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Gorseth Kernow is a non-political Cornish
Cornwall

Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
 organisation, which exists to maintain the national Celt
Celt

Celts , is a modern term used to describe any of the European peoples who spoke, or speak, a Celtic languages. The term is also used in a wider sense to describe the Modern Celts of those peoples, notably those who participate in a Celtic culture....
ic spirit of the county
County

A county is a land area of Local government government within a larger state. A county may have city and towns within its area....
 of Cornwall
Cornwall

Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
 in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
.

The Gorseth Kernow (Gorsedd
Gorsedd

A gorsedd plural gorseddau, is a community of bards. The word means "throne" in Welsh language. It is occasionally spelled gorseth , or Goursez in Brittany...
 of Cornwall) was set up in 1928 at Boscawen-un
Boscawen-Un

Boscawen-Un is a Bronze age stone circle close to St Buryan in Cornwall, UK.It consists of 19 upright stones in an ellipse with diameters 24.9m and 21.9m, with another, leaning, stone just south of the centre....
 by Henry Jenner
Henry Jenner

File:Henjenner.jpgHenry Jenner Society of Antiquaries of London was a Celtic languages scholar, Cornwall cultural activist, and the chief originator of the Cornish language revival....
, one of the early proponents of Cornish language
Cornish language

The Cornish language is one of the Brythonic group of Celtic languages. The language continued to function as a community language in parts of Cornwall until the late 18th century, and there have been attempts to revive the language since the early 20th century....
 revival, who took the name "Gwas Myghal", meaning "servant of Michael". He and twelve others were initiated by the Archdruid of Wales
Wales

native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
. It has been held every year since, except during World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
.






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Gorseth Kernow is a non-political Cornish
Cornwall

Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
 organisation, which exists to maintain the national Celt
Celt

Celts , is a modern term used to describe any of the European peoples who spoke, or speak, a Celtic languages. The term is also used in a wider sense to describe the Modern Celts of those peoples, notably those who participate in a Celtic culture....
ic spirit of the county
County

A county is a land area of Local government government within a larger state. A county may have city and towns within its area....
 of Cornwall
Cornwall

Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
 in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
.

The Gorseth Kernow (Gorsedd
Gorsedd

A gorsedd plural gorseddau, is a community of bards. The word means "throne" in Welsh language. It is occasionally spelled gorseth , or Goursez in Brittany...
 of Cornwall) was set up in 1928 at Boscawen-un
Boscawen-Un

Boscawen-Un is a Bronze age stone circle close to St Buryan in Cornwall, UK.It consists of 19 upright stones in an ellipse with diameters 24.9m and 21.9m, with another, leaning, stone just south of the centre....
 by Henry Jenner
Henry Jenner

File:Henjenner.jpgHenry Jenner Society of Antiquaries of London was a Celtic languages scholar, Cornwall cultural activist, and the chief originator of the Cornish language revival....
, one of the early proponents of Cornish language
Cornish language

The Cornish language is one of the Brythonic group of Celtic languages. The language continued to function as a community language in parts of Cornwall until the late 18th century, and there have been attempts to revive the language since the early 20th century....
 revival, who took the name "Gwas Myghal", meaning "servant of Michael". He and twelve others were initiated by the Archdruid of Wales
Wales

native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
. It has been held every year since, except during World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
. 1,000 people have been Cornish bards, including Ken George
Ken George

Kenneth J. George, writing as Ken George, is an oceanographer and linguist noted as being the originator of Kernewek Kemmyn, an orthography for the Cornish language supporters claimed to be more faithful to Middle Cornish phonology than its precursor ....
, R. Morton Nance
Robert Morton Nance

Robert Morton Nance Born in Cardiff of Cornish parents. Nance moved to Cornwall in 1906 where he lived at the village of Nancledra near St Ives, Cornwall....
 ("Mordon") and Peter Berresford Ellis
Peter Berresford Ellis

Peter Berresford Ellis is a historian, literary biographer and novelist who has published over 80 books to date under his own name and his pseudonym Peter Tremayne....
.

