Abbeys and Monasteries in Cornwall

This section of our travel guide is a bit thin at the moment! For a variety of reasons Cornwall does not have the number of medieval monastic sites that other counties do, though it certainly has a large number of much earlier Christian sites, holy wells, and ancient churches.


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St Austell (Self catering)
Wheal Prosper, St Austell

Wheal Prosper

Wheal Prosper is rests near Roche, Cornwall, sleeping six guests in three bedrooms.
Sleeps 6

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St Mawes (Self catering)
Puffin Cottage, St Mawes

Puffin Cottage

This terraced cottage rests in St Mawes, Cornwall and can sleep four people in two bedrooms.
Sleeps 4

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This fourth son of Edward III was virtual ruler of England from 1371-1399



12 February, 1554

Lady Jane Grey executed

Grey became famous as the 'Nine Days Queen', a pawn in the ambitions of the Earl of Northumberland

This monarch led his army to triumph at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415




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