Tresillian Village News 2024
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Ceramic Tile Workshop – Part II, 8th February 2025
Tresillian Chapel, 1 to 4pm.Glazing
Ceramic Tile Workshop – Part I, 25th January 2025
Tresillian Chapel, 1 to 4pm. Making
Christmas Quiz – Saturday 21st December 7pm
Tresillian Chapel, 7pm. £2 each player. Christmas nibbles included.
Festive Wreath Making – Tresillian Village Hall – 19th December
Come along and make a lovely festive wreath on Thursday 19th December at 2pm.
£10 to cover all materials and mulled wine.
Follow Up Story – Village Website, Contact With Australia
Back in October this year I published an item in the News section of the Tresillian Village website regarding an email enquiry I received via the website from Australia about a family history research project being undertaken by David Blake who lives in Brisbane, Australia.
His enquiry related to family history information left by his late mother regarding his grandfather, Ernest James Blake, who was born in Cornwall in 1880 subsequently emigrating to Australia with his parents in 1882. Following up on this information David managed to obtain documentation relating to his grandfather’s baptism on 9th August 1880 which reveals a location of Ventonberron and that the baptism was likely carried out there by a travelling clergyman, perhaps from Probus, also listing his great grandfather as having the occupation of farm labourer. David’s understanding is that the Ventonberron mentioned was a farm house, somewhere near Tresillian.
I replied to David saying that Venton Berron is the name of a cottage a short distance due north of the village of Tresillian, and that this may be related to the farm house he mentions. It was at this point that I thought it worth publishing an item on the Tresillian Village website in the hope that someone may come forward with information to assist him in his quest to find out more.
Within a short period of time after posting an item in the News section of the website I received a reply from Julie le Masurier who purchased Venton Berron cottage with her husband, saying that she would be happy to make contact with David and share what knowledge she has about the property. The following is a shortened version of the history of the property Julie related to David.
“According to Cornwall County Records, there is evidence of habitation on this site back in medieval times. Our water comes from a natural spring which is in records as a holy well, which has been in documents since 1265.” [They occasionally have people visiting who like ‘collecting’ all the holy wells in Cornwall.]
“Venton, which is also sometimes spelt Fenton, means spring in Cornish. Venton and Fenton appear in different Cornish place names e.g. Ventongimps. Lots of places in Cornwall also have Perran in their name e.g. Perranporth, Perranwell, which is linked to St. Perran the patron saint of Cornwall. Perran also gets written different ways such as Berren and Berron, so Venton Berron means St. Perran’s Well/Spring – and the records of the holy well do indeed refer to it being dedicated to St. Perran.”
“The oldest parts of the current property were up until the 1960s two cottages, one called Venton Berron and one Trehane. Trehane was an estate and we adjoin the now neglected gardens where the ruined house in the article you shared still stands. The cottages had very thick cobb walls, and were farm workers cottages. The cottages used the holy well for their water, and there was a slate water trough to store it. That slate now being our hearth! Some brief investigations we did found a record of Venton Berron being rented out to a widow and her servant in the year 1700.”
Photo: Venton Berron cottage c1960s
A big thank you to Julie for responding to help David in piecing together a part of his family history, and to David for reaching out on his voyage of discovery that has yielded yet more fascinating historical information about our location in Cornwall.
Keith Littlejohns
Coffee cakes and company & Tresillian Community Larder, Thursdays 10-11am or 5-6pm Tresillian Methodist Chapel
Help reduce food waste. Enjoy a hot drink in a warm space – meet some new people.
Christmas Tree Lights in PLaying Field 15th December 2024
Photo: © Copyright Dave Chapman
Christmas with Tresillian Playing Field – !!! DATE CHANGE !!!, Now 15th December
3pm in the field. Mince pies, mulled wine and make a lantern.
Father Christmas will be there to switch on the Christmas Tree lights at 4 pm. Afterwards, there will be at carol service at the Wheel Inn.
Fundraising for the Playing Field. Contact Helen 07791371933
Annual Service of Remembrance, Sunday 10th November 2024 – War Memorial Stone, Tresillian Playing Field
On a peaceful, bright and mild Cornish Sunday morning a good turnout of people gathered around the village War Memorial in the Playing Field at 10.45 prior to a short service that started soon afterwards.