The Gorseth Kernow has now opened up to all forms of revived Cornish and states its aim as "to maintain the national Celt
Celt

Celts , is a modern term used to describe any of the European peoples who spoke, or speak, a Celtic languages. The term is also used in a wider sense to describe the Modern Celts of those peoples, notably those who participate in a Celtic culture....
ic spirit of Cornwall". As such it supports the revival
Language revival

Language revitalization, language revival or reversing language shift is the attempt by interested parties, including individuals, cultural or community groups, governments, or political authorities, to reverse the decline of a language....
 of the Cornish language
Cornish language

The Cornish language is one of the Brythonic group of Celtic languages. The language continued to function as a community language in parts of Cornwall until the late 18th century, and there have been attempts to revive the language since the early 20th century....
. The Gorseth also encourages the study of the arts and history. It has been held annually since and has become an important institution in Cornwall's cultural and civic life. Its competitions attract many applicants and the "open Gorseth" is attended by many Cornish people. There is also extensive coverage on local media.

An important part of the open Gorseth is the awarding of bardships to individuals for meritorious work for Cornish culture. Thus the Gorseth acts in many ways as a form of "honours system". Bardships are awarded for study in the language, services to Cornish music, encouraging the arts (especially amongst children) amongst other things. Initiate Bards are given Bardic name
Bardic name

A bardic name is a pseudonym, used in Wales, Cornwall and Brittany, by poets and other artists, especially those involved in the eisteddfod movement....
s by the Grand Bard who welcomes them into the College of Bards. These names are in Cornish and will often refer somehow to the reason for their bardship. Other Bardic name
Bardic name

A bardic name is a pseudonym, used in Wales, Cornwall and Brittany, by poets and other artists, especially those involved in the eisteddfod movement....
s refer to the Bard's personal of family name, or describe the Bard themselves,

The three major Gorseths in Britain are recorded in an ancient Welsh triad as being held at Moel Merw and Bryn Gwyddon in Wales and Boscawen-Un
Boscawen-Un

Boscawen-Un is a Bronze age stone circle close to St Buryan in Cornwall, UK.It consists of 19 upright stones in an ellipse with diameters 24.9m and 21.9m, with another, leaning, stone just south of the centre....
 in Cornwall (ref: Craig Weatherhill). After domination of the Brythonic Celts by the Saxons the Bardic tradition fell into disuse and despite attempts at revival over the centuries lost all its prestige.

The next open Gorseth will be held in September 2008 in Looe
Looe

Looe is a small coastal town and fishing port in the Caradon district of south-east Cornwall, England, UK, with a population of 5,280 . Looe is also a civil parish in the administrative Caradon....
 which this year coincides with the Dehwelans Kernow
Dehwelans Kernow

Dehwelans Kernow is a modern festival held in Cornwall intended to encourage people of Cornish descent from around the world.The festival celebrates Cornish Music, theatre, film, and has talks, walks and exhibitions....
 festival.

History

The first ceremony took place at Boscawen-Un
Boscawen-Un

Boscawen-Un is a Bronze age stone circle close to St Buryan in Cornwall, UK.It consists of 19 upright stones in an ellipse with diameters 24.9m and 21.9m, with another, leaning, stone just south of the centre....
 (stone circle) in 1928. It was inaugurated in 1928 by Arch Druid Pedrog of Wales at the request of a small group of Cornish scholars including Henry Jenner
Henry Jenner

File:Henjenner.jpgHenry Jenner Society of Antiquaries of London was a Celtic languages scholar, Cornwall cultural activist, and the chief originator of the Cornish language revival....
 and Robert Morton Nance
Robert Morton Nance

Robert Morton Nance Born in Cardiff of Cornish parents. Nance moved to Cornwall in 1906 where he lived at the village of Nancledra near St Ives, Cornwall....
 on the pattern of the Welsh Gorsedd
Gorsedd

A gorsedd plural gorseddau, is a community of bards. The word means "throne" in Welsh language. It is occasionally spelled gorseth , or Goursez in Brittany...
. Henry Jenner was the first Grand Bard.

