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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]
Location of Cornwall. Cornwall (/ ˈ k ɔːr n w ɔː l,-w əl /; Cornish: Kernow; Cornish pronunciation: [ˈkɛrnɔʊ]; or ) is a ceremonial county in South West England.It is recognised by Cornish and Celtic political groups as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people.
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.
The county council chose to meet in Truro rather than Bodmin, and for its first few years held meetings at the Municipal Buildings in Truro. [4] County leaders subsequently decided to procure a purpose-built county hall: the site they selected was occupied by open fields just to the west of Truro railway station. [5]
Helstone. Helstone (or Helston in Trigg) was in the Middle Ages one of the chief manors of the Hundred of Trigg and perhaps in Celtic times the seat of a chieftain. In the Domesday Book this manor was held by Earl Robert of Mortain: there were 2 hides, land for 15 ploughs; the lord had 4 ploughs & 18 serfs; 20 villagers & 18 smallholders had 8 ploughs; 10 acres (40,000 m 2) of woodland; 6 ...
It is managed by Cornwall Council, [3] and consists of some 400 acres (152 hectares), making it the most dominant landscape feature in East Cornwall. [2] Kit Hill is the highest point in the Tamar Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The hill was formed in the same way as nearby Bodmin Moor by the intrusion of magma into overlying ...