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* Aspecto de la estatua del Dios Baco encontrado en la โVilla del Mithraโ en la ciudad de Cabra de Cรณrdoba (La Igabrum tartesio-romana) y expuesto en el Museo Arqueolรณgico de la misma localidad.
* El Dios Baco (Dionysos para los griegos) fue rescatado por su padre Jรบpiter del vientre de su madre (la mortal Sรฉmele) e implantรณ el embriรณn en su muslo. Fue en ese momento cuando Baco dejรณ de ser mortal y se convirtiรณ en un dios de pleno derecho.
Es considerado el dios del vino, patrรณn de la agricultura e inspirador de la locura y el รฉxtasis.
* En la cultura romana, Baco era considerado como un dios bisexual, esbelto y poderoso, entre bello efebo y varรณn alegre. Se le suele representar con la crรกtera en una mano, en la otra el tirso, con las sienes coronadas por pรกmpanos de vid y con una pantera a sus pies.
* La estatua conservada en el Museo Arqueolรณgico de Cabra, es de las mรกs bellas encontradas en la Bรฉtica Hispano-Romana y encarna todos los atributos del dios.
Nunca mejor que en este momento para rememorar en latรญn, los versos del poeta Horacio dedicados a Baco, que aprendรญamos en nuestro bachiller:
Quo me, Bacche, tuum plenum rapis?
Quibusnam in silvis, ad quae speluncis?
Eripior cito nova mente? In quo lacu audiar
meditantes ad introducendam gloriam aeternam
de optimo Caesare in astris et in contione Iovis?
Canam celebrem, novum; quod non os cecinit.
Non aliter quam bacchantes insomnis
obstupuit respiciens Hebro de culmine montis;
niveo Thraciae et pede barbarico calcata Rhodope;
ita me perdi libet; mirantur ripas et silvas desertaque.
O potens dominus naadum!
et bacchantum demoliendi altae manibus ornos!
Nihil parvum, ne submissa voce;
nil mortale celebrabo. dulce periculum
o Lenee, deum qui sua tempora cingit
cum viridi pompano.
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ยฟAdรณnde, Baco, me arrebatas, lleno de ti?
ยฟA quรฉ bosques, a quรฉ cavernas
soy arrastrado velozmente por una mente nueva?
ยฟEn quรฉ antro serรฉ oรญdo
meditando introducir la gloria eterna
del egregio Cรฉsar en los astros y en la asamblea de Jรบpiter?
Cantarรฉ lo insigne, lo nuevo,
lo que ninguna boca ha cantado.
No de otro modo que la insomne bacante
se queda atรณnita mirando desde la cumbre el Hebro,
la Tracia blanca por la nieve
y el Rรณdope hollado por pie bรกrbaro:
asรญ a mรญ me complace, extraviado,
admirar las riberas y los bosques desiertos.
ยกOh seรฑor poderoso de las nรกyades
y de las bacantes capaces de derribar
los elevados fresnos con las manos!
Nada pequeรฑo, ni en tono humilde,
nada mortal celebrarรฉ. Dulce peligro
es, oh Leneo, seguir al dios que ciรฑe sus sienes
con verde pรกmpano.
(QUINTO HORACIO FLACO. "A Baco".)
Along Ward Creek,
Sherwood Forest,
Placer Co., California
We had looked for but had not been able to find this unsigned location. Then after asking locally I went back and had a great time scrambling up and down the sometimes steep creek. Though "scrambling" doesn't connote how slowly and delicately I moved up and down, being amazed alternately by the flowers and the late afternoon light.
Red Trillium (Trillium erectum) - Picnic / Beach area, Rangeley State Park, Rangeley, Maine
Plantae Tracheophytes Angiosperms Monocots Liliales Melanthiaceae Trillium erectum "Trillium erectum" erectum erectum acuminatum atropurpureum atropurpureum atropurpureum blandum brevipedicellatum cahnae cahnae declinatum flavum giganteum horizontale luteum nigrescens pallidandrum parviflorum parvum rubrostriatum sessiloides sulcatum flavum foetidum nutans obovatum pendulum purpureum rhomboideum rhomboideum atropurpureum spatulatum album albiflorum rhomboideum album
A friend gifted me his f2.8 70-200mm lens while camping, so I used my adapter on my R6 and walked into the forest. Wow, what an amazing lens! Grateful, am I.
Even in the most severely burnt parts of the forest on the Lover's Leap Trail, there was lush new greenery and wildflowers around the streams. These are Sierra Tiger Lilies (lilium parvum), growing in front of a log that was burned to charcoal.
Camp Sacramento, Ca. July, 2022.
I've seen these flowers in the Sierras, but I'd never seen so many on one bush, Usually only one or two hanging over the bank of one of the rivers... but this was a real surprize.