The following people were the first bards of Gorseth Kernow at Boscawen-Un
Boscawen-Un

Boscawen-Un is a Bronze age stone circle close to St Buryan in Cornwall, UK.It consists of 19 upright stones in an ellipse with diameters 24.9m and 21.9m, with another, leaning, stone just south of the centre....

  • Michael Ambrose Cardew, (Myghal An Pry)
  • Charles G. Henderson
    Charles G. Henderson

    Charles Gordon Henderson was a historian and antiquarian of Cornwall.Charles Henderson's only quarrel with Cornwall was that it had given him no more than a quarter of his blood....
    , (Map Hendra)
  • William Benjamin Tregoning Hooper, (Bras Y Golon)
  • James Dryden Hosken, (Caner Helles)
  • Kenneth Hamilton Jenkin
    Kenneth Hamilton Jenkin

    Alfred Kenneth Hamilton Jenkin was best known as a historian with a particular interest in Cornwall mining, publishing The Cornish Miner, now a classic, in 1927....
    , (Lef Stenoryon)
  • Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
    Arthur Quiller-Couch

    Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch was a Cornwall writer, who published under the pen name of Q. He is primarily remembered for the monumental "Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1900" , and for his literary criticism....
    , (Marghak Cough)
  • Edgar Algernon Rees, (Carer Losow)
  • George Sloggett, (Gwas Petrock)
  • Rev. Thomas Taylor
    Thomas Taylor (historian)

    Rev. Thomas Taylor was a Priest, historian and scholar of Celtic culture.Taylor was born in Thurvaston, Derbyshire, England. He attended King's School, Macclesfield, Macclesfield becoming head boy in 1874....
    , (Gwas Ust)
  • Herbert Thomas, (Barth Colonnek)
  • James Thomas, (Tas Cambron)
  • John Coulson Tregarthen
    John Coulson Tregarthen

    John Coulson Tregarthen was a British field naturalist, described as "the best loved Cornishman of his time".J.C. Tregarthen was President of the Royal Institution of Cornwall , President of Midland Cornish Association in 1901, Fellow of the Zoological Society, a county councillor and JP, and was made a bard of Gorseth Kernow in 1928, taki...
    , (Mylgarer)


Morton Nance was to become the second Grand Bard in 1934. He said, "One generation has set Cornish on its feet. It is now for another to make it walk." Although the early Gorseth used the Unified form
Unified Cornish

Unified Cornish is a variety of revived Cornish language. Developed gradually by Morton Nance during and before the 1930s, it derived its name from its standardisation of the variant spellings of traditional Cornish MSS....
, the Gorseth is now open to all forms of the revived Cornish tongue.

List of Cornish bards and venues since 1899


1899 Wales
Wales

native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...

  • John Hobson Matthews (Mab Cernyw)
  • Reginald Reynolds (Gwas Piran)
  • Hettie Tangye Reynolds (Merch Eia)


1903 Brittany
Brittany

Brittany is a former independent Celtic nations monarchy and duchy, now incorporated into France. It is also, more generally, the name of the cultural area whose limits correspond to the historic province and independent duchy....

  • Henry Jenner
    Henry Jenner

    File:Henjenner.jpgHenry Jenner Society of Antiquaries of London was a Celtic languages scholar, Cornwall cultural activist, and the chief originator of the Cornish language revival....
     (Gwas Myghal)


1904 Wales
Wales

native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...

  • Katherine Lee Jenner (Morvoren)
  • L C Duncombe Jewell (Bardd Glas)


1928 Wales
Wales

native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...

  • Albert Marwood Bluett (Gwryghonen Vew)
  • Revd James Sims Carah (Gwas Crowan)
  • Revd Canon Gilbert Hunter Doble (Gwas Gwendron)
  • Robert Morton Nance
    Robert Morton Nance

    Robert Morton Nance Born in Cardiff of Cornish parents. Nance moved to Cornwall in 1906 where he lived at the village of Nancledra near St Ives, Cornwall....
     (Mordon)
  • Annie Pool (Myrgh Piala)
  • Trelawney Roberts (Gonader A Bell)
  • Joseph Hambley Rowe (Tolzethan)
  • William Charles David Watson (Tirvab)


