NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Paul, Cornwall

This is where Dolly Pentrieth, reputedly and disputedly, the last native speaker of Cornish lived. Her grave can be seen in the churchyard. The tombstone was added in the nineteenth cntrury by a relative of Napoleon Bonaparte.

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	was born in 1788/1789 in Penzance (Paul), Cornwall.
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	Constance Blamey was born in 1851/1852 in Veryan, Cornwall.

Cornwall (1011 words)
	Cornwall borders the county of Devon at the River Tamar.
	Cornwall is also a duchy possessed by the Heir Apparent to the British throne as Duke of Cornwall.
	Cornwall was the principal source of tin for the civilisations of the ancient Mediterranean, and at one time the Cornish were the world's foremost experts at mining.

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