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Sentence Examples The West Trust Divisional HQ and 999 control is in Exeter which provides cover for Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and the Isles of Scilly. Going westwards, the A38 connects Exeter to Plymouth and south east Cornwall, whilst the A30 continues via Okehampton to north and west Cornwall. It gained popularity in the old mill towns of Lancashire and Yorkshire, also amongst tin miners in Cornwall. It was endowed with lands in Devon, Dorset and Cornwall, and became one of the richest abbeys in the west of England. In 1233, a prior here, known as Alan of Cornwall, was made abbot of Tavistock. In 1648, Cromwell pushed on until mainland Cornwall was in the hands of the Parliamentarians. Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park. Penwith is believed to be the last part of Cornwall where Cornish was spoken as a community language. It is ranked as the 25th most deprived district in England, and it is located in Cornwall, the poorest county in England. Ancestry was seen as the most important criterion for being categorised as Cornish, above place of birth or growing up in Cornwall. Scilly forms part of the ceremonial county of Cornwall, and some services are combined with those of Cornwall. In about 1680, he rebuilt his ancestral seat of Stowe House in Cornwall in a grand style befitting his new noble status. In the West of England this meant that Cornwall was the last Royalist stronghold. In the extreme southwest, what was to become Cornwall, were the Dumnonii and Cornovii, who lived in the Kingdom of Dumnonia. The Cornish nationalist party Mebyon Kernow has campaigned for a separate European Parliament constituency for Cornwall. Until 1994 Cornwall was represented by the much smaller Cornwall and Plymouth constituency. The Saxons of the Kingdom of Wessex in particular were expanding their territory westwards towards Cornwall. Cornwall Council provides a wide range of services to more than half a million Cornish residents. On 5 December 2007, the Government confirmed that Cornwall was one of five councils that would move to unitary status. On that date the six districts and Cornwall County Council were abolished and were replaced by Cornwall Council. Show More Sentences Cornwall compounded to furnish ten oxen after Michaelmas for thirty pounds. The current logo features a Cornish chough and the 15 Cornish golden bezants on a black field as used in the arms of the Duchy of Cornwall. Cornwall Council has based its idea on the successful National Theatres of Scotland and Wales. Another of the projects is the proposed creation of a National Library of Cornwall to resolve inadequacies with the current storage of archives. Meanwhile, Harold's sons, who had taken refuge in Ireland, raided Somerset, Devon and Cornwall from the sea. Cornwall Council is also involved in the project to build a Stadium for Cornwall. Among his childhood friends was his cousin Henry of Almain, son of King Henry's brother Richard of Cornwall. Cornwall Council, in partnership with the Eden Project, is bidding to have the world's first Green Investment Bank based in Cornwall. Labour, the Green Party, UKIP and the BNP failed to secure any seats in Cornwall. It was succeeded by the unitary authority, Cornwall Council, which incorporated the previous Cornish district councils as well. The construction of the Great Western Railway during the Victorian era allowed for an influx of tourists to Cornwall from across Great Britain. There is one Healthwatch for Cornwall and a separate Healthwatch for the Isles of Scilly. Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust provides hospital care in the west of the county. Cornwall Air Ambulance was the first dedicated helicopter emergency medical service operational in the United Kingdom. In May 2015 it was reported that Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust were considering a merger. In 1865 a public inquiry was held on the matter of amalgamating Bodmin Borough Police with the Cornwall Constabulary. In 1877, after repeated condemnation of the force by the HMI, it was amalgamated with the Cornwall Constabulary. Between 1856 and 1947 police in Devon and Cornwall came under 26 different forces, all using different names. The airport is owned by the Duchy of Cornwall and currently is operated by the Council of the Isles of Scilly. His other titles were Duke of Cornwall, Earl of Chester, and Duke of Aquitaine. Show More Sentences It was a large and proud force which was reluctant to merge with Devon and Cornwall in 1967 by order of the Home Secretary. On 1 April 1947, the Isles of Scilly Police was forcibly merged with the Cornwall Constabulary. Since 5 May 2016 the Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner is Alison Hernandez. Before November 2012 the Devon and Cornwall Police Authority was the police governance. The lease remained in his family until it expired for most of the