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Mr. Austin Treffry -- The / sands -- Cliff-castles -- Castel-an-Dinas -- The Gannel -- S. / Carantock -- Newlyn -- Perranzabuloe -- Church of S. / Piran -- History -- Roche -- S. Denis -- Columb Major and Minor -- S. / Agnes -- The Cornish rotten boroughs -- How they passed away from / the Crown -- Mitchell -- The town hall -- Kit / Hawkins -- Trerice -- Lanherne -- Church -- William Noye -- S. / Mawgan -- The educator -- The early missionaries.
Newquay is a very new place; it was projected by Mr. J. T. (Austin) Treffry, of Place House, Fowey, a very remarkable man, far in advance of his time, to whom not Fowey only, but Cornwall generally owes a debt of gratitude. His projects have been worked out since his death with complete success.