Lilium parvum is a species of lily known by the common names Sierra tiger lily and alpine lily. It is native to the mountains of the western United States, primarily the Sierra Nevada of California but also with additional populations in northwestern Nevada and southwestern Oregon. The plant grows in high altitude forests, sending up flowering stalks during the summer months.
The flowers of Lilium parvum are smaller than those of other lilies, and more bell-shaped than most others. They are yellowish-orange to dark orange-red with lighter orange or yellow centers. The petals are spotted with purple or brown markings. There is a variety that bears lighter pink flowers in the foothills of El Dorado County, California, which is known by the informal common name ditch lily. The plant also readily hybridizes with other Lilium species growing close by.
I found this particular flowers in the high country near Lake Mary (I think it was). This was one of our last one day trips, and it was beautiful. I've never been a real "hiker." My longest was around nine miles because we got slightly lost. (The national and state forests are wanting ... wanting for signage! It also happened at Mt. Rainier which I have told you about and near Crater Lake which I'll relate on some other date.) Anyway, after just three miles - which is sufficient for my age and at that altitude - we took our photos and headed back home. It was a great day, and I have at least this one shot. Two weeks later, I had the retinal detachment and six months of poor vision. My vision will never be what it was, but I can see well enough to photograph whatever comes my way. Hey, it was as bad as 20/90 and now I'm at 20/40. Biggest problem is that I'm better at looking at a mountain than at the path under my feet which is iffy and does affect my balance. Otherwise, I'm in fantastic shape for a man of 108.
Other than me, no animals were harmed in the making of this photo. It was soooo low to the ground!
Near Ward Creek,
Sherwood Forest,
Placer Co., California
From my coastal perspective I had hoped to see this favorite flower on our Sierra trip and got lucky on a couple occasions.
We had not been able to find this unsigned location on our first try, but after asking locally I went back and had a great time scrambling up and down the sometimes steep creek. Though "scrambling" doesn't connote how slowly and delicately I moved up and down, being amazed alternately by the flowers and the late afternoon light.
Sometimes when fishing even a quiet day can bring something special - an azure dartlet (amphiallagma parvum) clinging to my line and reflected in the flat calm of the lake water. Photographed in Ao Nang, Thailand. More at "Colin Pacitti Wildlife Photography" - www.colin-pacitti.com
Small-headed spruce grouse. Considered to have the highest body-to-head mass ratio of any animal on earth. Adult brain size is comparable to the diameter of a human hair. Preyed-upon by pygmy field mice. Feeds on mite larva. Dumber than the dodo bird. Sometimes mistaken for a pin cushion. Indigenous to Flathead Valley, Montana, USA.
Southern Red Trillium (Trillium sulcatum) - Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, 132 Botanical Gardens Dr, Boothbay, Maine
Who knew I was shooting the subject of the CMBG cover photo???
Click on the image to see the flower up close like it was on the cover.
I like the more inclusive composition that shows more of the morphology, but composition is often determined by intended usage. And if you want your pics to be used as banner photos,
long and thin with room for titles is the way to go.
Lilium parvumโAlpine lily. This lily did not escape the notice of John Muir. To quote from "My First Summer in the Sierra": "Here are many fine meadows, imbedded in the woods, gay with Lilium parvum and its companions; the elevation, about eight thousand feet, seem to be best suited for itโsaw specimens that were a foot or two higher than my head." Photo taken at Regional Parks Botanic Garden located in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, CA
This was one of the McIntosh images I was looking for when I got caught by the skies at Ag Museum. This is a heavier sky on a recent trek.It seems that Jim acquired a wooden tank water wagon for the McIntosh Agricultural Museum. Way back in the latter 1800s, Longmont had an identical wagon with the driver's seat atop to deliver what must have been fresh water. Ditches delivered "dirty" water to agriculture.
I wonder what might have been Longmont's "fresh" water source? Of course, that was when water from the river carried clean, clear water from the Rockies and before modern household products began sterilizing everything in sight. As a youngster, we always drank from mountain streams without a thought. That was before man introduced e-coli and cryptosporidium parvum bacterias to our mountain critters. Would you drink from a stream while wondering what kind of jackass flatlander is up the trail. I'm sure Lefthand Water district uses that "sterilization" concept to remove beavers from their watersheds.
Al Pace was working on an article about an early mountain ditch that determined Colorado water law for Longmont's Observer. Water is Colorado's god and carried about in wagons while it's North Carolina's cloven hooved demon. Dihydro-monoxide! Trump deserves a special glass of Carolina, Duke and Smithfield water, assuming he could quit his soda pop binge for something "special if he wants to try out his air and water policies!"
