Lamorna
Lamorna ( Cornish : Nansmornow ) is a small fishing village in the former District Penwith the county Cornwall in England . It is a collection of country houses with a natural harbor at the end.
Lamorna became famous at the end of the 19th century when many painters from the Newlyn School , including the artist Samuel John "Lamorna Birch" , settled there in small cottages and formed the Lamorna Group . Other well-known members of this painting school were Alfred Munnings , Laura Ritter and Harold Knight , who also lived and painted there. This epoch is also the subject of the novella Summer in February by Jonathan Smith.
The jeweler Ella Naper and her husband, the painter Charles Naper , who had Trewoofe House built , also lived in Lamorna . A small pottery, founded in 1947 by Christopher James Ludlow and Derek Wilshaw, is also on site.
Lamorna has a pub, The Wink , whose name alludes to the activity of its residents in days gone by, smuggling . At that time, interested parties were informed with a “wink” that smuggled goods had arrived. The pub is the theme of the novel The Lamorna Wink (Eng. The stairs to the sea ) by Martha Grimes .
Granite from Lamorna Cove has been used worldwide for building structures such as B. the Thames Embankment in London . Granite stones from the bay were used to build the nearby church of St Buryan , the granite tower of which is visible from afar and therefore serves as a landmark for fishermen heading for the bay.
Places and sights are in the vicinity
- Merry Maidens stone circle
- Portal tomb of Tregiffian
- St Buryan
- Mousehole
- Penzance
- Newlyn
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Coordinates: 50 ° 4 ′ N , 5 ° 34 ′ W