Isles in 1920 when ownership reverted to the Duchy of Cornwall. Devon and Cornwall Police have officers that patrol the streets and attend incidents with police dogs. Devon and Cornwall Police are the first police force to train dogs to search for missing persons. Devon and Cornwall are only 1 in 4 forces to use the ball style for custodian helmets. Devon and Cornwall Police do not have Brunswick stars on their epaulettes, just the rank and collar number. Devon and Cornwall mainly use both the Ford Focus and Vauxhall Astra as patrol vehicles. Devon and Cornwall Police stopped using the 'jam sandwich' police car markings between 2000 and 2005 when battenberg markings came into favour. Devon and Cornwall are amongst the safest counties in the UK, with the 4th lowest crime rate per 1000 people in England. The title of duke was relatively new in England, with only Cornwall being a previous ducal title. Cornish speakers are geographically dispersed, meaning there is no part of Cornwall where it is spoken as a community language. It gained popularity in the mill towns of Lancashire and Yorkshire, and amongst tin miners in Cornwall. Training for new recruits in Devon and Cornwall is held at the Headquarters in Middlemoor. Daily life in Cornwall therefore is conducted in the English language, albeit with some regional peculiarities. The band is made up of officers and employees of Devon and Cornwall Police, as well as some members who are not related to the police. The Devon and Cornwall RFC was formed in 1967 following the amalgamation of the Devon, Cornwall and Plymouth Constabularies clubs. In 1497 Warbeck landed in Cornwall with a few thousand troops, but was soon captured and executed. Show More Sentences As of 2015, the helicopter is available 12 hours of the day, a first for the air ambulance service in Cornwall. For many fishing villages, loot and contraband provided by pirates supported a strong and secretive underground economy in Cornwall. The Cornwall Controller decides whether the patient should go by land ambulance or be flown to hospital on the Air Ambulance. The Cornwall Air Ambulance is a charitable organization solely maintained by donations as it receives no form of official funding. From 14 May 1986 the idea for the Cornwall air ambulance was on the public record and in the public domain. This chance meeting between a pilot and the Chief Ambulance Officer for Cornwall was to prove fortuitous. In 1597, he was chosen member of parliament for Dorset, and, in 1601, for Cornwall. Their head office is located in the Isles of Scilly Travel Centre in Penzance, Cornwall. Stanhope Forbes and Frank Bramley settled in Cornwall in the 1880s, establishing the Newlyn School of painting en plein air. Skybus provides scenic flights around south west Cornwall using Britten Norman Islander aircraft. The saffron bun, also known as the tea treat bun, is a sweet bread with its origins in Cornwall. The heliport was owned and operated by Tresco Estates, who lease the island from the Duchy of Cornwall. From 1858 services were provided by the Scilly Isles Steam Navigation Company which was replaced in 1870 by the West Cornwall Steam Ship Company. They were forced to take refuge in Falmouth, Cornwall, from where they returned to Plymouth for repair. In Cornwall the tun indicates a manorial centre such as Helston or Connerton. Being at the far west of Cornwall, Penzance and the surrounding villages have been sacked many times by foreign fleets. Surfing was popularised in Cornwall during the late 20th century, and has since become readily associated with Cornishness. The first lifeboat in Cornwall was bought by the people of Penzance in 1803 but it was sold in 1812 due to lack of funds to keep it in operation. Important historical institutions were the Duchy of Cornwall and the Cornish Stannary Courts and Parliaments. The completion of the railway through Cornwall made it easier for tourists and invalids to enjoy the mild climate of Penzance. Show More Sentences In 1870 the new West Cornwall Steam Ship Company joined the route, taking over the Scilly Isles Company the following year. The fleet was not sighted in England until 19 July, when it appeared off The Lizard in Cornwall. Penwith District Council was abolished in 2009, and the principal local authority in the area is now Cornwall Council. However, like the rest of Cornwall, housing remains comparatively expensive, wages low and unemployment high. This institution has now moved to the Combined Universities in Cornwall campus at Tremough, Falmouth. During the 19th century and until 1912, Penzance had the largest tin smelting house in Cornwall, operated by the Bolitho family. At birth, Charles automatically became Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay, along with several other associated titles. Athletes from the club participate at most road races and triathlons in Cornwall as well as many further afield. Prince Charles, Duke of Cornwall on 17 May 1977 