Otherwise in the Rockies, beavers are Mother Nature's best water reclamation and preservation engineers. If a trickle in the hills crosses barren land, enlist a beaver! That will regrow natural mountain riparian habitat. It's not nice to fool Mother Nature! That's another concept modern American brains can't acquire. People remark at the variety of trees at Thompson, Chicago philanthropist who started the Longmont Colony, and other Longmont parks. Longmont women planted hardwood trees in parks and brought water uphill from the St. Vrain River below the bluff, to water their newly planted trees. At least they originated a balance to all the cottonwoods in the valley. That was a real ongoing project that would interfere with modern cell phone time!
For my last shot I had to run out to MAC to shoot the heavy depression and pall that set off record lows from California moving in but that didn't really foretell what came later. Then, ice was on McIntosh Lake and hanging thick in St. Vrain Valley air in my last shot.
I listened to the wind blast my bedroom window and screen with ice all night long and decided I better shoot an inside shot of the window with the blinks up. Here it is before the snow was was gone. A day before, I had to peel my coat off when I headed to the market. Again, last Sunday, I made the mistake of wearing my coat for a swing through "historic" Pella Crossing West south of Hygiene. Boy, was it a day for the people to bail for the trails.
Snow in the Rockies of course and a pretty good dumping on the eastern plains during calving season brought us up above normal winter content and slogged Nebraska well before runoff. . Water from the rivers originally carried clean, clear water from the hills and before modern household products began sterilizing everything in sight. As a youngster, we always drank from mountain streams without a thought. That was before man introduced e-coli and cryptosporidium parvum bacterias to our mountain critters. Would you drink from a stream while wondering what kind of jackass flatlander is up the trail? I'm sure Lefthand Water district uses that "sterilization" concept to remove beavers from their watersheds.
Eventually I will add a series on early mountain ditch that determined Colorado water law. Water is Colorado's god and carried about in wagons while it's North Carolina's cloven hooved demon. Dihydro-monoxide! Trump deserves a special glass of Carolina, Duke and Smithfield water, assuming he could quit his soda pop binge and Adderall snorting for something "special if he wants to try out his air and water policies!"
ROULLET - SAINT-ESTEPHE
Pour Roullet, les formes anciennes sont Ruliaco minore en 582, Roures en 1060-1075, Rouret, parvum Roliacum au xiie siรจcle8, Roreto en 1150, Roleto en 1300. Les formes latinisรฉes Ruliaco minore et parvum Roliacum, explicites, nous indiquent que le nom de Roullet signifierait ยซ le Petit Rouillac ยป, nom dont lโorigine remonterait ร un nom de personne gallo-romain Rullius auquel est apposรฉ le suffixe -acum, ce qui correspondrait ร Rulliacum, ยซ domaine de Rullius ยป. Mais les formes Roret, Rouret รฉvoquent aussi le nom commun roure, chรชne en ancien occitan, suivi du diminutif -etum, signifiant ainsi ยซ le petit chรชne ยป.
La commune est formรฉe de deux communes ROULLET et SAINT-ESTEPHE associรฉes en 1972.
Le chรขteau de Rocheraud รฉtait une des quatre Roches de lโAngoumois, avec La Rochefoucauld, La Rochebeaucourt et la Rochandry. Le chรขteau primitif a รฉtรฉ construit au ixe siรจcle. Bien que peu dโarchives le mentionnent, il a dรป jouer un rรดle important lors de la guerre de Cent Ans, comme son voisin de la Rochandry, alors en Saintonge et aux Anglais. Au XVIe siรจcle, il appartenait ร la famille de Corlieu. Au dรฉbut du XXe siรจcle, il รฉtait encore appelรฉ localement le Chรขteau-Rompu et on pouvait encore en voir quelques ruines imposantes perchรฉes sur un รฉperon, mais elles ont totalement disparu lors de lโextension de lโexploitation agricole qui en occupe lโemplacement. Le lieu-dit a conservรฉ le nom : les Rochereaux. Sous lโAncien Rรฉgime, Roullet รฉtait une seigneurie qui appartenait ร la famille de Langallerie. On peut encore voir les restes du donjon carrรฉ du chรขteau, datant du XIIe siรจcle, dans la cour dโun hรดtel.
Au XIXe siรจcle, le ruisseau de Claix alimentait 11 petits moulins, dont il nโen restait que deux au dรฉbut du XXe siรจcle. Lโindustrie papetiรจre, surtout prรฉsente ร Nersac et ร La Couronne, avait aussi permis dโimplanter une petite usine de feutres. Les carriรจres du Vignac รฉtaient exploitรฉes pour tailler des meules ร grain (voir site des meuliรจres ร CLAIX).
