The Cornish Riviera

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, New Age, History, Fiction & Literature
Cover of the book The Cornish Riviera by Sidney Heath, Library of Alexandria
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Sidney Heath ISBN: 9781465624147
Publisher: Library of Alexandria Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Sidney Heath
ISBN: 9781465624147
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English

The majority of our English counties possess some special feature, some particular attraction which acts as a lodestone for tourists, in the form of a stately cathedral, striking physical beauty, or a wealth of historical or literary associations. There are large districts of rural England that would have remained practically unknown to the multitude had it not been for their possession of some superb architectural creation, or for the fame bestowed upon the district by the makers of literature and art. The Bard of Avon was perhaps the unconscious pioneer in the way of providing his native town and county with a valuable asset of this kind. The novels of Scott drew thousands of his readers to the North Country, and those of R. D. Blackmore did the same for the scenes so graphically depicted in Lorna Doone; while Thomas Hardy is probably responsible for half the number of tourists who visit Dorset. Cornwall, on the contrary, is unique, in that, despite its wealth of Celtic saints, crosses, and holy wells, it does not possess any overwhelming attractions in the way of physical beauty (the coast line excepted), literary associations, beautiful and fashionable spas, or mediƦval cathedrals. History, legends, folklore, and traditions it has in abundance, while probably no portion of south-west England is so rich in memorials of the Celtic era. At the same time one can quite understand how it was that, until comparatively recent years, the Duchy land was visited by few tourists, as we count them to-day; and why the natives should think and speak of England as a distant, and indeed a foreign, country. Certain is it that less than a quarter of a century ago those who crossed the Tamar and journeyed westward into the sparsely populated Cornish towns and villages, were hailed as "visitors from England". Bounded on the north and south by the sea, cut off on the east by the Tamar, the delectable Duchy was a singularly isolated strip of land until the magic connecting link was forged by Brunel. Indeed it is not too much to say that Cornwall owes its present favourable position as a health resort almost entirely to the genius of Brunel and the enterprise of the Great Western Railway.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

The majority of our English counties possess some special feature, some particular attraction which acts as a lodestone for tourists, in the form of a stately cathedral, striking physical beauty, or a wealth of historical or literary associations. There are large districts of rural England that would have remained practically unknown to the multitude had it not been for their possession of some superb architectural creation, or for the fame bestowed upon the district by the makers of literature and art. The Bard of Avon was perhaps the unconscious pioneer in the way of providing his native town and county with a valuable asset of this kind. The novels of Scott drew thousands of his readers to the North Country, and those of R. D. Blackmore did the same for the scenes so graphically depicted in Lorna Doone; while Thomas Hardy is probably responsible for half the number of tourists who visit Dorset. Cornwall, on the contrary, is unique, in that, despite its wealth of Celtic saints, crosses, and holy wells, it does not possess any overwhelming attractions in the way of physical beauty (the coast line excepted), literary associations, beautiful and fashionable spas, or mediƦval cathedrals. History, legends, folklore, and traditions it has in abundance, while probably no portion of south-west England is so rich in memorials of the Celtic era. At the same time one can quite understand how it was that, until comparatively recent years, the Duchy land was visited by few tourists, as we count them to-day; and why the natives should think and speak of England as a distant, and indeed a foreign, country. Certain is it that less than a quarter of a century ago those who crossed the Tamar and journeyed westward into the sparsely populated Cornish towns and villages, were hailed as "visitors from England". Bounded on the north and south by the sea, cut off on the east by the Tamar, the delectable Duchy was a singularly isolated strip of land until the magic connecting link was forged by Brunel. Indeed it is not too much to say that Cornwall owes its present favourable position as a health resort almost entirely to the genius of Brunel and the enterprise of the Great Western Railway.

More books from Library of Alexandria

Cover of the book An Essay on Comedy and the Uses of the Comic Spirit by Sidney Heath
Cover of the book The Children's Life of the Bee by Sidney Heath
Cover of the book Toasts and Sentiments by Sidney Heath
Cover of the book The Zend Avesta by Sidney Heath
Cover of the book Pigs is Pigs by Sidney Heath
Cover of the book The Boy Travellers in the Far East: Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through Africa by Sidney Heath
Cover of the book Royal Edinburgh: Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets by Sidney Heath
Cover of the book The Lighter Side of English Life by Sidney Heath
Cover of the book The Life of Saint Columba, Abbot and Apostle of The NorThern Picts by Sidney Heath
Cover of the book Teig O'Kane and The Corpse by Sidney Heath
Cover of the book With the Adepts: An Adventure Among the Rosicrucians by Sidney Heath
Cover of the book A View of the Present State of Ireland by Sidney Heath
Cover of the book The Happy End by Sidney Heath
Cover of the book King John, Richard II, Richard III, Henry VIII by Sidney Heath
Cover of the book The Hundredth Chance by Sidney Heath
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy