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Fowey Harbour Heritage Society
Pirate ship in Fowey Harbour

Our Publications

We produce a journal called 'The Barquentine', in which we publish articles, long or short, relating to the history and heritage of the Fowey River area. It might be a new piece of research – there are many dedicated researchers in the area – or some recollections of earlier times. Contributions are welcome from anyone, member or non-member, who has information to share. The Barquentine is free to members. Past issues can be purchased for £8 at our meetings, from selected outlets around the harbour or via our secretary.

The frequency of publication is dependent on the volume of articles submitted. 

Journal Volume 7 (2020)

Volume 7 (2020)

Contents

  • Fowey Wills in the National Archives, 1700-1750, Alex Lewis 
  • John Wolcot and Peter Pindar in Fowey, Viv Hendra 
  • The Fruit Schooners of Salcombe and Fowey, Roger Barrett 
  • A Cornish Reading Room,  Anon 
  • Admiral FitzRoy, Chris Bradish  
  • A Memory of Bennetts Ship Chandlers,  Graham A’Lee 
  • Memories of Fowey and St Austell Bay,  Jonathan Varcoe  
  • 70 Years of the Fowey River Class 
  • Literature, Nostalgia and a Sense of Place, Jonathan Varcoe 
  • Denys Val Baker – Cornish Writer, Suzanne Goddard  
  • Joseph Thomas, Civil Engineer of Looe,  Simon Cole 



Journal Volume 6 (2019)

Volume 6 (2019)

Contents

  • Ship Chandlering Days Remembered, John Keast
  • The Japanese Links with Fowey: A Note, Harry Hackett
  • Fowey Shipping Activity in 1930
  • William Morris Glass at Polruan,  Michael G Swift    
  • Graham and Graham: Brothers in Law, Eileen Scholes
  • Coastal Shipping in Fowey and St Austell Bay, Jonathan Varcoe
  • Silvanus Trevail and his Buildings, Chris Bradish
  • Percy Varco, Footballer: A Tribute, D J Taylor
  • 90 Years of the Troys

Journal Volume 5 (2018)

Volume 5 (2018)

Contents

  • Fowey and Pilchard Fishing: Fact and Fiction, Alex Lewis  
  • Joseph Thomas Austen/Treffry, Jonathan Varcoe
  • A Polruan Master Mariner at War, David Hill
  • Introduction: Fowey Harbour and District in WW1, Helen Doe
  • Fowey and the Great War,  David Rowan
  • The Names on the Fowey War Memorial, Jane Staniland
  • Lanteglos by Fowey and WW1, Helen Doe
  • Lerryn/St Veep in WW1, Sue Daw  
  • Golant/St Sampson in WW1, Sue Reardon

Journal Volume 4 (2017)

Volume 4 (2017)

Contents

  • A Geomorphologist looks at Fowey's Physical Heritage, Paul Pickering
  • Nicholas Kent: Fowey’s Lost Vicar, Alex Lewis
  • Captain Samuel Tregaskes and the steam tug Treffry of Par, Jonathan Varcoe
  • William Varcoe Kellow, shipowner of the port of Fowey, Jonathan Varcoe
  • A Brief History of Fowey Races, Tony Lake
  • Fowey Harbour’s Shipbuilding Heritage, Helen Doe
  • Whitecross Village School, Anon  
  • Isabel Pickering - An Appreciation, Helen Doe
  • Jim Matthews - An Appreciation, Marcus Lewis
  • Dr Gerry Hones - An Appreciation, Celia Hones, Jo Common, Kate Freegard


Journal Volume 3 (2016)

Volume 3 (2016)

Contents

  • The Blockhouses of Polruan and Fowey, Stephen & Ashley Cooper
  • Another View, Sam Drake
  • The Vessels of Stephens' 'Fleet of Little Ships', Jonathan Varcoe    
  • Stephen's Fleet List, Jonathan Varcoe
  • Railways to Fowey, Tony Vincent
  • Haveners and Harbourmasters of Fowey, 1200 to 1900, Helen Doe
  • CH Ward-Jackson – A Brief Memoir, Jonathan Varcoe    
  • Ward-Jackson – An Appreciation, Helen Doe
  • Writers, Artists and Fowey Harbour, Gerry Hones
  • Favourite Places, Liz Jolliff  and Ros Eaton

Journal Volume 2 (2015)

Volume 2 (2015)

Contents

  • Whatever happened to the George of Fowey? by Alex Lewis
  • Lerryn Voluntary Primary School by Esthermary Todd
  • The schooner Katie and her last master, Will Cort by Jonathan Varcoe
  • Bygone Polruan – As I remember by John Richards
  • Fowey Docks and the 1933 Mille Miglia Part 2 by Helen Doe
  • The J Class Yachts at Fowey by Helen Doe
  • Memories of Polruan in 1940 by Captain Melville Hocken
  • Memories of Watty’s Yard by Gerry Hones
  • Laying up the Boat by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
  • Favourite Places by Sally Penhaligon, Alex Lewis and Hazel Dudley

Journal Volume 1 (2014)

Volume 1 (2014)

Contents

  • Josiah Hunkin and the last local trading vessels on the South Coast of Cornwall by Jonathan Varcoe
  • Fowey Docks and the 1933 Mille Miglia by Helen Doe
  • Mixtow in Wartime by Martin Sheppard
  • From the Alroy to the Zingra: an examination of the records of Fowey Harbour dues in 1889 by Alex Lewis
  • Six independent Women in Nineteenth Century Polruan by Helen Doe
  • Favourite Places by Hilda Marshall-Johnson, Tim Caulfield and Angie Crown