and entered service later in the same month. Gry Maritha is a freight ship based at Penzance in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, run by the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company. Its main objective is attaining greater autonomy for Cornwall through the establishment of a legislative Cornish Assembly. The main concentration is within Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, however clubs exist in Sussex, Somerset, Devon, Dorset, Wales and London. Initially, Radio Cornwall shared an afternoon programme with BBC Radio Devon, but now sustains a full daytime service. As well as broadcasting on FM, BBC Radio Cornwall may also be streamed via internet at BBC Radio Cornwall Online. Radio Cornwall is one of two radio stations to have broadcast programmes in the Cornish language. When Radio Cornwall was first set up Cornish language content was limited to around 2 minutes per week. During the station's downtime, BBC Radio Cornwall simulcasts BBC Radio 5 Live overnight. Cornwall County Council provided some services to the Isles, for which the RDC made financial contributions. A small number of people in Cornwall have been brought up to be bilingual native speakers, and the language is taught in many schools. To their west was the native British kingdom of Dumnonia, in what is now Devon and Cornwall. Show More Sentences Similarly Cornwall was a British kingdom before it became an English county. The third most southerly county in the UK, Dorset is less affected by the more intense Atlantic winds than Cornwall and Devon. At a later period Cornwall came under Wessex influence, which appears to become more extensive after the time of Athelstan in the 10th century. When Parliament passed the Act of Uniformity 1549, people in many areas of Cornwall did not speak or understand English. Newquay in Cornwall offers itself as the 'surfing capital of Britain', hosting international surfing events on its shores. There are also some speakers living outside Cornwall, particularly in the countries of the Cornish diaspora, as well as other Celtic nations. In the 2011 UK census, 557 people in England and Wales declared Cornish to be their main language, 464 of whom lived in Cornwall. Prior to the creation of the Duchy the Earls of Cornwall had control over the Assizes. The Cornish Language Partnership is the official body for promotion and development of the language in Cornwall. Income from the Duchy of Cornwall goes to the Duke of Cornwall, or, when there is no duke, to the Sovereign. It is also possible that an engine was tried at Wheal Vor, a copper mine in Cornwall. In 2016, national government funding for the Cornish language ceased, and responsibility transferred to Cornwall council. The Old Cornwall Society has promoted the use of the language at events and meetings. This group was contacted by the Welsh linguist Edward Lhuyd who came to Cornwall to study the language. In 1983 BBC Radio Cornwall started broadcasting around two minutes of Cornish every week. The most famous mine on the fell was the Carrock Mine, the only source of tungsten in Britain outside of Devon and Cornwall. This is notable considering there were over 30 sources of material for stone axes from Cornwall to northern Scotland and Ireland. John Betjeman's grave with inscription on slate at St Enodoc's Church, Trebetherick, in Cornwall. He visited his family, stayed with Percy Anderson in London, telephoned Henry James in Rye, and retreated to a cottage he had bought in Cornwall. She gave her name to the Viscountess of Merton cup, awarded at the Cornwall Spring Flower Show. Show More Sentences The War Office agreed with the Duchy of Cornwall and the town council of Okehampton to set up a training range in north Dartmoor. In 1895, an additional 10,000 acres of moor were leased from the Duchy of Cornwall. The site was given by the Prince of Wales, who held the lands of the Duchy of Cornwall to which the whole moor belonged. It lies between the stations of Dawlish and Newton Abbot on the Great Western Main Line between London Paddington and Penzance in Cornwall. The prison is owned by the Duchy of Cornwall, and is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service. All courses and qualifications at Dartmoor are operated by South Gloucestershire and Stroud College and Cornwall College. Scott on 22 September 1924 in Lelant, Cornwall, daughter of Helen and Charles Scott, a British commander. However, a number of films whose story setting is Cornwall are in fact filmed elsewhere. The Cornish language has influenced the toponomy of Cornwall, and has historically been used in surnames for the Cornish people. She was born on 24 August 2010, three weeks prematurely, while the family was on holiday in Cornwall. The present human history of Cornwall begins with the reoccupation of Britain after the last Ice Age. The dukedom of Cornwall can only be held by the oldest living son of the monarch who is also heir