History UsefulNotes / Cornwall

* William Golding, author of ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies''.

* ''Film/FishermansFriends'', the movie about the [[Music/FishermansFriends singing group), was filmed in and around Port Isaac, which is where they're from.

* Jethro, a stand-up comedian, known for his politically incorrect jokes. His actual name is Geoff Rowe.
* The Music/FishermansFriends are a male singing group from Port Isaac who specialise in sea shanties. They've recorded several albums - one of which got into the top ten in the British album charts - and had [[Film/FishermansFriends a movie]] made about them in 2019.

* Daphne Du Maurier, author of ''Literature/{{Rebecca}}'' and many other works, was born in London but lived and died in Cornwall.
* UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}. According to legend, He visited Cornwall (and Glastonbury, which is in Somerset) during His youth. The legends say that He did so in the company of Joseph of Arimathea, to whom He was related (on His mother's side, obviously) - Joseph being a tin merchant who had trading connections with Cornwall. These legends inspired Creator/WilliamBlake to write the poem "Jerusalem".
* St Piran - Cornwall's patron saint was on of many holy people who settled in Cornwall during the [[DarkAgeEurope Dark Ages]]. According to legend, he was thrown off a cliff in his native Ireland tied to a millstone - but rather than sinking, he floated across the sea to Cornwall.
* William Golding, author of ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies''.
* Cinque Izumi from ''Anime/DogDays'' is half-Japanese and half-Cornish.

* Rory [=McGrath=], comedian born and raised in Redruth, best known for appearing in ''Series/TheyThinkItsAllOver''.
* Richard Trevithick, the first person to build a moving locomotive. The folk song "Camborne Hill" celebrates the first journey made by this vehicle on Christmas Eve, 1801.

* Robert Newton, the actor widely held to be responsible for the whole TalkLikeAPirate thing thanks to his portrayal of Long John Silver in ''[[Film/TreasureIsland1950 Treasure Island]]'', for which he used an exaggeration of his natural West Country accent (he was in fact born in Dorset but was raised in Lamorna, not far from Penzance).
* [[Music/AphexTwin Richard D. James]], prolific electronic musician. Has referred to Cornwall, its landmarks, and its dialect in several songs.
* Although he's actually from Oxfordshire, celebrity chef Rick Stein has lived in Cornwall for many years and owns several restaurants (ranging from the high-end Seafood Restaurant to a fish & chip shop) in the fishing village of Padstow, which is sometimes nicknamed "Padstein" due to his impact on the local economy.

* Rowena Cade, creator of the cliff-top [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minack_Theatre Minack Theatre]].

* Series/InspectorLynley, also the 8th Earl of Asherton, has the family seat, Howenstowe, in Cornwall, and thus grew up there. He and partner Barbara Havers visit the Lynleys in a couple of episodes, [[BusmansHoliday only to get tangled up in a local mystery]] each time.

* Rory [=McGrath=], comedian born and raised in Redruth, best known for appearing in ''Series/TheyThinkItsAllOver''
* Richard Trevithick, first man to build a moving locomotive. The folk song "Camborne Hill" celebrates the first journey made by this vehicle on Christmas Eve, 1801.

* [[Literature/TheBible Jesus]]. According to legend Jesus visited England (See ''And did those feet in ancient time'' a poem written by Creator/WilliamBlake) stopping off at Cornwall to teach the locals how to smelt tin for the ore.

* Richard Trevithick, first man to build a moving locomotive.

Cornwall is known for sun (which comes as a surprise to its inhabitants), sea, tin mining, fishing, surfing, Cornish pasties, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrecking_%28shipwreck%29 wrecking]], cider, mining, granite, Cornish pasties, fishing, mining, farming, the [[http://www.edenproject.com Eden Project]], a long-standing rivalry with Devon, a language the hardly anyone speaks in real life, [[OverlyLongGag mining, fishing, Cornish pasties]] and a dialect that is nigh-indeciperable to anyone from 'up country', otherwise known as [[UsefulNotes/{{Britain}} England]]. Large stretches of the coastline, as well as Bodmin Moor, are protected as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Cornwall is known for sun (which comes as a surprise to its inhabitants), sea, tin mining, surfing, Cornish pasties, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrecking_%28shipwreck%29 wrecking]], cider, mining, granite, Cornish pasties, fishing, mining, farming, the [[http://www.edenproject.com Eden Project]], a long-standing rivalry with Devon, a language the hardly anyone speaks in real life, [[OverlyLongGag mining, Cornish pasties]] and a dialect that is nigh-indeciperable to anyone from 'up country', otherwise known as [[UsefulNotes/{{Britain}} England]]. Large stretches of the coastline, as well as Bodmin Moor, are protected as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Cornwall is known for sun (which comes as a surprise to its inhabitants), sea, tin mining, surfing, Cornish pasties, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrecking_%28shipwreck%29 wrecking]], cider, mining, granite, Cornish pasties, fishing, mining, farming, the [[http://www.edenproject.com Eden Project]], a language few speak in real life, [[OverlyLongGag mining, Cornish pasties]], and a dialect that is nigh-indechiperable to anyone from 'up country', otherwise known as [[UsefulNotes/{{Britain}} England]]. Large stretches of the coastline, as well as Bodmin Moor, are protected as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Cornwall has its own flag - the Cross of St Piran (white cross on a black background) is widely flown west of the Tamar and is available on badges, bumper stickers, etc. From around 2002 onwards, knowledge of this elsewhere has led to most (other) English counties adopting their own flags.

Cornwall has its own flag - the Cross of St Piran (white cross on a black background) is widely flown west of the Tamar and is available on badges, bumper stickers, etc.

