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Penzance was the birthplace of the famous chemist Sir Humphry Davy. Davy was President of the Royal Society and invented the process of electrolysis, was the first person to isolate sodium, as well as proving (with Michael Faraday) that diamonds are made of pure carbon. Today he is possibly best known as the inventor of the Miner's Safety Lamp, or Davy Lamp. There is a statue of Davy at the top of Market Jew Street, near the house in which he was born. One of Penzance's secondary schools is also named after the scientist [8].
[edit] Twinning
Penzance is twinned with the following towns[55]
From 1967 to 1974 Penzance was twinned with
This twinning arrangement was passed to the Penwith District in 1974.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- , a b Census 2001 Key Statistics for urban areas in England and Wales (pdf). National Office of Statistics. Retrieved on 2007-06-17.
- , Penzance Charter of Incorporation dated 9 May 1614, held by Penzance Town Council
- , Extent of the property held by the Manor of Alverton and accounts transcribed by Mr Paul Brand from the original held in the National Archives
- , Canon Diggens Archive 1910
- , Notes on the Madron Parish Registers -Canon Jennings
- , A History of the Church in Paul Parish by G. M. Trelease
- , Grant of Market to Thomas Lord Berkley 8 April 1404
- , Grant of harbour dues Henry VIII 16 March 1512
- , Topographical Dictionary of England—1831
- , Guthrie, A (1994). Cornwall in the Age of Steam. Padstow: Tabb House. ISBN 1-873951-16-7.
- , Kittridge, Alan (1989). Cornwall's Maritime Heritage. Truro: Twelveheads Press. ISBN 0-906294-15-0.
- , Bennett, Alan (1987). Cornwall Through the Mid 19th Century. Southampton: Kingfisher Railway Publications. ISBN 0-946184-26-7.
- , The online parish clerk
- , [1] Sources of Cornish History - The Lisbon Earthquake
- , UK & Ireland Genealogogy - Penzance
- , (1859) Murray's Handbook of Devon and Cornwall. London: John Murray.
- , Carter, Clive. "If it's metal take it to Holman's". Archive 3: 49 - 64. Lightmoor Press.
- , Bennett, Alan (1987). Cornwall Through the Mid Nineteenth Century. Southampton: Kingfisher Railway Publications. ISBN 0-946184-26-7.
- , Langley, RC (2002). The West Cornwall Railway. Usk: Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-589-6.
- , MacDermot, ET (1931). History of the Great Western Railway, Vol. 2 1863 - 1921. London: Great Western Railway.
- , Sheppard, Geof (2002). "The Last Broad Gauge Train". Broadsheet 47: 26 - 34. Broad Gauge Society.
- , a b c d Bennett, Alan (1988). The Great Western Railway in West Cornwall. Cheltenham: Runpast Publishing. DOI:1990. ISBN 1-870754-12-3.
- , Guthrie, A (1994). Cornwall in the Age of Steam. Padstow: Tabb House. ISBN 1-873951-16-7.
- , Stockdale, FWL (1824). Excursions in the County of Cornwall. London: Simpkin and Marshall. (Reprinted by D Bradford Barton, Truro, 1972)
- , Kittridge, Alan (1989). Cornwall's Maritime Heritage. Truro: Twelveheads Press. ISBN 0-906294-15-0.
- , Duckworth, CLD; Langmuir, GE (1948). Railway and other Steamers. Preston: T Stephenson. DOI:1968.
- , [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/Penzance/index.html#Population UK & Ireland Genealogogy - Penzance
- , Kelley, Philip J (1973). Road Vehicles of the Great Western Railway. Headington: Oxford Publishing. ISBN 090288-12-9.
- , Carter, Clive. "If it's metal take it to Holman's". Archive 3: 49 - 64. Lightmoor Press.
- , Bennett, Alan (1988). The Great Western Railway in West Cornwall. Cheltenham: Runpast Publishing. DOI:1990. ISBN 1-870754-12-3.
- , Langley, RC (2002). The West Cornwall Railway. Usk: Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-589-6.
- , Mais, SPB (1928). The Cornish Riviera. London: Great Western Railway. DOI:edition, 1934 Third edition, 1934.
- , Market Jew Street to Trafalgar Square, calculated using The AA Route Planner
- , Penzance railway station live departure information
- , [2] Isles of Scilly helicopter homepage
- , [3] Newquay Airport
- , [4] Plymouth Airport
- , The District of Penwith (Electoral Changes) Order 2002
- , BBC article 27th of October 2007, House price report
- , 2004 indices of deprivation - Employment deprivation index
- , a b Bristol University regional poverty files - West Cornwall
- , Coinage charter granted by Charles II 18 August 1663
- , PAS Pool History of the Borough and Town of Penzance 1974 page 74
- , Mines and Miners Of Cornwall Vol 4. pages 17-21
- , Mindat.org mine information [5]
- , PAS Pool history of the town and Borough of Penzance 1974
- , Company History Barclays PLC Website
- , Penwith District Council - Sustainable Development Policy (Planning Policy)
- , List of Penwith conservation areas from PenwitH Council Website [6]
- , The History of the Town and Borough of Penzance 1974 PAS Pool - Review of Architecture
- , Janet Smith Liquid Assets - the lidos and open air swimming pools of Britain ISBN 0954744500
- , History of the town and Borough of Penzance
- , West Penwith Resources Schools [7]
- , Find your Local Christadelphians: Penzance. Retrieved on 2007-02-14.
- , Information supplied by Penzance Concarneau Twinning Assocciation Chair Mrs D Cotton and The Penzance, Bendigo and Nevada City Twinning Association
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