The ice is on McIntosh Lake and hanging thick in St. Vrain Valley air in this shot looking southeast over Longmont. Time for kids and dogs to run out on the ice. The weather started moving in and brought this thick sky on a recent trek I made when the weather hit us across the face. The serious dumping is over the San Juans in southwestern Colorado. As it works out, that area was deficient in winter moisture and today the entire state is over 150% in all watersheds. Mounting forboding news for Nebraska and the plains? Currently the repaired spillway on the first Golden pond has allowed it to refill. I suppose those in charge await run off to bring the others up to level.
Wonder what might have been Longmont's "fresh" water source? Snow in the Rockies of course and a pretty good dumping on the eastern plains during calving season. Water from the rivers originally carried clean, clear water from the hills and before modern household products began sterilizing everything in sight. As a youngster, we always drank from mountain streams without a thought. That was before man introduced e-coli and cryptosporidium parvum bacterias to our mountain critters. Would you drink from a stream while wondering what kind of jackass flatlander is up the trail? I'm sure Lefthand Water district uses that "sterilization" concept to remove beavers from their water sheads.
Eventually I will add a series on early mountain ditch that determined Colorado water law. Water is Colorado's god and carried about in wagons while it's North Carolina's cloven hooved demon. Dihydro-monoxide! Trump deserves a special glass of Carolina, Duke and Smithfield water, assuming he could quit his soda pop binge and Adderall snorting for something "special if he wants to try out his air and water policies!"
Otherwise in the Rockies, beavers are Mother Nature's best water reclamation and preservation engineers. If a trickle in the hills crosses barren land, enlist a beaver! That will regrow natural mountain riparian habitat. It's not nice to fool Mother Nature! That's another concept modern American brains can't acquire. People remark at the variety of trees at Thompson, Chicago philanthropist who started the Longmont Colony, and other Longmont parks. Longmont women planted hardwood trees in parks and brought water uphill from the St. Vrain River below the bluff, to water their newly planted trees. At least they originated a balance to all the cottonwoods in the valley. That was a real ongoing project that would interfere with modern cell phone time!
Small Leopard Lily (Lilium parvum). a/k/a Alpine Lily. Yosemite Creek area. Yosemite National Park. Mariposa Co., Calif.
No "Duke" water wagon movie here! It seems that Jim acquired a wooden tank water wagon for the McIntosh Agricultural Museum. Way back in the latter 1800s, Longmont had an identical wagon with the driver's seat atop to deliver what must have been fresh water. Ditches delivered "dirty" water to agriculture. My friend, Al Pace is working on an article about an early mountain ditch that determined Colorado water law for Longmont's Observer. Water is Colorado's god while it's North Carolina's cloven hooved demon. Dihydro-monoxide! No sweat, the Orangeman is moving FEMA funds to the imprisonment of Mexican children by private corporations while exonerating Duke's coal ash pits in flood plains. FEMA money will no longer be an issues, being none. Trump needs a special glass of Carolina, Duke and Smithfield water, assuming he could quit his soda pop binge for something "special!"
I wonder what might have been Longmont's "fresh" water source? Of course, that was when water from the river carried clean, clear water from the Rockies and before modern household products began sterilizing everything in sight. As a youngster, we always drank from mountain streams without a thought. That was before man introduced e-coli and cryptosporidium parvum bacteria to our mountain critters. Would you drink from a stream while wondering what kind of jackass flat-lander is up the trail. I'm sure Lefthand Water district uses that "sterilization" concept to remove beavers from their watersheads.
Really? Beavers are Mother Nature's best water reclamation and preservation engineers. If a trickle in the hills crosses barren land, enlist a beaver! That will regrow natural mountain riparian habitat. It's not nice to fool Mother Nature! That's another concept modern American brains can't acquire. People remark at the variety of trees at Thompson, Chicago philanthropist who started the Longmont Colony, and other Longmont parks. Longmont women planted hardwood trees in parks and brought water uphill from the St. Vrain River below the bluff, to water their newly planted trees. At least they originated a balance to all the cottonwoods in the valley. That was a real ongoing project that would interfere with modern cell phone time!
I showed up for the kid's craft day at McIntosh Ag Museum and found participatory events. A month earlier, I found this new acquisition at the Ag Museum and remembered the picture of the Longmont water wagon at the Longmont museum though I started toward the Loop Trail around McIntosh Lake. This was another dandy day with interesting clouds streaming from the mountains. Great sky here. I originally thought that I better get some exercise but I was caught when I saw the new display. There is always something at McIntosh. The most reliable way to extend life is to exercise though I was caught out again snapping instead of trekking. Here is the fruit.
Small Leopard Lily (Lilium parvum). a/k/a Alpine Lily. Yosemite Creek area. Yosemite National Park. Mariposa Co., Calif.