Local Methodist Preacher, Helen Nicholson opened and led the ceremony. Helen spoke about the terrible conflicts the world is currently experiencing and the hope that peace will ultimately return.
Assembled wreath and cross layers at the ready.
As in recent previous years Leslie (Les) Sutton [left] took on the task of organising the annual event with aplomb. Bob Scott [second left] read aloud the familiar 4th stanza from Laurence Binyon’s ‘The Fallen’ as adopted by the Royal British Legion as an Exhortation for ceremonies of Remembrance to commemorate fallen Servicemen and women:
“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.”
Helen was our stand-in bugler this year either side of two minutes silence, thanks to modern technology smartphone/bluetooth speaker combo.
Bob Scott then read aloud the words immortalised on the Kohima Memorial inscription:
“When you go home, Tell them of us and say, For your tomorrow, We gave our today”.
Lesley Dobel, led the wreath laying and acknowledged the wreath.
Roy Owen, laid and acknowledged the wreath.
Dave Chapman, laid and acknowledged the wreath. He had also earlier read out the names of WWI fallen as commemorated on the war memorial and who were part of our local community, as well as reading out names of members of our armed forces lost in any military conflict since WWI and who’s relatives are resident in our village community today.
Andrew Redgewell, laid and acknowledged the wreath.
Malcolm James, laid and acknowledged a cross.
Paul Sinclair, laid and acknowledged a cross.
Joseph Nicholson and Isaac Nicholson laid and acknowledged crosses
Tresillian War Memorial immediately after Helen had brought the ceremony to a close.
Reporting by Keith Littlejohns © Copyright Keith Littlejohns
All photos: Copyright Keith Littlejohns
Enquiries from Tresillian Village Website Visitors
It’s not that unusual to receive information and general enquiries from both subscribers and non-subscribing visitors to the Tresillian Village website via our dedicated Contact page.
However, a couple of recent contact enquiries are worth including in the News section, particularly as they are enquiries that are worthy of a wider audience.
Men’s Group Enquiry
The first recent enquiry worth noting came from a gentleman enquiring if there were any men’s meeting groups in the village. I responded by replying that I was not aware of any in the near vicinity, although there is a women’s group that meets regularly called Tresillian Midi Club, but that I didn’t think this fitted his enquiry.
I suggested maybe looking for ‘Men’s Sheds’. Men’s sheds or community sheds are non-profit local organisations that provide a space for craftwork and social interaction. The movement originated in Australia around the 1980s as a way to improve the health and wellbeing of older men. The Australian Government has acknowledged the social importance of men’s sheds for a number of years. They have now been actively promoting and funding men’s sheds projects.
The concept soon spread to the UK, where there are now many well established Men’s Sheds up and down the country. A quick online search established that the two nearest ones are in St Austell (currently in the process of starting up) and Mevagissey (an active group, with a Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/MensShedsGorran).
I also suggested that he may like to think about starting up a Men’s Shed group locally himself, and making contact with the Mevagissey group for advice.
Reported by Keith Littlejohns
Australian Genealogy Enquiry
The second recent enquiry was from David Blake, a resident of Brisbane, Australia.
“I am researching my Family History and my grandfather Ernest James
Blake was most likely baptised at a farm house in Venton Berron on 9th
August 1880 (the birth entry records Ventonberran as the location). Do
you have any history on that location and does the road from the A390
have a designation (for example a “B” road). Regards David Blake,
Brisbane, Australia”.
I replied that there is a property a kilometre or more north of the village of Tresillian named Venton Berron Cottage, which may have been the farmhouse he mentions. I also suggested he make contact with Cornwall Family History Society based in Truro, web address https://www.cornwallfhs.com. And also Kressen Kernow, which is the new name for the home of Cornwall’s national archives, web address https://kresenkernow.org. If it is a listed building it will be registered on Historic England’s database, web address https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list.
I also mentioned that there is a great source of old Ordnance Survey maps available at the National Library of Scotland https://maps.nls.uk/os/index.html. I make use of this repository a great deal when carrying out my own British genealogy research and as a well known contributor to the Ealing History Facebook Group for research on my original home town of Ealing, in particular Brentham Garden Suburb where I grew up.
