''The Cornish Times'' (founded 1857) is a

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, owned by the

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ed at Webb's House in

Liskeard Liskeard ( ; ) is an ancient stannary and market town in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately 20 miles (32 km) west of Plymouth, west of the Devon border, and 12 miles (20 km) east of Bodmin. Th ...

, ''The Cornish Times'' displays as an

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on its front page. Published nowadays every Wednesday, it is edited by Zoë Uglow.

History

''The Cornish Times'' was first published on Saturday 3 January 1857. The cover price of the first edition was one

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. Unlike today, it covered local and national as well as international news. Articles in the first edition included: *

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, on a Convention between

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and

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for sale in

Redruth Redruth ( , ) is a town and civil parishes in Cornwall, civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. According to the 2011 census, the population of Redruth was 14,018 In the same year the population of the Camborne-Redruth urban area, ...

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information and activity in

*The

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of the

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, England *The

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*Details of the execution of child murderer William Jackson, of

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. A complete set of microfilm copies of ''The Cornish Times'' can be examined at the

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. Its first

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s were Edward Philp of

Callington Callington () is a civil parish and town in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom about north of Saltash and south of Launceston. Callington parish had a population of 4,783 in 2001, according to the 2001 census. This had increased to 5,78 ...

and John Philp of

.Facsimile of first edition, published free with ''The Cornish Times'' in 2007.

Webb's Hotel

The current office building, where ''The Cornish Times'' is based, was built in 1833 as a

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. ''Webb's Hotel'' was used for meetings of South Caradon Mine. Under Cornish

Stannary Law Stannary law (derived from the for tin) is the body of English law that governs tin mining in Cornwall and Devon; although no longer of much practical relevance, the stannary law remains part of the law of the United Kingdom and is arguably th ...

s cost-book system, two monthly meetings were held at which the

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presented the accounts, where profits were shared and debts (or 'calls') were settled. Mine owners' names were held in 'cost books', from which their entry could be deleted after settling outstanding calls; the system existed until 1883. ''Webb's Hotel'' featured in

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s, parliamentary declarations and much more, before being converted into flats and offices. A

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, the abandoned ''Webb's Hotel'' fell derelict by 1989, but was purchased by a property developer in 2001 and restored to its original splendour, being reopened in 2005. Now no longer a hotel, the building is renamed ''Webb's House'', and its front gardene re-landscaped with granite seats, flower borders and a

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References

External links

''Cornish Times'' website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cornish Times, The Newspapers published in Cornwall Newspapers established in 1857 1857 establishments in England

History

Webb's Hotel

See also

References

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