Church of St Andrew, Colebrooke Devon
There was an earlier small Saxon church here consisting of a nave & chancel , arches of which survive in the south wall and 2 Saxon heads were also found in one of the Norman pillars of the south chapel when and arch was restored. .
The first vicar is recorded as Paganus in 1161. Other evidence of c.1170 records a letter by the Bishop Bartholomew of Exeter to King Henry II. about a dispute between himself and lord of the manor Alexander de Colebrooke over who had the rights to the advowson (The right as Patron to nominate a priest). De Colebrooke wanted the Colebrooke Church to be under the control of the Order of the Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, whilst the bishop didnโt want to lose his influence and at the end of the day won the King's approval.
By late 13c the church was in a poor state of repair - the chancel was โparvum, inhonestum, male fenestratum et male co-opertum ( small, dishonorable, badly windowed and badly roofed) in 1281 and 1301 when funds were found to reroof, renovate, rebulld and extend. The present nave with chancel under a continuous roof & south transept belong to this time - the south transept of c 1300 known as the Horwell Aisle was built and endowed by Sir Walter de Bathe who is buried beneath the south window of this chapel. There are two hagioscopes in the church, one to secure a view of the altar in the south aisle from the nave, and the other that the high altar may be seen from the south transept Chapel.
The east window, dating from c1300, was erected probably in commemoration of Archdeacon Sawbridge, Canon of Exeter, and afterwards Bishop of Winchester. Outside the window are two angels supporting shields bearing the arms of Exeter and Winchester.
The north Copplestone aisle and chapel followed c 1460 built as a private family chantry c1460 by Philip and Walter Coplestone as executors of the will of their father John, who with his wife Elizabeth was buried in the aisle. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/b708U6BKnZ By late 16c the family had installed a fireplace in there for their comfort (the chimney still exists www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/y0146jg273 ) and their carved prie dieu carved in 1472 for the marriage of Philip Coplestone to heiress Anne Bonville still survives.
The capital between nave and chancel includes and Coplestone arms and the wall above is pierced for the rood gallery (the nave screen was removed in 1805 ( sad !!! ) ). The chapel screen across the north aisle and the parclose of 1460 thankfully still exists.
The 15c font they would have used is also still here , its 17c cover topped with the image of a cleric who has been transformed in 19c into an angel with added wings. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/s4Qu34H2A0ww.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/936B1J5ar1
The four stage tower with north side stair turret, has 6 bells, and was also added in the 15c, on the left inside edge is carved the intials I.C. and the date 1674 possibly for later work done by the Coplestones... (The clock was added in 19c,). Lower on the wall is a slate sundial signed by Harry Hems of Exeter and dated 1889 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/7099sLhU17 . On top is a 19c wrought iron weather vane. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/vk4797Ed5J
The south porch was erected late 15c / early 16c between 3 small 14c windows.
The rood screen has been removed (a faculty was obtained for its removal, August 17th 1805), but the old opening in the chancel arch for access to the rood loft remains.
Reseating and restoration took place in 1854; minor renovation work c 1890 and tower restored 1925-6.
The registers which date from 1558.curiously record that "Ellen Hook buried, August 3rd, but not in woolen as the act was unknown to us" which begs the question If they did not know of the act why should the fact that she was not buried in "woolen" be mentioned? the act had been passed 12 years previously.
Roger Cornfoot CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6531841
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Hand drawn flower illustrations by the "Audubon of Botany", Mary Vaux Walcott (1860โ1940). Mary was a female American artist and naturalist known for her almost a thousand watercolors of North American wildflowers. She started experimenting with painting flowers at the age of eight. During her family summer trips to the Rocky Mountains of Canada, she developed her interest in botany and painting. Mary Vaux Walcott and her brother also studied mineralogy. Her success in painting a rare blooming mountain arnica encouraged her to concentrate on botanical illustrations. Mary Vaux Walcott also became an active mountain climber and photographer because she spent many years exploring the difficult terrain in the Canadian Rockies. As a remarkable botanist artist and an unconventional woman, she was elected as the president of the Society of Woman Geographers in 1933. We have digitally enhanced hundreds of her wildflower watercolor paintings into high resolution printable quality. They are free to download and use under the creative commons license.
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dwarf onion, Allium parvum, Nevada, Carson Valley, Gardnerville, Sierra Nevada drainage, elevation 1490 m (4885 ft)
Small Leopard Lily (Lilium parvum). a/k/a Alpine Lily. Crane Flat area. Yosemite National Park. Mariposa Co., Calif.
Yellow Variant of the Red Trillium (Trillium erectum L.) - The Blue Ridge Parkway, near Love, Virginia
The minute I saw this guy 30 feet down a steep grade next to the Parkway, my "never saw this before" alarm when off, and I decided it was worth the risk of sliding down the wet, slippery, leaf covered, slope to get some pics of this guy. And somehow I managed to do it w/o any damage to my gear (and better yet, no damage to myself).
