LITERARY CONNECTIONS.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson - visited Tintagel and the surrounding area in 1848 resulting in his famous ' Morte d' Arthur'. He also spent 6 weeks in Bude with a broken leg!
Rev. Robert Stephen Hawker - vicar of Morwenstow 1834-75 scholar and poet in classic style. Most famous for the Cornish anthem ' The Song of the Western Men'.
Charles Kingsley - in 1855 wrote 'Westward Ho!' Although it is mainly set in Devon, Tonacombe Manor, near Morwenstow and Combe Valley are part of the story.
Francis Kilvert - diarist, visited Tintagel in 1870 having a guided tour of the castle, buying photographs, and retiring to the inn for dinner.
Sabine Baring-Gould - His novel 'Gaverocks' is set about Padstow, and the better known ' In the Roar of the Sea' is about wrecking around Pentireglaze.
Charles Causley - is one of our most popular poets today, living in Launceston, many of his poems are about North Cornwall.
E.V. Thompson - lives on Bodmin Moor and some of his novels have local connections, particularly 'Chase the Wind'.
Winston Graham's 'Poldark' novels have many North Cornwall connections. 'Demelza' and 'Warleggan' are both local hamlets.
Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins - both visited Tintagel.
Quiller Couch - 'Q', although generally associated with Fowey was born in Bodmin in 1863 and wrote 'Cuckoo Valley Railway', describing a journey by rail from Bodmin to Wadebridge.
D.H. Lawrence - stayed in a cottage at Porthcothan with his wife Freda, on their way to Zennor in December 1915 - March 1916.
North Cornwall 2002 - Atlantic Heritage Coast