apparent. It is possible for an individual to be Prince of Wales and heir apparent without being Duke of Cornwall. On a Jacobite perspective, on his father's death in 1701 the duchy of Cornwall was merged in the Crown. The current Duke of Cornwall is Charles, Prince of Wales, eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II, the reigning monarch. The Duke's second wife, Camilla, whom he married on 9 April 2005 at the Guildhall in Windsor, is the current Duchess of Cornwall. Until 2011, if there was no Duke of Cornwall at any time, then the income of the Duchy went to the Crown. The area now known as Cornwall was first inhabited in the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic periods. In 875, the last recorded king of Cornwall, Dumgarth, is said to have drowned. Saint Piran, after whom Perranporth is named, is generally regarded as the patron saint of Cornwall. Show More Sentences However, it is unclear whether he was the sole Bishop for Cornwall or the leading Bishop in the area. The whole of Cornwall was in this period in the Archdeaconry of Cornwall within the Diocese of Exeter. The Party returned representation for the first time on the councils of Cornwall, Devon, and Essex. It is thought tin was mined here as early as the Bronze Age, and copper, lead, zinc and silver have all been mined in Cornwall. The north east of Cornwall lies on Carboniferous rocks known as the Culm Measures. The northern part of Gloucestershire, near Chipping Campden, is as close to the Scottish border as it is to the tip of Cornwall. Cornwall has its own language, Cornish, and some regard it as a Celtic nation. With the exception of the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall is governed by a unitary authority, Cornwall Council, based in Truro. The Isles of Scilly form part of the ceremonial county of Cornwall and have, at times, been served by the same county administration. They are grouped with Cornwall for other administrative purposes, such as the National Health Service and Devon and Cornwall Police. Before the 2010 boundary changes Cornwall had five constituencies all of which were won by Liberal Democrats in the 2005 general election. Cornwall and West Devon's landscape is of rocky coastline and high moorland, notably at Bodmin Moor and Dartmoor. The Great Western Main Line runs from London to Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth and Penzance in the far west of Cornwall. Cornwall Council consider Cornwall's unique cultural heritage and distinctiveness to be one of the area's major assets. In the 2001 census, 7 percent of people in Cornwall identified themselves as Cornish, rather than British or English. Many people in Cornwall say that this issue would be resolved if a Cornish option became available on the census. Newquay Cornwall International Airport provides an airlink to the rest of the UK, Ireland and Europe. However the islands are still considered to be part of the ceremonial county of Cornwall. Cornwall is one of the poorest parts of the United Kingdom in terms of per capita GDP and average household incomes. The natural change has been a small population decline, and the population increase is due to inward migration into Cornwall. Show More Sentences Cornwall has a comprehensive education system, with 31 state and eight independent secondary schools. Cornwall is one of two UK areas designated as 'less developed regions' which qualify for Cohesion Policy grants from the European Union. Its descendant languages are still spoken to a greater or lesser extent in Cornwall, Wales, and Brittany. Cornwall provided the inspiration for The Birds, one of her terrifying series of short stories, made famous as a film by Alfred Hitchcock. Although King Alfred had lands in Cornwall, it continued to have a British king. Conan Doyle's The Adventure of the Devil's Foot featuring Sherlock Holmes is set in Cornwall. Rosamunde Pilcher grew up in Cornwall, and several of her books take place there. The late Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman was famously fond of Cornwall and it featured prominently in his poetry. Cornwall produced a substantial number of passion plays such as the Ordinalia during the Middle Ages. Thomas was born in Redruth but lived and worked in Australia and the United States before returning to his native Cornwall. Due to its long coastline, various maritime sports are popular in Cornwall, notably sailing and surfing. Cornwall is perhaps best known though for its pasties, a savoury dish made with pastry. The wet climate and relatively poor soil of Cornwall make it unsuitable for growing many arable crops. An Irishman, he is said to have floated across to Cornwall after being thrown into the sea tied to a millstone. With Saint Piran and Saint Michael, he is one of the patron saints of Cornwall. Great disturbances throughout both Cornwall and Devon followed the introduction of Edward VI's Book of Common Prayer. Saint Piran's Flag, a white