Needless to say when I figured out exactly what it was I had captured I was very happy to have a few pics of this relatively rare variant of the Red Trillium.
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Marazion is a civil parish and town, on the shore of Mount's Bay in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Penzance and the tidal island of St Michael's Mount is half-a-mile offshore. At low water a causeway links it to the town and at high water passenger boats carry visitors between Marazion and St Michael's Mount. Marazion is a tourist resort with an active community of artists who produce and sell paintings and pottery in the town's art galleries.
Marazion lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park. On the western side of the town is Marazion Marsh, a RSPB reserve and a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).
History of Marazion
Remains of an ancient bronze furnace, discovered near the town, tend to prove that tin smelting was practised here at an early period. Marazion was not recorded in the Domesday Book of 1088. Its only charter was granted by Queen Elizabeth I.
Medieval history
The charter attributed to Robert, Count of Mortain granted lands and liberties to St Michael's Mount opposite Marazion and included a market on Thursdays. This appears to have been held from the first on the mainland. From it is probably derived the Marghasbighan (Parvum Forum, lit. "small marketplace") of the earlier and the Marghasyewe (Cornish: "Thursday Market") or Marketjew (Forum Jovis) of the later charters. It may be added that a Jewish origin has been erroneously ascribed to the place from the name Marketjew.
It is certain that Richard, Earl of Cornwall provided that the three fairs, on the two feasts of St Michael and at Mid-Lent, and the three markets which had hitherto been held by the priors of St Michael's Mount on land not their own at Marghasbighan, should in future be held on their own land at Marchadyou. He transferred in fact the fairs and markets from the demesne lands of the Bloyous in Marazion to those of the prior. Its earliest known charter was granted in 1257.
To remedy the loss incurred by this measure Ralph Bloyou in 1331 procured for himself and his heirs a market on Mondays and a fair on the vigil, feast, and morrow of St Andrew at Marghasyon. In Leland's time the market was held at Marhasdeythyow (Forum Jovis), and both Norden (1582) and Carew (1602) tell us that Marcajewe signifies the Thursday's market, which, whether etymologically sound or not, shows that the prior's market had prevailed over its rival. In 1595, Queen Elizabeth granted to Marazion a charter of incorporation. This ratified the grant of St Andrew's fair, provided for another on the Feast of St Barnabas and established a market on Saturdays.
The corporation was to consist of a mayor, eight aldermen and twelve capital burgesses. This corporation continued to administer the affairs of the borough until it was dissolved under the Municipal Corporations Act 1883. The chairman of the commissioners retains possession of the regalia. Of the fairs, only the Michaelmas fair has survived and all the markets have gone. The seal of the borough of Marazion was On a shield the arms three castles triple turreted, with the legend "Semper Eadem".
It is stated that Marazion formerly had the right of returning two members to parliament. Dr Borlase gives the name of two, who in 1658, were re-elected: Richard Mlyll, Esq and Thomas Westlake, Esq; but the inhabitants petitioned against them taking their seats because they were unable to pay expenses for their attendance.
Modern history
Under the Commonwealth an attempt was made to secure or recover the right, and two members are said to have been returned, but they were not allowed to take their seats. Marazion was once a flourishing town, owing its prosperity to the throng of pilgrims who came to visit St Michael's Mount (this ceased at the time of the Reformation). During the first half of the 16th century it was twice plundered; first by the French, and later by Cornish rebels. The rise and progress of the neighbouring borough of Penzance in the 17th century marginalised Marazion.
Penwith is believed to be the last part of Cornwall to speak Cornish as a community language. Dolly Pentreath, the last recorded speaker came from Paul in Penwith. A year following the death of Dolly Pentreath, Barrington received a letter, written in Cornish and accompanied by an English translation, from a fisherman in Mousehole named William Bodinar stating that he knew of five people who could speak Cornish in that village alone. Barrington also speaks of a John Nancarrow from Marazion who was a native speaker and survived into the 1790s.
The graveyard of Gulval church is home to the remains of local pirate and smuggler John 'Eyebrows' Thomas of Marazion.
The West Cornwall Railway opened Marazion railway station on 11 March 1852 and its goods yard handled a large volume of perishable traffic โ fish, fruit, and vegetables โ from the surrounding farms and harbours. Marazion station closed to passenger traffic in October 1964 and to freight in December 1965. For many years the site of the closed station was home to Pullman railway carriages which were used as camping coaches. The site, though not conveniently located, is on Cornwall's still-operating passenger main-line, so there are aspirations to re-open it.
