B/w print

Acc.no: PEZPH : 1990.169

Identification

Item: Kemyl or Lamorna Mill at Lamorna in the 1930s

Description: The wheel of the water mill dates from the 1880s. The tree to the left was still there in 2010. Kemyel Mill is part of the ancient Manor of Kemyl and Bosava whose name derives from the Cornish Bos Kes Lavas meaning the 'home of summer heat'. It has been coccupied by the Hoskin or Hosking family since the early fourteenth century. Possibly there has been a mill at Lamorna since the thirteenth century. There are mill stones in the mill of a lower mill and original higher mill.The wheel of the water mill dates from the 1880s. The tree to the left was still there in 2010. Kemyel Mill is part of the ancient Manor of Kemyl and Bosava whose name derives from the Cornish Bos Kes Lavas meaning the 'home of summer heat'. It has been coccupied by the Hoskin or Hosking family since the early fourteenth century. Possibly there has been a mill at Lamorna since the thirteenth century. There are mill stones in the mill of a lower mill and original higher mill carved with the initials SH 1674. The property was acquired by the St Aubyn family. The upper mill was used regularly until 1921. The land surrounding the mill was first used for mixed farming before being used for growing flowers, particularly early daffodils and potatoes which could be transported to markets via the railway in Penzance.

Condition: Good

Description

Height: 155 mm

Width: 210 mm

Material: Photographic paper

Production

Method: Printed

Date: 1900

Category: Photography

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