Venues in Cornwall since 1928

  • 1928 Boscawen-Un
    Boscawen-Un

    Boscawen-Un is a Bronze age stone circle close to St Buryan in Cornwall, UK.It consists of 19 upright stones in an ellipse with diameters 24.9m and 21.9m, with another, leaning, stone just south of the centre....
  • 1929 Karnbre / Carn Brea
    Carn Brea

    Carn Brea is a civil parish and hilltop site near Redruth in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, famous for its long history of human occupation....
  • 1930 The Hurlers
  • 1931 Pensans / Penzance
    Penzance

    Penzance is a town, civil parish, and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, UK.Granted various Royal Charters from 1512 onwards and Incorporation in 1614, it has a population of 20,255 and is currently Penwith's principal town....
  • 1932 The Merry Maidens
    The Merry Maidens

    The Merry Maidens , also known as Dawn's Men is a late neolithic stone circle located 2 miles to the south of the village of St Buryan, in the Penwith district of Cornwall, United Kingdom....
    , St Buryan
    St Buryan

    St Buryan is a village and civil parish in the Penwith district of Cornwall, United Kingdom. The parish encompasses the villages of St. Buryan, Lamorna, and Crows-an-wra and shares boundaries with the parishes of Sancreed and St Just in Penwith to the north, Sennen and St Levan to the west, with Paul, Cornwall to the east and by the sea in...
  • 1933 Roche Rock
  • 1934 Padderbury Top, Menheniot
    Menheniot

    Menheniot is a small village and civil parish in the Caradon district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It has a population of 1,605 , a state primary school, a , one pub, one shop and a post office....
  • 1935 Pensans / Penzance
    Penzance

    Penzance is a town, civil parish, and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, UK.Granted various Royal Charters from 1512 onwards and Incorporation in 1614, it has a population of 20,255 and is currently Penwith's principal town....
  • 1936 Kelly Round, Wadebridge
    Wadebridge

    Wadebridge is a town in North Cornwall, England, UK, located on the River Camel Estuary some 5 miles upstream from Padstow. For many years Wadebridge was a traffic congested town but in 1991 the Wadebridge bypass was opened together with the Egloshayle bypass causing the two settlements to regain much of their former charm....
     / Pons War Wlan
  • 1937 Boscawen-Un
    Boscawen-Un

    Boscawen-Un is a Bronze age stone circle close to St Buryan in Cornwall, UK.It consists of 19 upright stones in an ellipse with diameters 24.9m and 21.9m, with another, leaning, stone just south of the centre....
  • 1938 Trippet Stones, Bodmin
    Bodmin

    Bodmin is a town in Cornwall, United Kingdom, with a population of 12,778 . It was the county town of Cornwall, until the Crown Courts moved to Truro, which is also the administrative centre....
  • 1939 Chylason, Carbis Bay
    Carbis Bay

    Carbis Bay is a village in the district of Penwith in Cornwall, United Kingdom. Carbis Bay is often considered to be part of Lelant, an older settlement to the south of Carbis Bay, although it is closer to and almost contiguous with St Ives, Cornwall....
    , (Grand Bard's house)
  • 1940-1945 RIC (Truro Museum)
  • 1946 Perran Round, Perranzabuloe
    Perranzabuloe

    Perranzabuloe is a civil parish and village in the Carrick, Cornwall district of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom.It contains the villages of Perranporth, Mellingy, Penhallow, Callestock, Bolingey and Perrancoombe....
  • 1947 Lanstefan / Launceston
    Launceston, Cornwall

    Launceston is a town, an ancient borough, and a civil parish in the north of Cornwall, United Kingdom. The form 'Lanson' based on the traditional pronunciation is almost obsolete ....
  • 1948 Carwyen, Cambron
  • 1949 Mount Charles Menhyr
  • 1950 Boscawen-Un
    Boscawen-Un

    Boscawen-Un is a Bronze age stone circle close to St Buryan in Cornwall, UK.It consists of 19 upright stones in an ellipse with diameters 24.9m and 21.9m, with another, leaning, stone just south of the centre....
  • 1951 Padstow
    Padstow