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution opened a 'Marazion Lifeboat Station' in 1990, although the D-class (EA16) inshore lifeboat was actually kept in a shed on the quayside on St Michael's Mount. The station was closed on 31 October 2001 as it was proving difficult to find enough volunteer crew members. The boat was transferred to the neighbouring Penlee Lifeboat Station at Newlyn on the other side of Mounts Bay where there is a larger population to draw the crews from.
At the end of the Second World War a number of naval vessels, the most famous of which was the battleship HMS Warspite were broken up on the beaches at Marazion. HMS Warspite was beached and broken up in 1947.
The A394 road between Marazion, Helston and Penryn was once run by Helston Turnpike Roads Trust, which charged tolls for using the road. On 1 November 1880 the Trust put up for auction the toll houses at Marazion and Wendron as well as โณmaterialsโณ such as granite posts, chains, gates, etc. The charging of tolls ended on 7 November 1880 and the road came under the management of the County (note:Cornwall County Council was not formed until 1889).
From 1894 to 1974, Marazion was part of West Penwith Rural District and in a reorganisation of local government in 1974 became part of Penwith District Council. Following the 1974 reorganisation Marazion parish regained its town status and right to elect a Mayor from the Marazion Town Council. As an historical oddity the civic regalia of the Mayor is still held by the Marazion Town Trust: for a Mayoral election in Marazion it is still a requirement for the Mayor-Elect to be appointed the Chairman of the Trust before the actual appointment can take place (this is reflected in the process of the Mayor choosing ceremony where two nominations take place for two separate offices). Cornwall Council is now the principal local authority in the area (since April 2009). The coat of arms of the town of Marazion appears on the seal as three castles triple turreted and the motto is "Semper eadem" (Always the same). Marazion made an outsider bid for city status in 2021.
The population in 2011 was 1,440 and the electoral ward population which includes surrounding villages was 4,625
Marazion Town Hall
The lack of notable or historic buildings led Nikolaus Pevsner to omit the town entirely from the first edition of his Buildings of England account of Cornwall. In the second edition Marazion is described as "attractive as a whole" and he says of the area near the ferry port: the "cobbled pavements and old houses .. give a look of Lyme Regis to the old centre of the town". Nevertheless, several notable architectural buildings lie in the eastern part of Marazion including Chymorvah House and the Mount Haven Hotel next to it, once one of the most haunted hotels in Cornwall, with views of the mount from its terrace. Also of note are Marazion Town Hall and the Marazion War Memorial.
The Old Manor House on Fore Street is a Grade II listed building. The Listing states that it was built circa 1775 for William Cornish a former mayor; extensions were added in the mid 19th century at the rear and the east side of the building. During an unstated number of years in the 1800s, this was the home of noted architect James Piers St Aubyn. The property was listed for sale in 2019. The listing report stated that the house included "original slate floors, open fireplaces, sash windows, exposed beams, intricate cornices and wood panelling" and featured views of St Michael's Mount.
Churches
The original parish church is at St Hilary. In Marazion there was a chapel of ease dedicated to St Hermes (recorded in 1308): by 1735 it had become ruinous and was rebuilt. In 1861 a new church (dedicated to All Saints) was built on the same site which became a parish church in 1893. The architect was J. P. St Aubyn. The Methodist church is a classical revival building of 1862 with galleries and Pevsner mentions one grand Georgian house at the west end of the town.
Media
Local TV coverage is provided by BBC South West and ITV West Country. Television signals are received from the Redruth TV transmitter and one of the two local relay transmitters (Gulval and Alverton).
Local radio stations are BBC Radio Cornwall on 103.9 FM, Heart West on 107.0 FM, Pirate FM on 102.8 FM and Coast FM (formerly Penwith Radio), a community based station which broadcasts on 96.5 and 97.2 FM.
The town is served by the local newspaper, The Cornishman.
Sport
Marazion Blues are an association football team, founded in 1906, and disbanded in 2017 because of a lack of players. They were members of the Cornwall Combination League from 1961 to 2004, twice champions in 1978 and 1980 and cup winners in 1972 and 1979. The Blues restarted in July 2018 and will play in the Trelawny League.
Cornish wrestling
Cornish wrestling tournaments, for prizes, have been held in Marazion at the Rookery Gardens, Marazion Green and in the field adjoining Marazion Bridge.
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Marazion is a civil parish and town, on the shore of Mount's Bay in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Penzance and the tidal island of St Michael's Mount is half-a-mile offshore. At low water a causeway links it to the town and at high water passenger boats carry visitors between Marazion and St Michael's Mount. Marazion is a tourist resort with an active community of artists who produce and sell paintings and pottery in the town's art galleries.
Marazion lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park. On the western side of the town is Marazion Marsh, a RSPB reserve and a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).