Cornwall is known for sun (which comes as a surprise to its inhabitants), sea, tin mining, surf dudes, Cornish pasties, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrecking_%28shipwreck%29 wrecking]], cider, mining, granite, Cornish pasties, fishing, mining, farming, the [[http://www.edenproject.com Eden Project]], a language few speak in real life, [[OverlyLongGag mining, Cornish pasties]], and a dialect that is nigh-indechiperable to anyone from 'up country', otherwise known as [[UsefulNotes/{{Britain}} England]]. Large stretches of coast, as well as Bodmin Moor, are protected as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

With tin gone, fish gone and farming on wobbly territory, Cornwall thrives mostly on tourism and tourists, known locally as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmet_(Cornish) emmets]].

Cornish nationalists, relatively few in number and limited in actual political support, are fanatically proud of their Celtic heritage. Some of the more extreme nationalists occasionally burn down holiday homes, like their brethren in UsefulNotes/{{Wales}}, while the very concept of Cornish nationalism tends to be regarded as absolutely ridiculous (and hilarious) by anyone not from Cornwall. In any event, nationalists will insist Cornwall is a separate country or constituent- [[UsefulNotes/WithEuropeButNotOFIt with England but not of it.]] Largely because it should be. Who says Wales gets all the fun?

!!Examples of famous/fictional people:

* Jethro: A stand up comedian, known for his politically incorrect jokes.

* Daphne Du Maurier, author of ''Literature/{{Rebecca}}'' and other works, lived and died in Cornwall but was born in London.

* ''Series/DocMartin'' is set in a small [[QuirkyTown fishing village]] somewhere Cornwall-ish and filmed in Cornwall.

* ''Wild West'' a Dawn French sitcom featuring "quirky" characters. Ms French herself lives in the region.

* ''The Birds'' by Daphne Du Maurier is set in Cornwall, of course the short story is eclipsed by the more famous movie of the same name by Creator/AlfredHitchcock who moved it to California.
* ''The Camomile Lawn'': focuses on holidays in Cornwall before and after the ''UsefulNotes/WorldWarII''.

Cornish nationalists, relatively few in number and limited in actual political support, are fanatically proud of their Celtic heritage. Some of the more extreme nationalists occasionally burn down holiday homes, like their brethren in Wales, while the very concept of Cornish nationalism tends to be regarded as absolutely ridiculous (and hilarious) by anyone not from Cornwall. In any event, nationalists will insist Cornwall is a separate country or constituent- [[UsefulNotes/WithEuropeButNotOFIt with England but not of it.]] Largely because it should be. Who says Wales gets all the fun?

* ''WesternAnimation/ArthurChristmas'' is set in Cornwall. (Specifically Mylor)

* The Poldark novels and TV series written by Winston Graham, who was himself Cornish.

* ''Literature/TheBirds'' by Daphne Du Maurier is set in Cornwall, of course the short story is eclipsed by the more famous movie of the same name by Creator/AlfredHitchcock who moved it to California.
* ''Literature/TheCamomileLawn'': focuses on holidays in Cornwall before and after the ''UsefulNotes/WorldWarII''.

* ''Series/EchoBeach'', a short running SoapOpera set in the fictional Cornish village "Polnarren".
* ''Literature/FrenchmansCreek'': a novel set during the reign of UsefulNotes/CharlesII following the love short of a noble English lady and a French Pirate who is terrorizing the Cornish coast.

* The [[Literature/{{Poldark}} Poldark novels]] and TV series written by Winston Graham, who was himself Cornish.
* ''Series/WildWest'' a Dawn French sitcom featuring "quirky" characters. Ms French herself lives in the region.

Ahh, Cornwall. Or Kernow in Cornish. A small, seemingly insignificant [[strike:country]] county at the southern tip of UsefulNotes/TheWestCountry, but also so much more than that.

With tin gone, fish gone and farming on wobbly territory, we thrive mostly on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmet_(Cornish) emmets]]. We just wish we didn't.
In fact, Cornwall is one of only four areas in the UK eligible for EU 'Objective One' funding: money given to poverty-stricken areas [[note]]Defined as being below 70% of the European GDP.[[/note]]. Yet ironically, in the June 23 2016 Brexit referendum, Cornwall voted to leave the EU by 56.5%, but then got desperate to keep the funding.

** Bizarrely, King UsefulNotes/CharlesI offered to elevate Cornwall to a ''kingdom'' during the English Civil War in return for support from Sir Bevil Grenville. Though this didn't happen, up until the Great Reform Act of 1832 Cornwall was ridiculously overrepresented in Parliament due to a corrupt practice of enfranchising boroughs where hardly anyone lived.
* Jethro: 'Comedian', if you like that sort of thing.

* KingArthur, maybe.
** Specifically, Arthur's mother Igraine was wife to Gorlois Duke of Cornwall. She was [[BedTrick bedded by the disguised Uther Pendragon]] at Tintagel in Cornwall, leading to Arthur's birth.

In fact, Cornwall is one of only four areas in the UK eligible for EU 'Objective One' funding: money given to poverty-stricken areas [[note]]Defined as being below 70% of the European GDP.[[/note]]. Yet ironically, in the June 23 2016 Brexit referendum, Cornwall [[IdiotBall voted to leave the EU by 56.5%, but then got desperate to keep the funding.]]

* Daphne Du Maurier, author of {{Rebecca}} and other works, lived and died in Cornwall but was born in London.

* [[Music/Aphex Twin Richard D. James]], prolific electronic musician. Has referred to Cornwall, its landmarks, and its dialect in several songs.