Cornwall Leasing

Did You Know?

Cornwall is a county on England’s rugged southwestern tip. It forms a peninsula encompassing wild moorland and hundreds of sandy beaches, culminating at the promontory Land’s End. 

Penryn is perhaps one of the oldest towns in the Cornwall districts. It first was founded in 1216; later being incorporated in 1621 by King James I. Centuries ago, the small port town served as home and educational quarters for many priests in training.

The first TV broadcast was handled by a satellite at Goonhilly in Cornwall. It was the site of the first parabolic satellite antenna on earth. That disc, installed in 1962 and dubbed Arthur, was built to monitor Telstar. At one time the station was the largest of its kind on the planet with more than 60 such dishes.

Cornwall has been the backdrop for many TV and film productions, shows such as Poldark, Taboo, Doc Martin, Jamaica Inn and Wycliffe. All of these shows have used Cornwall’s exquisite landscapes to capture their viewer’s imaginations.

St Ives name comes from the arrive of Irish traveller Saint Ia, who came after Cornwall because part of a maritime trading network which saw trade between Ireland, England, France, Spain and Portugal. After founding the local parish church, St Ia was martyred by a Cornish ruler.

The Cornish language is closely related to the other Brythonic languages of Welsh and Breton, and less so to the Goidelic languages of Irish, Scots Gaelic, and Manx. The language continued to function visibly as a community language in parts of Cornwall until the late 18th century.

Newquay had its first settlers in the Iron Age, and signs of them are there in the form of a hill fort and industrial centre which exploited the abundance of resources and iron deposits. It is claimed the area was occupied from the 3 century BC to the 5 or 6 century AD. There are also prehistoric burial mounds in an area known as The Barrowfields in Cornwall.

The flag of Cornwall is Saint Piran’s Flag. The flag is attributed to Saint Piran. Saint Piran or Pyran (Cornish: Peran) was an early 6th-century Cornish abbot and saint, supposedly of Irish origin. He is the patron saint of tin-miners and is also generally regarded as the patron saint of Cornwall, although Saint Michael and Saint Petroc also have some claim to this title.

Bob Fitzsimmons is one of Cornwall's most famous residents. Born in 1863, he was the first man to be world middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight boxing champion. He retired in 1914 and died in Chicago three years later. Until 1999, he was the only British World Heavyweight Boxing Champion.

Cornwall boasts the largest collection of plant species found in the British Isles and the sea is teaming with life as well, on average a Cornish fisherman can catch over forty species of fish in our waters! Making our water sport activities the perfect place to spot dolphins, seals, sun fish and even basking sharks!