If anyone has any knowledge about Venton Berron Cottage/Farm that you feel may be of interest to David, please let me know via this website’s Contact page and I will pass the information on to him.
Reported by Keith Littlejohns
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Being a childminder, is it a career for you?
Are you passionate about working with children and want to make a difference in their lives? Becoming a childminder could be the perfect career choice for you. As a childminder, you can work in your own home at times that suit you. You can train on the job and follow your passions while sharing them with the children. You could provide a nurturing place for all children, create memorable and fun times for them, and help them learn and develop as they play.
Childminding allows people to be their own boss. Childminders are usually self-employed and run their own business. Many go on to expand their business and employ childminding assistants so they can care for more children at once.
Being a childminder could be for you if:
- you’ve got young children at home and you don’t want to return to office based employment, or
- you’ve worked in a school or nursery in the past
- you’re looking after your grandchildren and would be happy to look after a few more children too
Anyone with an interest in early years education can register, and you can train while you work.
You could also get grants of £600 or £1,200 to help you set up. (The amount is dependant on whether you register with Ofsted or a childminder agency to help you get started.) So why not find out how to join the supportive network of childminders in Cornwall. Start your journey towards a rewarding career in early years and childcare?
For more details visit https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/childminding?utm_source=residentNewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Nov8
Notice! Sunday 10th November, 2024 Remembrance Sunday – Tresillian
People attending are asked to gather around the War Memorial in the Playing Field at 10.45 prior to a short service that will start soon afterwards.
Winter Wellbeing 2024
Keep Warm And Get Help With Heating
Keeping warm over the winter months can help to prevent colds, flu and more serious health problems such as heart attacks, strokes, pneumonia and depression.
Heat your home to a temperature that’s comfortable for you. If you can, this should be at least 18°C in the rooms that you regularly use, such as your living room and bedroom. This is particularly important if you have a health condition. It’s best to keep your bedroom windows closed at night.
Who’s Most At Risk From Cold Weather?
Some people are more vulnerable to the effects of cold weather. This includes:
- people aged 65 and older
- babies and children under the age of 5
- any people of any age on a low income (so cannot afford heating)
- people who have a long-term health condition
- people with a disability
- pregnant women
- people who have a mental health condition
Get Advice If You Feel Unwell
If you’re 65 or over, or in one of the other at-risk groups, it’s important to get medical help as soon as you feel unwell.
You can get help and advice from:
- a pharmacy – pharmacists can give treatment advice for a range of minor illnesses and can tell you if you need to see a doctor
- your GP – you may be able to speak to a GP online or over the phone, or go in for an appointment if they think you need to
- NHS 111 – go to 111.nhs.uk or call 111 if you have an urgent medical problem and you are not sure what to do
The sooner you get advice, the sooner you’re likely to get better.
In an emergency, go to A&E immediately or call 999.
Look In On Vulnerable Neighbours And Relatives
Remember that other people, such as older neighbours, friends and family members, may need some extra help over the winter. There’s a lot you can do to help people who need support.
Icy pavements and roads can be very slippery, and cold weather can stop people from going out.
Keep in touch with your friends, neighbours and family and ask if they need any practical help, or if they’re feeling unwell.
Make sure they’re stocked up with enough food supplies for a few days, in case they cannot go out.
If they do need to go out in the cold, encourage them to wear shoes with a good grip and a scarf around the mouth to protect them from cold air, and to reduce their risk of chest infections.
Make sure they get any prescription medicines before the holiday period starts and if bad weather is forecast.
Information supplied by NHS England.
Saturday 2nd November, 2024 Buns and Bingo – Tresillian Village Hall
Prizes and refreshments. Entry £2.
Following on from the previously successful Buns and Bingo back in March, the Saturday 2nd of November event starts at 2pm and ends at 4pm, in the Village Hall.
Saturday Morning Sound Bath, 26th October 2024, 2.pm-3.30pm – Tresillian Village Hall – Also Sunday 15th December, 2pm-3.30pm
Anderson warmly welcomes, for the first time at Tresillian Village Hall, for you to release, relax and receive …perhaps to journey, as you pick up healing theta and delta frequencies and just… let go.
