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Holiday breaks in Cornwall

The Green Lawns Hotel

Your holiday break in Cornwall. The Green Lawns hotel, Falmouth. We offer a superb base for exploring and touring enigmatic West Cornwall. The exceptionally mild climate has produced an area of outstanding natural beauty, reminiscent of the continental riviera.

Breaks in Cornwall - A short History

The name Cornwall is most likely derived from the tribal name 'Cornovii' which probably means the 'horn people' - the horn referring to their location at the end of the south-western peninsula.
To this the Anglo-Saxons added 'Wealas' meaning 'foreigners'. This is also the derivation of the name of the country Wales.
Cornwall was first settled by hunter-gatherers in around 10,000 BC - the mid Stone Age. It is during the Bronze age that the early Cornish created most of the ancient stones that are found through out the county. It is towards the end of the Bronze Age that settlements become well defined and farming replaces hunting as the main provider of food. The Iron Age sees a further refinement of farming with the introduction of iron tools.
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Breaks in Cornwall - Rediscover History

One of the wonders of Cornwall is that, due to its timelessness, its isolation and its geography, much of its past is still apparent. Iron and Bronze age settlements can still be explored and wondered at, and the standing stones of the pagans and druids are to be found in every second field when you get down into West Cornwall. Cornwall's past as a separate identity from England, a nation trading its tin with the Bretons and Phoenicians before the Angles and Saxons arrived, is an issue still debated today. Cornwall's history is one of looking south and west, rather than east. Dealings with London have been frosty often, and bloody on a number of occasions.

Now Cornwall's history is one of its key attractions. From the romanticism surrounding Tintagel and the tales of King Arthur, to the recent history of the Newlyn school of art, Cornwall is trading on its fascinating and often glorious past. Meanwhile, building for the future goes on.