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Lys Kernow, known as New County Hall between 1966 and 2009, is a municipal facility at Treyew Road in Truro, Cornwall. Dalvenie House, which is at the north end of the site, is retained for use as the county register office. [1] The building, which serves as the headquarters of Cornwall Council, is a Grade II listed building. [2]
The Lower and Higher Longbeak barrows (also known as the Widemouth Bay tumulus) [1] [2] are a scheduled monument located north of Widemouth Bay in Cornwall. [3] [4] The two round barrows are Neolithic funerary monuments, built sometime around 2400–1500 BC.
Cornwall (/ ˈ k ɔːr n w ɔː l,-w əl / ⓘ; [5] Cornish: Kernow [ˈkɛrnɔʊ] or [6]) is a ceremonial county in South West England. [7] It is recognised by Cornish and Celtic political groups as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people.
Cornwall Council is promoting ten cultural projects as part of a five-year culture strategy. One project is the development of a National Theatre of Cornwall, a collaboration of the Hall for Cornwall, Kneehigh Theatre, Eden Project and Wildworks. Cornwall Council has based its idea on the successful National Theatres of Scotland and Wales. [40]
After the county council moved to New County Hall at Treyew Road in July 1966, the Old County Hall site continued to be used by the Cornwall Record Office. [8] The Board of Inquiry into the loss of the pleasure cruiser MV Darlwyne , which resulted in the deaths of thirty-one people (two crew and twenty-nine passengers including eight children ...
The Cornwall Heritage Trust (CHT) is an organisation which owns and manages historic sites in Cornwall, England. It was founded in 1985. It was founded in 1985. It works in close cooperation with Natural England , Historic England and English Heritage .
This is a list of scheduled monuments in Cornwall, United Kingdom. Monuments are listed by Historic England as part of the National Heritage List for England . [ 1 ] For the scope of this list, the Isles of Sicily are included and the ceremonial county boundaries are used.
Cornwall Record Office (CRO), part of Cornwall Council, was situated at Old County Hall in Truro and is the main repository for the historical archives of Cornwall. The Old County Hall site closed in September 2018 to enable staff to prepare the collections for their move to Kresen Kernow, which was due to open in 2019. [15] Cornwall County ...