Take time out for you! and be bathed in the sounds of Tibetan and Crystal Singing Bowls, Gongs, Koshi Chimes, Shamanic drum, and other delicious vibrations.
£15 on the door £16 payment online. Places will be limited so please send message for reservation and payment details.
Contact for enquiries: Phone 07555 348 448 Email Anderson
What is a sound bath?
It’s a deeply relaxing full body experience using sound to nurture your body and soul and quiet your mind.
The experience begins with each person lying down or seated in a comfortable position, often with a blanket and an eye mask. After a few minutes of guided focus on the breath, the remainder of the experience is filled with different sounds and frequencies being introduced in succession. The sounds are created by a variety of overtone-emitting instruments including Himalayan and crystal singing bowls, drum, gongs, various rattles, and chimes.
The Gongs and other sound tools are incredibly powerful instruments that work frequency and vibrations, particularly good for those who find it hard to find to meditate. This practice is a great reliever of stress, anxiety, sleep disorders and helps with focus and creativity.
There are a few contra-indications that are worth bringing to your attention. These include:
Not suitable for ladies in the first trimester of pregnancy, people with pacemakers or other implants, i.e. stents and shunts, those suffering from serious heart conditions, acute or serious mental health problems or those who may suffer from sound induced epilepsy. It is important to be comfortable and warm. In this way people are more present to receive the sounds and get a greater benefit.
Please bring a yoga mat or something to lay on, blanket, cushion, eye mask (I have a few eye masks) and water.
Please arrive at least 15min before to make yourself comfortable.
World Alzheimer’s Month
Although ‘World Alzheimer’s Month’ is featured every year in the month of September, Alzheimer’s is a dementia condition that affects sufferers and the health and wellbeing of their carers 24-7-365. Whilst Alzheimer’s is generally considered a condition that affects older people, there are increasing signs that ‘Young Onset Dementia’ (sub-65 year old sufferers) is affecting ever younger age groups.
Dementia is the UK’s biggest killer, it’s the largest health and social care issue of our time, yet it isn’t the priority it needs to be. The impact of this is enormous – on the lives of those it affects, on the healthcare system and on the economy.
It is very important that if you or a loved one thinks they may have dementia that contact is made with health services and support organisations. Early assessment and diagnosis is crucial when identifying the right treatment should it be necessary.
The following is a short list of useful links to reach out for support.
Cornwall Council – Healthy Cornwall
Cornwall Council – Latest Recycling Information
There are a number of items which cannot be recycled. We cannot recycle:
Black plastic
Plastic film, eg, cling film
Plastic oil or pesticide containers
Plastic bags, eg, carrier bags, sandwich bags, freezer bags
Expanded polystyrene
Pet food pouches
Film lids from pots, tubs and trays
Crisp/sweet packets
Rigid plastics, eg, toys, furniture,
Plastic straws
Plant pots
We are not currently able to collect drinks and juice cartons for recycling as part of our kerbside recycling service. However, you can take food and drink cartons and paper cups to our Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC).
New Food Waste Caddy Service for Mid-West Cornwall Starts During 2025
Camborne | Redruth | Falmouth | Penryn | St Mawes | Truro | Probus | Trispen | Mitchell | Perranporth | St Agnes | Portreath and surrounding areas
What to put in your food recyling
We’ve already started collecting food waste across most parts of Cornwall as part of our new waste, recycling and rubbish service. The Mid-West Cornwall collection service will start during 2025.
Here’s some tips about using your food waste caddy.
You don’t need to line it, but if you like, you can use compostable liners or old newspaper.
You can pop in things like:
☕ tea bags, 🥕 veg peelings, 🥚 eggshells, 🍌 banana skins
Once it’s full, just empty it into your outdoor green food waste bin and lock the handle! Please don’t put your silver caddy inside your outdoor food waste bin.
More information about the Food Waste Caddy Service can be found here.
