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Thank you to 'The Who'd' for creating this Blog for St. Dominick - I am sure that it will be a mine of information over the years. A bit of background: Those who know me (either as Ann Murphy or as my author name of Ann Foweraker: my maiden name) will know that I have had a lifelong interest in history, and in local and vernacular history in particular. When we moved into Radland in1983 I was determined to find out the history of that old house – and that also led me into glimpses of the history of St. Dominick itself.  However, it was the inspiration of The Parish Map Project (a Common Ground initiative) that led me to work with about forty people within the parish (with many doing the research, artists creating the illustrations and others providing services, like photocopying) eventually to collate everything and to create a series of maps illustrating the history of the parish. A section of the 1748 Parish Map Project If you were not involved, a little about th...

  Welcome everyone to St Dominick blog. St Dominick is a village in the beautiful Tamar Valley in South East Cornwall. We are truly blessed to live somewhere which is surrounded with stunning vistas across a rural Cornish landscape. This a collective blog from our village including our community shop, local primary school, Cotehele our local National Trust heritage site, our parish newsletter, talented photographers, our locals, and ourselves- the local hostelry- the Whod Have Thought It Inn.   To start the blog ball rolling I’ll add a few words about who we are here at the Whod and what we do. Our small family comprising our daughter and two four legged friends made the move from Kent to South East Cornwall in the Autumn of 2019 to be the current custodians of the local pub. We have spent the last year and a half getting acquainted with our wonderful community and the Cornish weather! Clearly the curved ball we were not expecting was a global pandemic. It has br...