    Padstow is a small town, civil parish and cargo port on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies within the administrative district of North Cornwall....
     / Lodenek
  • 1952 Trethevy, St Cleer
  • 1953 Trencrom, Lelant
  • 1954 Castle Dore
    Castle Dore

    Castle Dore is an Iron Age and early mediaeval hill fort near Fowey in Cornwall, United Kingdom located at ....
    , Golant
    Golant

    Golant is a small village in the parish of St Sampson on the banks of the River Fowey in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is roughly in between St....
  • 1955 The Merry Maidens
    The Merry Maidens

    The Merry Maidens , also known as Dawn's Men is a late neolithic stone circle located 2 miles to the south of the village of St Buryan, in the Penwith district of Cornwall, United Kingdom....
    , St Buryan
    St Buryan

    St Buryan is a village and civil parish in the Penwith district of Cornwall, United Kingdom. The parish encompasses the villages of St. Buryan, Lamorna, and Crows-an-wra and shares boundaries with the parishes of Sancreed and St Just in Penwith to the north, Sennen and St Levan to the west, with Paul, Cornwall to the east and by the sea in...
  • 1956 Castle Cannyck, Bodmin
    Bodmin

    Bodmin is a town in Cornwall, United Kingdom, with a population of 12,778 . It was the county town of Cornwall, until the Crown Courts moved to Truro, which is also the administrative centre....
  • 1957 Predannack Cross, Mullion
    Mullion, Cornwall

    Mullion is a village, civil parish and small fishing harbour in the Kerrier district of Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom, situated on the west coast of the The Lizard....
  • 1958 Perran Round, Perranzabuloe
    Perranzabuloe

    Perranzabuloe is a civil parish and village in the Carrick, Cornwall district of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom.It contains the villages of Perranporth, Mellingy, Penhallow, Callestock, Bolingey and Perrancoombe....
  • 1959 Kelliwik, Callington
  • 1960 Cambron / Camborne
    Camborne

    Camborne was once one of the richest mining areas in the world and is located in north Kerrier, Cornwall in the United Kingdom, forming the western end of the greater Camborne, Pool, Cornwall and Redruth conurbation....
  • 1961 Bude Castle
  • 1962 Barrowfield, Newquay
    Newquay

    Newquay is a town, civil parish, seaside resort and fishing port on the north Atlantic coast of Cornwall, Great Britain. It is bounded to the west by the River Gannel and its associated salt marsh, and in the east by the Porth Valley....
  • 1963 Giant's Rock, Zennor
    Zennor

    Zennor is a village and civil parish in the Penwith district of Cornwall in the UK. The parish includes the villages of Zennor, Boswednack and Porthmeor and the hamlet of Treen ....
  • 1964 Tintagel
    Tintagel

    Tintagel is a village situated on the Atlantic Ocean coast of Cornwall, in England, United Kingdom. It is in the North Cornwall District and the population of the parish 1,820 persons; area of the parish 4,885 acres....
  • 1965 Goodern, Kea
  • 1966 Porthya / St Ives
    St Ives, Cornwall

    St Ives is a seaside resort, civil parish and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town lies north of Penzance and west of Camborne....
  • 1967 Essa / Saltash
    Saltash

    Saltash is a town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It has a population of about 17,000. It lies in the southeast of Cornwall, facing Plymouth over the River Tamar....
  • 1968 Lanust / St Just in Penwith
    St Just in Penwith

    St Just is a town and civil parish in the district of Penwith, Cornwall in England, United Kingdom. The parish encompasses the town of St Just and the nearby settlements of, Pendeen and Kelynack and is bounded by the parishes of Morvah to the north-east, Sancreed and Madron to the east, St Buryan and Sennen to the south and by the sea in...
  • 1969 Lyskerrys / Liskeard
    Liskeard

    Liskeard , is an ancient Stannary town and market town at the head of the River Looe valley in the ancient hundred of Wivelshire in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom....
  • 1970 Perran Round, Perranzabuloe
    Perranzabuloe