Tresillian Walking Group
Lesley Jones is hoping to reignite interest in the Tresillian Walking Group that has for many years explored some of the best areas in the county for walkers. Traditionally they meet on the first Saturday of the month at 10.30am at the appointed start location of the walk, followed later by a picnic, cafe or pub.
Once a walk is chosen then she will let you know the time and location, giving you the OS Map reference, and address with PostCode.
Dogs on leads please for safety reasons but this is a great time to meet fellow walking companions as well as exercise your body into fitness, and your dog. “We take our time walking and gossiping and putting the world to rights”.
You don’t need much gear, but sensible outdoor clothing and footwear are suggested. Also, don’t forget your mobile phone and/or camera.
If you are interested in joining in with the walks please contact Lesley either on Tel: 01872 520568 or email l_jones23@b nternet.com
1st September, 2024 Tresillian Olympics – Playing Field – Starts 12pm
FREE Admission – All Ages Welcome!
Fun activities such as:
Races
Golf
Bowls
Obstacle Race
Refreshments
BBQ
All Organised by the Playing Field Committee.
Also:
Children are invited to ‘Paint a real Bird Box’. All painted boxes will be handed to an organisation that will install the bird boxes at appropriate locations.
Organised by St Clement Parish Council. The council’s Chairman, Hugh James will be in charge of the painting.
Tresillian Allotments Association – Plots are Available – September 2024
Grow your own Veg, Fruit and Flowers on this south facing site with beautiful views across the Tresillian Valley. Super friendly allotmenteers are always more than willing to give advice to new or novice gardeners.
The Tresillian Allotment Association site consists of 31 plots of varying sizes.
A full size plot generally measures 33ft x 25ft (10m x 7.5m), the cost for which per annum is £40 and includes use of water supply and membership of the National Allotment Society.
Some half plots are also available. Shared tenancy for a plot is allowed, but all parties must sign the tenancy agreement.
Dedicated allotment holder parking is available next to the site.
Anyone who is interested in taking tenancy of an allotment, or would like further details please contact:
Lorraine Sutton Tel: 01872 520 609 or Lesley Jones Tel: 01872 520 568.
Tresillian Village Hall – Grant Applications – September 2024
The village hall has applied for grants to upgrade some of its ageing services and infrastructure to bring it up to current standards. Although the hall is relatively modern, having been built in the 1970s, there are some areas, however, that inevitably have to be updated to meet current statutory requirements. The application to replace windows and curtains would seem to have been successful, but heating is a big issue that will likely require further attempts at finding funding in future. The now old heating system uses oil as a fuel, which is getting very expensive and will not be getting any cheaper, and as it uses a fossil fuel it will need replacing with an alternative. Solar power could not be installed on the roof due to structural deficiency to carry the weight.
Current Planning Applications Status as of September 2024 – Tresillian
PA24/06036 | Works to trees subject to a Tree Preservation Order for 2 x Holly. Restormel, A390 Tresillian. Awaiting decision.
PA24/03437 | Proposed demolition of existing dry and wet valet wing and construction of new wing comprising of service bays, dry valet bays and wash bay. Truro Audi A390 Tresillian. Awaiting decision.
To search for any Planning Application go to Cornwall Council Online Planning Register and type in the address or location or known planning application reference beginning with PA…..
4th July, 2024 General Election
4th July, 2024 General Election. Jayne Kirkham has been duly elected as the new Labour and Co-operative Party MP for Truro and Falmouth. She is also the Labour group leader on Cornwall Council and represents Falmouth Penwerris ward.
Her biog reads as follows. “I live and work in the constituency having moved here 18 years ago when I married a naval pilot. Before that, I worked for a number of years as a solicitor representing working people who had accidents at work or employment claims.”
“As a single parent in Cornwall I put my legal skills to use at Cornwall Citizens Advice and then worked as a teaching assistant at Falmouth Secondary School for seven years while my son was in school.”
“Successes include proposing & pushing through Cornwall Council’s Climate Emergency declaration, forcing a budget amendment to provide £3.5 million for mental healthcare for our young people in schools and shaping and campaigning on housing policy, which is such a vital issue in Cornwall.”
Tregothnan Charity Open Garden, Weekend 20th-21st April 2024 10am-5pm.