cross on a black background, is used as a symbol of Cornwall. Piran is the most famous of all the saints said to have come to Cornwall from Ireland. The churches at Perranuthnoe and Perranarworthal were dedicated to Piran and holy wells at Perranwell and Probus, Cornwall are named after him. St Piran's Day is popular in Cornwall and the term 'Perrantide' has been coined to describe the week prior to this day. Show More Sentences In 2006 Cornish MP Dan Rogerson asked the government to make 5 March a public holiday in Cornwall to recognise celebrations for St Piran's Day. St Piran's Crab, Clibanarius erythropus a small hermit crab found on the south Cornwall coast is named in honour of the hermit saint. In the rare case of the Ros an Bucca group from Cornwall, only six are adhered to. The school evacuated to Cornwall following the outbreak of World War II and received a new Royal Charter at the end of the war. Closely associated with tin mining in Cornwall are the subterranean ancestral knockers. Arthur returns to Britain and defeats and kills Modredus on the river Camblam in Cornwall, but he is mortally wounded. In the Palamedes and other works, the castle is eventually destroyed by King Mark of Cornwall after the loss of Arthur at the Battle of Camlann. Goneril and Regan are to share half the island with their husbands, the Dukes of Albany and Cornwall. This time he is temporarily defeated, gaining final victory only with the help of Duke Gorlois of Cornwall. This leads to war between Uther Pendragon and Gorlois of Cornwall, during which Uther clandestinely lies with Igerna through the magic of Merlin. The Gesta tells various stories of his supposed adventures as a young man while in exile in Cornwall, Ireland and Flanders. Despite the modern pasty's strong association with Cornwall, its exact origins are unclear. This replaced the previous oldest recipe, dated 1746, held by the Cornwall Records Office in Truro, Cornwall. The PGI status also means that Cornish pasties must be prepared in Cornwall. Swede is sometimes called turnip in Cornwall, but the recipe requires use of actual swede, not turnip. As tin mining in Cornwall began to decline, miners took their expertise and traditions to new mining regions around the world. Pasties appear in many novels, used to draw parallels or represent Cornwall. He'll crack a crib in Scotland one week, and be raising money to build an orphanage in Cornwall the next. As the national dish of Cornwall, several oversized versions of the pasty have been created in the county. From 1922 to 1927 the Russells divided their time between London and Cornwall, spending summers in Porthcurno. Show More Sentences On the death of his wife in 1821, his sister in law, Elizabeth Branwell, came from Penzance, Cornwall to help him bring up the children. She was a generous person who dedicated her life to her nieces and nephew, neither marrying nor returning to visit her relations in Cornwall. While on leave in England and on holiday with his family in Cornwall in September 1927, he reappraised his life. Later, they were accused of spying and signaling to German submarines off the coast of Cornwall where they lived at Zennor. Few properties are privately owned, with many units being let by the Duchy of Cornwall, the council and a few by housing associations. Cornwall has become reliant on tourism, more so than the other counties of the South West. In 2010 Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly had the lowest GVA per head of any county or unitary authority in England. In terms of local government, it was divided after 1974 into Avon, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset, and Wiltshire. In Cornwall, there was opposition to the South West Regional Assembly and the South West Regional Development Agency. Both his gold medal winning Laser and Finn dinghies are currently displayed at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall. Brutus divides the island into Britain, ruled by him and Cornwall, ruled by Corineus. Planned risings in Wales, Devon and Cornwall were forestalled by the government arresting the local Jacobites. Two further charters, dated 18 March 1337 and 3 January 1338, state that no Sheriff of the King shall enter Cornwall to execute the King's Writ. The Disraeli vault also contains the body of Sarah Brydges Willyams, the wife of James Brydges Willyams of St Mawgan in Cornwall. The Cornish language enjoys neither official recognition nor promotion by the state in Cornwall. Modernist architect Nicholas Grimshaw designed the Eden Project in Cornwall, which is the world's largest greenhouse. Tintagel Castle is a popular tourist destination in Cornwall, with the castle associated with the legend of King Arthur since the 12th century. Into Devon and Cornwall, the coastline becomes more rocky and steep, with numerous cliffs and tiny fishing villages along the coastline. This stretch of coastline stretches from Devon to Land's End in Cornwall, the