    Perranzabuloe is a civil parish and village in the Carrick, Cornwall district of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom.It contains the villages of Perranporth, Mellingy, Penhallow, Callestock, Bolingey and Perrancoombe....
  • 1971 The Merry Maidens
    The Merry Maidens

    The Merry Maidens , also known as Dawn's Men is a late neolithic stone circle located 2 miles to the south of the village of St Buryan, in the Penwith district of Cornwall, United Kingdom....
    , St Buryan
    St Buryan

    St Buryan is a village and civil parish in the Penwith district of Cornwall, United Kingdom. The parish encompasses the villages of St. Buryan, Lamorna, and Crows-an-wra and shares boundaries with the parishes of Sancreed and St Just in Penwith to the north, Sennen and St Levan to the west, with Paul, Cornwall to the east and by the sea in...
  • 1972 Launceston Castle
    Launceston Castle

    Launceston Castle is located in the town of Launceston, Cornwall, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. .The castle is a Norman architecture motte and bailey earthwork castle raised by Robert, Count of Mortain, half-brother of William the Conqueror shortly after the Norman conquest, possibly as early as 1067....
     / Dunheved
  • 1973 Mount Charles Menhyr
  • 1974 Glasney, Pennrynn / Penryn
    Penryn, Cornwall

    Penryn is a town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom on the Penryn river. Although now the area is largely dominated by Falmouth, Cornwall, in the medieval period it was an important harbour in its own right, exporting granite and tin....
  • 1975 Bude Castle
  • 1976 Heyl / Hayle
    Hayle

    Hayle is a small town, civil parish and cargo port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, UK. The parish was created in 1888 from part of the now defunct Phillack parish, with which it was later combined in 1935, and incorporated part of St Erth in 1937....
  • 1977 Nine Maidens, St Columb Major
    St Columb Major

    St Columb Major , often simply called St Columb, is a town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, to the south west of Wadebridge and east of Newquay....
  • 1978 Boscawen-Un
    Boscawen-Un

    Boscawen-Un is a Bronze age stone circle close to St Buryan in Cornwall, UK.It consists of 19 upright stones in an ellipse with diameters 24.9m and 21.9m, with another, leaning, stone just south of the centre....
  • 1979 Bosvenegh / Bodmin
    Bodmin

    Bodmin is a town in Cornwall, United Kingdom, with a population of 12,778 . It was the county town of Cornwall, until the Crown Courts moved to Truro, which is also the administrative centre....
  • 1980 Essa / Saltash
    Saltash

    Saltash is a town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It has a population of about 17,000. It lies in the southeast of Cornwall, facing Plymouth over the River Tamar....
  • 1981 Nance, Illogan
    Illogan

    Illogan is a village and civil parish in the Kerrier district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, not far from Redruth and Camborne. It is known as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution inventor Richard Trevithick and the location of Magor Farm, the only Roman villa southwest of Exeter....
  • 1982 Lanust / St Just in Penwith
    St Just in Penwith

    St Just is a town and civil parish in the district of Penwith, Cornwall in England, United Kingdom. The parish encompasses the town of St Just and the nearby settlements of, Pendeen and Kelynack and is bounded by the parishes of Morvah to the north-east, Sancreed and Madron to the east, St Buryan and Sennen to the south and by the sea in...
  • 1983 St Kew
  • 1984 Kelliwik / Callington
  • 1985 Perran Round, Perranzabuloe
    Perranzabuloe

    Perranzabuloe is a civil parish and village in the Carrick, Cornwall district of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom.It contains the villages of Perranporth, Mellingy, Penhallow, Callestock, Bolingey and Perrancoombe....
  • 1986 The Merry Maidens
    The Merry Maidens

    The Merry Maidens , also known as Dawn's Men is a late neolithic stone circle located 2 miles to the south of the village of St Buryan, in the Penwith district of Cornwall, United Kingdom....
    , St Buryan
    St Buryan

    St Buryan is a village and civil parish in the Penwith district of Cornwall, United Kingdom. The parish encompasses the villages of St. Buryan, Lamorna, and Crows-an-wra and shares boundaries with the parishes of Sancreed and St Just in Penwith to the north, Sennen and St Levan to the west, with Paul, Cornwall to the east and by the sea in...
  • 1987 Anthony House, Torpoint
    Torpoint

