fowey, is buried here.

Trenython

Outside the village on the road up to Castle Dore is Trenython Manor. It was originally built for Colonel Peard as a thank-you from Garibaldi for support during his Italian struggle. In 1891 it became the Bishop's Palace for the Diocese of Truro and lasted in this role for 15 years. For half of the twentieth century it was a railway convalescent home and is now an hotel.

Famous residents

* Dick Strawbridge TV presenter
* Tony Foster Wilderness artist

External links

* [http://www.tywardreath.org.uk Village Website]
* [http://www.tony-foster.co.uk Tony Foster's Website]
* [http://crocat.cornwall.gov.uk/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Overview.tcl&dsqSearch=((text)='tywardreath') Cornwall Record Office Online Catalogue for Tywardreath]
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