Zennor

Zennor is a village and a municipality ( Parish ) in the former District Penwith the county Cornwall in England and lies between St Ives and St Just behind high, rocky cliffs to the Atlantic and between steep granite hills. The landscape around Zennor has been inhabited for at least 4000 years, as evidenced by the megalithic structures of the Zennor Quoit or the nearby Lanyon Quoit .

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Zennor Quoit

Agriculture , fishing and mining in the tin and copper mines used to make this part of West Cornwall prosperous. Today the quarries and mines are closed and few farmers and fishermen are left. Most people now make a living from tourism.

In addition to the obligatory pub The Tinners Arms, there is also a museum: the Wayside Museum was founded in the 1930s and shows many aspects of life in West Cornwall in ancient times. It contains a cottage with a traditional Cornish kitchen and household items from 1900 to 1960. There is also an old mill and forge with house and mining tools from the Stone and Bronze Ages.

The Backpacker House (German: Wandererhaus) is a hostel not only for hikers , but also a resting place for vacationers, cyclists and spa guests. The former Rosevale Mine can be visited by appointment.

St Senara in Zennor

The Norman church of St Senara, which gave the place its name, presumably stands on the foundations of a 6th century Celtic church and was restored in 1890 after all the original oak-carved seats disappeared and had to be replaced. On the south side of the church tower is a bronze plaque with the Mermaid of Zennor and a date of 1737. The Mermaid's chair can be viewed inside the church .

Zennor was one of the last bastions of the Cornish language , which from the 17th century was more and more displaced by the English language . Dolly Pentreath from Mousehole was the last person to use Cornish as their mother tongue. She died in 1777. John Davey of Zennor was said to be the last person to be fluent in the language in its original form. He died in 1891 at the age of 79.

Coast at Zennor Head

The British writer DH Lawrence and his German wife Frieda von Richthofen lived in Zennor for a short time. The First World War , however, shattered their idyll. Their desire to establish an artists' colony in Zennor was met with suspicion by the residents. In addition, the correspondence between Frieda and her German relatives, which was handled via Switzerland , made the authorities suspicious. When two British warships were torpedoed by a German submarine directly in front of the rocky cliffs of Zennor , the end came for good. The two had to leave Cornwall within three days on suspicion of espionage .

The Mermaid's chair is located in the 1,000 year old St. Senara Church in Zennor.

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