Remains of an ancient bronze furnace, discovered near the town, tend to prove that tin smelting was practised here at an early period. Marazion was not recorded in the Domesday Book of 1088.[3] Its only charter was granted by Queen Elizabeth I.
The charter attributed to Robert, Count of Mortain granted lands and liberties to St Michael's Mount opposite Marazion and included a market on Thursdays. This appears to have been held from the first on the mainland. From it is probably derived the Marghasbighan (Parvum Forum, lit. "small marketplace") of the earlier and the Marghasyewe (Cornish: "Thursday Market") or Marketjew (Forum Jovis) of the later charters. It may be added that a Jewish origin has been erroneously ascribed to the place from the name Marketjew.
It is certain that Richard, Earl of Cornwall provided that the three fairs, on the two feasts of St Michael and at Mid-Lent, and the three markets which had hitherto been held by the priors of St Michael's Mount on land not their own at Marghasbighan, should in future be held on their own land at Marchadyou. He transferred in fact the fairs and markets from the demesne lands of the Bloyous in Marazion to those of the prior. Its earliest known charter was granted in 1257.
To remedy the loss incurred by this measure Ralph Bloyou in 1331 procured for himself and his heirs a market on Mondays and a fair on the vigil, feast, and morrow of St Andrew at Marghasyon. In Leland's time the market was held at Marhasdeythyow (Forum Jovis), and both Norden (1582) and Carew (1602) tell us that Marcajewe signifies the Thursday's market, which, whether etymologically sound or not, shows that the prior's market had prevailed over its rival. In 1595, Queen Elizabeth granted to Marazion a charter of incorporation. This ratified the grant of St Andrew's fair, provided for another on the Feast of St Barnabas and established a market on Saturdays.
The corporation was to consist of a mayor, eight aldermen and twelve capital burgesses. This corporation continued to administer the affairs of the borough until it was dissolved under the Municipal Corporations Act 1883. The chairman of the commissioners retains possession of the regalia. Of the fairs, only the Michaelmas fair has survived and all the markets have gone. The seal of the borough of Marazion was On a shield the arms three castles triple turreted, with the legend "Semper Eadem".
It is stated that Marazion formerly had the right of returning two members to parliament. Dr Borlase gives the name of two, who in 1658, were re-elected: Richard Mlyll, Esq and Thomas Westlake, Esq; but the inhabitants petitioned against them taking their seats because they were unable to pay expenses for their attendance.
Under the Commonwealth an attempt was made to secure or recover the right, and two members are said to have been returned, but they were not allowed to take their seats. Marazion was once a flourishing town, owing its prosperity to the throng of pilgrims who came to visit St Michael's Mount (this ceased at the time of the Reformation). During the first half of the 16th century it was twice plundered; first by the French, and later by Cornish rebels. The rise and progress of the neighbouring borough of Penzance in the 17th century marginalised Marazion.
Penwith is believed to be the last part of Cornwall to speak Cornish as a community language. Dolly Pentreath, the last recorded speaker came from Paul in Penwith. A year following the death of Dolly Pentreath, Barrington received a letter, written in Cornish and accompanied by an English translation, from a fisherman in Mousehole named William Bodinar stating that he knew of five people who could speak Cornish in that village alone. Barrington also speaks of a John Nancarrow from Marazion who was a native speaker and survived into the 1790s.
The graveyard of Gulval church is the burial place of local pirate and smuggler John 'Eyebrows' Thomas of Marazion.
The West Cornwall Railway opened Marazion railway station on 11 March 1852 and its goods yard handled a large volume of perishable traffic โ fish, fruit, and vegetables โ from the surrounding farms and harbours. Marazion station closed to passenger traffic in October 1964 and to freight in December 1965. For many years the site of the closed station was home to Pullman railway carriages which were used as camping coaches. The site, though not conveniently located, is on Cornwall's still-operating passenger main-line, so there are aspirations to re-open it.
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution opened a 'Marazion Lifeboat Station' in 1990, although the D-class (EA16) inshore lifeboat was actually kept in a shed on the quayside on St Michael's Mount. The station was closed on 31 October 2001 as it was proving difficult to find enough volunteer crew members. The boat was transferred to the neighbouring Penlee Lifeboat Station at Newlyn on the other side of Mounts Bay where there is a larger population to draw the crews from.
At the end of the Second World War a number of naval vessels, the most famous of which was the battleship HMS Warspite were broken up on the beaches at Marazion. HMS Warspite was beached and broken up in 1947.
In 2021, the town received a brief spike in publicity after submitting itself for consideration for city status as part of Queen Elizabeth II's jubilee celebrations. The bid was considered by most to be hopeless, however if granted, Marazion would have been the smallest city in the UK, taking the title from St Davids in Wales.