westernmost part of mainland England. The coastline of Devon and Cornwall has similarities to that of Brittany in France directly opposite. Show More Sentences For nearly a thousand years, the Channel also provided a link between the Modern Celtic regions and languages of Cornwall and Brittany. They refused to accept that Robert, who had not been brought up in Cornwall, could know anything about mining. The son of a mining captain, and born in the mining heartland of Cornwall, Trevithick was immersed in mining and engineering from an early age. As a child he would watch steam engines pump water from the deep tin and copper mines in Cornwall. By September, he had recovered sufficiently to travel back to Cornwall by ship, and in February 1811 he and Dickinson were declared bankrupt. Meanwhile, back in England, he was accused of neglecting his wife Jane and family in Cornwall. The head of St Piran appears to be a portrait of Trevithick himself and the figure carries the banner of Cornwall. In 1940 and 1941, after the Blitz, Pinter was evacuated from their house in London to Cornwall and Reading. Liam Gallagher said Oasis began recording a sixth album in late December 2003 with producers Death in Vegas at Sawmills Studios in Cornwall. Nomination and appointment generally takes place during Hilary, and announced via the Duchy of Cornwall Office. In 1907, Cornwall won the county tournament and went on to represent Britain at Rugby union at the 1908 Summer Olympics. These two teams put forward their best players to play for the Cornwall Shinty Club. The Duchy of Cornwall is a similar estate held in trust to meet the expenses of the monarch's eldest son. In broad terms, Ireland is regarded as one of the Celtic nations of Europe, alongside Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, Isle of Man and Brittany. In the close knit and clannish Cornwall of the time this was sometimes at his own risk. However, at Exeter on the way to London he was met by Boulton who persuaded him to return to Cornwall without registering the patent. The Cornwall Folk Festival has been held annually for more than three decades. Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, also enjoys the right to use this version of the Royal Standard although she rarely exercises it on her own. Like the Duchess of Cornwall, it is possible that these arms could form part of a future standard if she ascends to become Queen Consort. During this period, snow settled, on average, fewer than three days per year across the Isles of Scilly and on the coasts of Devon and Cornwall. Show More Sentences The Earliest Poets wrote praise poems for rulers and lords of Welsh dynasties from Strathclyde to Cornwall. Gales are recorded approximately 24 days per year in the Isles of Scilly and coastal Cornwall. The most successful Celtic nation is Wales, with fourteen wins, with Cornwall close behind, having won ten times. Benjad, who represented Cornwall in 2012 and 2013, became the first artist in the festival's history to have won twice. Towards the end of this period granite was formed beneath the overlying rocks of Devon and Cornwall, now exposed at Dartmoor and Bodmin Moor. The firm has made provisions for losses in its Braintree and Cornwall contracts, which were cancelled early. The root of the word Wallonia, like the words Wales, Cornwall and Wallachia, is the Germanic word Walha, meaning the strangers. Places of interest include the Royal Cornwall Museum, the Hall for Cornwall and Cornwall's Courts of Justice. Reginald married Mabel FitzRichard, daughter of William FitzRichard, a substantial landholder in Cornwall. Richard held ten Knights Fees in Cornwall prior to 1135 and at his death a third of his considerable total holding remained in Cornwall. Caradocus, the Duke of Cornwall, had suggested and supported the marriage between Octavius's daughter and Maximian. The current Princess of Wales is Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, who automatically assumed the title upon her legal marriage to Prince Charles. Her maternal uncles included Henry III of England and Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall. Most notably, the King's and Eleanor's brother Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, rose up in revolt when he learned of the marriage. Major employers in the city include the Royal Cornwall Hospital, Cornwall Council, and Truro College. He and the Duchess of Cornwall also spend one week each year in Scotland, where he is patron of several Scottish organisations. In December 2012, Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs were asked to investigate alleged tax avoidance by the Duchy of Cornwall. Truro is also known for the Hall for Cornwall, a performing arts and entertainment venue. Cornwall Pride, a Pride event which celebrates diversity and the LGBT community, takes place on the last Saturday of every August. In 1845, whilst visiting Carclew in Cornwall, he met several Cornish miners who