    Torpoint is a town in the far south east of Cornwall, England, separated from the city of Plymouth by a stretch of water referred to as the Hamoaze, which itself is the mouth of the River Tamar....
  • 1988 Poldhu
    Poldhu

    Poldhu is a small area in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, situated on the The Lizard it comprises Poldhu Point and Poldhu Cove. It lies on the coast west of Goonhilly Downs, with Mullion, Cornwall 2 km to the south and Porthleven 7 km to the north....
    , Mullion
    Mullion, Cornwall

    Mullion is a village, civil parish and small fishing harbour in the Kerrier district of Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom, situated on the west coast of the The Lizard....
  • 1989 Lostwydhyel / Lostwithiel
    Lostwithiel

    Lostwithiel is a civil parish and small town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom at the head of the estuary of the River Fowey. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,739....
  • 1990 Marhasvean / Marazion
    Marazion

    Marazion is a civil parish and town in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, UK. It lies on the shores of Mount's Bay, two miles east of Penzance, one mile east of the village of Long Rock, and is served by the Great Western Railway....
  • 1991 Roche Rock
  • 1992 Perran Round, Perranzabuloe
    Perranzabuloe

    Perranzabuloe is a civil parish and village in the Carrick, Cornwall district of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom.It contains the villages of Perranporth, Mellingy, Penhallow, Callestock, Bolingey and Perrancoombe....
  • 1993 Bude Castle
  • 1994 Cambron / Camborne
    Camborne

    Camborne was once one of the richest mining areas in the world and is located in north Kerrier, Cornwall in the United Kingdom, forming the western end of the greater Camborne, Pool, Cornwall and Redruth conurbation....
  • 1995 Marhasvean / Marazion
    Marazion

    Marazion is a civil parish and town in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, UK. It lies on the shores of Mount's Bay, two miles east of Penzance, one mile east of the village of Long Rock, and is served by the Great Western Railway....
  • 1996 Lyskerrys / Liskeard
    Liskeard

    Liskeard , is an ancient Stannary town and market town at the head of the River Looe valley in the ancient hundred of Wivelshire in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom....
  • 1997 Bosvenegh / Bodmin
    Bodmin

    Bodmin is a town in Cornwall, United Kingdom, with a population of 12,778 . It was the county town of Cornwall, until the Crown Courts moved to Truro, which is also the administrative centre....
  • 1998 Lanust / St Just in Penwith
    St Just in Penwith

    St Just is a town and civil parish in the district of Penwith, Cornwall in England, United Kingdom. The parish encompasses the town of St Just and the nearby settlements of, Pendeen and Kelynack and is bounded by the parishes of Morvah to the north-east, Sancreed and Madron to the east, St Buryan and Sennen to the south and by the sea in...
  • 1999 Heyl / Hayle
    Hayle

    Hayle is a small town, civil parish and cargo port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, UK. The parish was created in 1888 from part of the now defunct Phillack parish, with which it was later combined in 1935, and incorporated part of St Erth in 1937....
  • 2000 Aberfal / Falmouth
    Falmouth, Cornwall

    Falmouth is a town, civil parish and port in the Carrick, Cornwall District on the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall, England, UK. It has a total resident population of 21,635....
  • 2001 Sen Colom / St Columb
  • Gwaynten/Spring 2002 Castel Pendynas, Aberfal / Pendennis, Falmouth
    Falmouth, Cornwall

    Falmouth is a town, civil parish and port in the Carrick, Cornwall District on the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall, England, UK. It has a total resident population of 21,635....
  • Autumn 2002 Pensilva,
  • 2003 Lannstefan / Launceston
    Launceston, Cornwall

    Launceston is a town, an ancient borough, and a civil parish in the north of Cornwall, United Kingdom. The form 'Lanson' based on the traditional pronunciation is almost obsolete ....
  • 2004 Truru / Truro
    Truro

    Truro is a City status in the United Kingdom in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, and is the centre for administration, leisure and retail in Cornwall, with a population of 20,920....
  • 2005 Ponswad / Wadebridge
    Wadebridge