Tregothnan will open its usually private gates to the largest garden in Cornwall. Open for one weekend on the 20th and 21st April 2024, visitors can experience Tregothnan’s unequalled diversity of trees, historic, botanical and rare collections, sweeping vistas and peaceful secluded groves on the banks of the beautiful river Fal. Tickets are available online at the Tregothnan website.
Get lost in ancient Camellias, mountainous Magnolias and the biggest Rhododendrons in the world with 40 foot crescendos of full flower. The sheer scale of the garden, over 100 acres, means that there will be plenty of peace.
Children aged 16 and under go free, encouraging families to enjoy the adventure of Cornwall’s finest garden. Open from 10am – 5pm, with the last entry to the garden at 4pm. Dogs on leads welcome.
All the proceeds go to charity.
‘Buns & Bingo” Saturday 23rd March 2024 – Tresillian Chapel 2pm-4pm.
Entry £2. Prizes, refreshments! In aid of Tresillian Improvement Group.
Public Notice – Tresillian Village Hall – AGM Thursday 22nd February 2024
The Tresillian Village Hall Committee will be holding their Annual General Meeting at 7pm on Thursday 22nd February. Members of the public are invited to attend to hear the Committee present their annual report containing information about performance and strategy. Members of the public also have the opportunity to ask questions of the Committee on matters relating to the village hall.
The village hall address is Fairfax Road, Tresillian, Truro TR2 4AZ.
Tresillian’s Missing Milestone – An Ongoing Story
Update January 2024
As can be seen in the village a replacement for Tresillian’s missing milestone has recently been installed on the broader grass verge outside Truro Audi adjacent where there is a small lay by. More information will be published in the near future covering the long process behind research through to installation.
Original Article From 2019
As a person fascinated by local history I could not resist picking up from Chris Clarke’s excellent article published in the spring 2017 edition of TRAM Magazine regarding Tresillian’s missing milestone. His article stimulated me into taking up the challenge of conducting further research myself.
Using additional information kindly supplied to me by village resident Lewis Mitchell, which he found on an old 1960 edition Ordnance Survey map, a distinct reference point has now been established. The Tresillian milestone’s position is marked on the OS map by the usual very small black dot accompanied by the letters MS, albeit slightly masked by a black circular graphic. Using my own copy of the same map, OS SW 84 Truro 1:25,000, I was also able to confirm the exact location.
By cross referencing this data with Cornwall Council’s excellent online Interactive Map website I was able to double check the exact position where the milestone once stood, or at least close enough given the disruption created by the 1960s A390 road widening/levelling scheme and adjacent change of land-use. Both the 1960 OS map and CC’s Interactive Map show the location as being on the south side of the A390 where the current Audi dealership is situated.
Thanks to information also gleaned from the CC Interactive Map a detailed Cornwall & Scilly Historic Environment Record (HER) reference reads as follows:
HER Number:
MCO55585
Name:
TRESILLIAN – Post Medieval milestone
Summary
The site of a milestone on the SE side of the A39 in Tresillian – BODMIN 21¼ TRURO 3.
Grid Reference:
SW 8635 4604
Parish:
St Clement, Carrick, Cornwall
Protected Status: None recorded
Other Statuses/Codes: none recorded
Monument Types
Milestone (Post Medieval – 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Full description
A milestone is recored on the SE side of the A39 in Tresillian, on both the 1st Edition 1:2500 OS map, annotated TRURO 3 BODMIN 20, and on the 2nd Edition 1:2500 OS map c1907 annotated BODMIN 21¼ TRURO 3. The milestone is not recorded on the modern OS Mastermap 2010, suggesting it has been lost, possibly due to road alignment alterations in the C20.
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Related records: none recorded
So, a milestone clearly did exist inside the village at a point along its main highway outside the current Audi dealership. Interestingly, the CC Interactive map has the A390 labeled as A39 at that point (note, must make CC aware of the error).
Photo: © Keith Littlejohns
I have recently placed a request with our local parish council asking if, in the light of information now currently available, the possibility of the missing milestone being reinstated could be raised at a parish council meeting and that it could be pursued using the offices of the parish council.
