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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]
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 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]
Municipal boroughs existed from 1835 and urban and rural districts existed from 1894 as the middle level of local government.Urban and rural districts were created through the Local Government Act 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73) to provide administration as a subdivision of administrative counties; civil parishes within the districts formed the lowest level of local government.
In 1993, the Cornwall Historic Environment Service published a detailed report with the latest research results. They suggested that the standing stones originated from a stone circle which consisted of 18 to 20 stones. The holed stone, however, could be part of a nearby portal tomb.
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.
A view of the cemetery in 2012, before restoration work commenced A section of cemetery seen in summer 2012 after tidying. The Congregationalist Cemetery (also known as the "Independent Burial Ground" or the "Dissenters Burying Ground") at Ponsharden, Cornwall was opened in 1808 to serve the Dissenting Christian congregations of Falmouth and Penryn.
Kelly Bray (Cornish: Kellivre) is a village in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated one mile (1.6 km) north of Callington, immediately west of Kit Hill [1] in a former mining area. Kelly Bray is in the parish of Callington and lies within the St Dominick, Harrowbarrow and Kelly Bray division on Cornwall Council.