    Wadebridge is a town in North Cornwall, England, UK, located on the River Camel Estuary some 5 miles upstream from Padstow. For many years Wadebridge was a traffic congested town but in 1991 the Wadebridge bypass was opened together with the Egloshayle bypass causing the two settlements to regain much of their former charm....
  • 2006 Resruth / Redruth
    Redruth

    Redruth is a town and civil parish in the Kerrier , Cornwall, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It lies approximately at the junction of the Great Britain road numbering scheme393 and A3047 roads, on the route of the old London to Land's End trunk road, the A30 road....
  • 2007 Pensans / Penzance
    Penzance

    Penzance is a town, civil parish, and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, UK.Granted various Royal Charters from 1512 onwards and Incorporation in 1614, it has a population of 20,255 and is currently Penwith's principal town....
  • 2008 Logh / Looe
    Looe

    Looe is a small coastal town and fishing port in the Caradon district of south-east Cornwall, England, UK, with a population of 5,280 . Looe is also a civil parish in the administrative Caradon....


List of Grand Bards of the Gorseth Kernow since 1928


  • Gwas Myhal (Henry Jenner
    Henry Jenner

    File:Henjenner.jpgHenry Jenner Society of Antiquaries of London was a Celtic languages scholar, Cornwall cultural activist, and the chief originator of the Cornish language revival....
    ) 1928-1934
  • Mordon (Robert Morton Nance
    Robert Morton Nance

    Robert Morton Nance Born in Cardiff of Cornish parents. Nance moved to Cornwall in 1906 where he lived at the village of Nancledra near St Ives, Cornwall....
    ) 1934-1959
  • Talek (E.G. Retallack Hooper
    E.G. Retallack Hooper

    E.G. Retallack Hooper was a Cornish people writer and journalist from St Agnes, Cornwall who became the third Grand Bard of the Gorseth Kernow in 1959 to 1964....
    ) 1959-1964
  • Gunwyn (George Pawley White) 1964-1970
  • Trevanyon (Denis Trevanion) 1970-1976
  • Map Dyvroeth (Richard Jenkin
    Richard Jenkin

    Richard Garfield Jenkin , was a Cornish people politician who was involved with Cornish nationalism projects as one of the founder members of the Cornish political party Mebyon Kernow....
    ) 1976-1982
  • Den Toll (Hugh Miners) 1982-1985
  • Map Dyvroeth (Richard Jenkin
    Richard Jenkin

    Richard Garfield Jenkin , was a Cornish people politician who was involved with Cornish nationalism projects as one of the founder members of the Cornish political party Mebyon Kernow....
    ) 1985-1988
  • Gwas Constantyn (Dr John Chesterfield) 1988-1991
  • Caradok (Jori Ansell) 1991-1994
  • Cummow (Revd Brian Coombes) 1994-1997
  • Bryallen (Anne Trevenen Jenkin) 1997-2000
  • Jowan an Cleth (John Bolitho
    John Bolitho

    John Bolitho was born in Bude in Cornwall, and spent his working life in the Royal Navy, the theatre and television , and business. He was the Grand Bard of the Gorseth Kernow between 2000-2003 with the bardic name of "Jowan an Cleth"....
    ) 2000-2003
  • Tewennow (Rod Lyon
    Rod Lyon

    Rod Lyon was born in Cornwall and trained as a civil engineer. After spending some early years at sea, he worked until retirement as a Local Government Officer....
    ) 2003-2006
  • Gwenenen (Vanessa Beeman
    Vanessa Beeman

    Vanessa Beeman was born in Nairobi and at a younger age lived in Tanzania. When visiting Cornwall she stayed with her grandfather, Sidney Hocking, who was Cornish people and had Henry Jenner's "A Handbook of the Cornish Language" amongst his Cornish book collection....
    ) 2006-


See also

  • Category:Bards of the Cornish Gorseth
    • List of topics related to Cornwall
      List of topics related to Cornwall

      This is a list of topics related to Cornwall, United Kingdom. The :Category:Cornwall contains a more comprehensive selection of Cornish articles....


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