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Newquay history
Prehistoric period
There are some pre-historic burial mounds and an embankment on the area now known as The Barrowfields, 400 m (440 yd) from Trevelgue. Excavations here have revealed charred cooking pots and a coarse pottery burial urn containing remains of a Bronze Age chieftain.
Medieval period
The curve of the headland around what is now Newquay Harbour provided natural protection from bad weather. When the village was first occupied is unknown but it is not mentioned in the Domesday Book. By the 15th century, a village referred to as “Keye” existed around the present harbour, near “Tewynblustri” (the spelling changed as Cornish evolved and is now rendered as ‘Towan Blystra”)
1801–1900
The first national British census of 1801 recorded around 1,300 inhabitants in the settlement (enumerated as a village under St Columb Minor parish) The construction of the current harbour started in 1832. A mansion called the Tower was built for the Molesworth family in 1835.
1901–2000
Three churches were built early in the twentieth century, including the present day parish church of St Michael the Archangel, which was consecrated in 1911. At the time of the First World War the last buildings at the edge of the town were a little further along present-day Narrowcliff. Post-war development saw new houses and streets built in the Chester Road area, accompanied by ribbon development along the country lane which led to St Columb Minor.
Modern period since 2001
The first phase of a new Duchy of Cornwall development began to be built in 2012 at Tregunnel Hill, which was sometimes unofficially called Surfbury. The plan now includes more than 4,000 homes, shops, a supermarket, church and a 14-classroom primary school.
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