Let’s hope that Tresillian’s missing milestone can either be found languishing in a council yard somewhere and reinstated, or that a replica can be produced using information recorded by C&S’s HER database so that our village’s milestone is no longer the only one missing in the chain of 12 historical milestones that run from Truro to Braddon.
If anyone has any more information or knowledge they think would be helpful or interesting regarding the missing milestone then please do contact me using the contact form on this site and I will publish it online as part of this continuing fascinating story. If you wish to receive emailed alerts as soon newsworthy items about village life are published online you can subscribe to the website for free using the box provided at the bottom right of most pages on the site.
Incidentally, most milestones you’ll see date from the 1700s or later, when new Turnpike roads were legally required to have milestone markers. It meant passengers and goods carried on the stagecoaches could be charged standardised rates for the distance they travelled. You’ll also see plenty of milestones along canals, also used to calculate how much people would be charged for moving their goods by barge.
Further news about the missing milestone will be added as soon as it becomes available.
Keith Littlejohns
Tresillian Wildlife Articles (Steady on! Not that kind of wild life) – Various Contributors – Check out latest items added by following the Wildlife & Natural History Page link below
Photo: © Keith Littlejohns
Wildlife articles can be accessed by visiting the Wildlife & Natural History Page and selecting the relevant year link at the bottom of the page. The Tresillian website welcomes any stories or photos of your wildlife/Natural History observations in Tresillian and its close environs. Hedgehog, bird or any other wild animal sighting or naturalised flowers or plants of interest that catch your attention. We would love to hear from you. Just get in contact via our Contact page and we will be back in touch with you about your story/photos.
Tresillian Photographic Archive Project – Keith Littlejohns
Wheel Inn c1910
I am proposing setting up an organised collection of photographic images for our village that, hopefully, will remain as a permanent unified digital archive of life in Tresillian through the decades for future generations to have available.
Building this archive relies heavily on source material being forthcoming. To that end I am asking residents of Tresillian (or known past residents that have moved away but may have some suitable images) to make contact with me regarding the loan of images so that I can make professional scans and return the original prints or negatives to the owner.
This could turn out to be a quite substantial task and as a result I am expecting the building of the archive to be split into phases. For the initial phase I will be concentrating solely on gathering together a collection of older images from very early days up to and including 1979.
If you think you may have some suitable photographs I can be contacted via the village website by emailing me using this website’s Contact page. There is no need to go into great detail at first as I will make contact to talk about any images you consider may be of interest. I’m really only looking to archive images that have recorded village life and how it has evolved through time. Eventually, as time allows, I will add more modern images from 1980 onwards to take the story forward.
If possible, it would be very useful if you have information such as dates (roughly will do), names of people or locations or any other details you think may be of interest. If you don’t yet use email, please do ask a friend or neighbour to make contact on your behalf as old images are of particular interest for this first phase.
Cllr Keith Littlejohns
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Desiree Tillgren
“Thank you for your beautiful pictures and website design for the village.”
Ann McCormick
“Great to meet you, and much thanks for including church activities on the village website, it really is the way forward!”
Billa Jeans
“After getting the leaflet delivered by ‘Keith’ this week and having a quick chat in the garden at time of delivery. I thought I would check the website out. Absolutely fantastic, beautiful photo’s and puts the village in the here and now. Well done to you and I really hope the site goes from strength to strength. I am going to give the details to some family members to check it out. Well done and thank you so much for all the effort you have put into it, to make it so professional and enjoyable.”
Geraldine Rawbone
“A friend of ours in Sussex, who used to live in the village, is thrilled with the site as it will keep her up to date on what is happening here.”
Lesley Dobel
“Fantastic website, well done to all who was involved.”
Kirsten Lean
“What a wonderful community website for our village with lots of information and history. Well done and very impressed. Keep up the good work.”
Karl Russell, Treglyn, Tresillian
“I’ve had a look round – its very easy to use!”
Helen Nicholson
“I enjoyed looking at the site and thank you for the lovely photo of the Tresillian road sign for which I designed the emblem of the Roundhead and Cavalier at the invitation of the Highways dept. of course a reference to the civil war battle nearby. I wonder if there are any rusting cannon balls in the river.”
Janet Bailey.