were going to Australia. Show More Sentences Cornwall County Cricket Club play some of their home fixtures at Boscawen Park, which is also the home ground of Truro Cricket Club. After 1697, Lhuyd visited every county in Wales, and then travelled to Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, and Brittany and the Isle of Man. The Truro area has an oceanic climate similar to the remainder of Cornwall. It can be heard across the Bristol area, in much of Devon and northern Cornwall, as well as eastern and south eastern counties of Ireland. The band had a recording session at Sawmills Studios, Cornwall, which saw some disagreements during recording between Matthews and Roberts. The microscopic shells of radiolarians are found in cherts of this age in the Culm of Devon and Cornwall, and in Russia, Germany and elsewhere. Eventually, Heilyn fab Gwyn opens the door of the hall facing Cornwall and the sorrow of what had befallen them returns. It is part of South West England, bounded by Cornwall to the west, Somerset to the northeast, and Dorset to the east. The line continues south across the estuary, crossing South West England such that Cornwall and Devon are excluded from Lloegyr. This formation stretches from Bideford to Bude in Cornwall, and contributes to a gentler, greener, more rounded landscape. The botany of the county is very diverse and includes some rare species not found elsewhere in the British Isles other than Cornwall. Lyfing became Bishop of Crediton in 1027 and shortly afterwards became Bishop of Cornwall. In 1549, the Prayer Book Rebellion caused the deaths of thousands of people from Devon and Cornwall. The main part of the shield displays a red crowned lion on a silver field, the arms of Richard Plantagenet, Earl of Cornwall. As recently as the 19th century, a crowd of 17,000 at Devonport, near Plymouth, attended a match between the champions of Devon and Cornwall. The reserves are scattered through England, from Lindisfarne in Northumberland to The Lizard in Cornwall. In Cornwall, England, maerl has been extracted since the 1970s, but was banned in 2005 by Falmouth Harbour Commissioners. Thanks in part to campaigning on the part of Cornish regionalists, Cornwall was able to obtain Objective One funding from the European Union. The reasons for a lack of industrialisation in Devon and Cornwall are unclear but probably reflect local preference, at least in part. When the Cornwall Railway connected the line to Plymouth, their trains ran to the present station above the city centre. Show More Sentences This 'prehistoric' connection of Cornwall and Brittany set the stage for the link that continued into the medieval era. The Baptist church building occupies the site of the former Lake's pottery, one of the oldest in Cornwall. In 1175 he appropriated the estates of the late Earl of Cornwall and gave them to John. On 19 July Howard received the news that the Armada had been seen off Lizard Point, Cornwall. The Cornwall Railway remained a nominally independent line until 1889, although the GWR held a large number of shares in the company. These include the South Devon Railway sea wall, the Cornwall Railway's Royal Albert Bridge, and Barmouth Bridge on the Cambrian Railways. In the south west, evidence of Romanisation ends east of Devon and Cornwall. The gorse is also the emblem of Brittany and is regaining popularity in Cornwall particularly on St Pirans Day. It was probably gathered in streams in Cornwall and Devon as cassiterite pebbles and traded in this raw, unrefined state. Nearly half of the holdings are in Devon, with other large holdings in Cornwall, Herefordshire, Somerset and almost all of the Isles of Scilly. The duchy also exercises certain legal rights and privileges across Cornwall, including some that elsewhere in England belong to the Crown. In Europe, a major source of tin was the British deposits of ore in Cornwall, which were traded as far as Phoenicia in the Eastern Mediterranean. The extent of the estate has varied as various holdings have been sold and acquired over the years, both within Cornwall and in other counties. The Celts of Brittany derive their language from migrating insular Celts, mainly from Wales and Cornwall, and so are grouped accordingly. The project received Cornwall Council approval in March 2012, but the Truro Council challenged it in court. In 2013, the Duchy's office in Cornwall moved from Liskeard to Restormel Manor's old farm buildings. During his years in Cornwall, he wrote long letters to Boulton several times per week. In 1913 the Government Law Officers gave an opinion that the Duke of Cornwall is not liable to taxation on income from the Duchy. At first he worked in the pattern shop in Soho, but soon he was erecting engines in Cornwall. The High Sheriff of Cornwall is appointed by the Duke of Cornwall, not the monarch, in contrast to the other counties of England and Wales. Find more words! 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