Over 800 YEARS AGO the people of Helston paid King John 40 Marks of silver to be granted the first of eleven Royal Charters, and so became 'a free borough with gold merchant'.

 

 


THE CHARTER & KING JOHN
EVENTS
2002
CHAMPIONS,
CHURCHMEN,
SCIENTISTS AND TINNERS
HELSTON TODAY LAND OF LEGEND MINING
& COINING
FURRY DANCE
& HAL-AN-TOW
LOE POOL THE CLIFFS
& THE SEA
A HAUNTED
TOWN
WITHIN A
MUSKET SHOT
OF HELSTON
HOW TO
GET HERE
WHERE
CAN I STAY?
WHAT
CAN I DO?
  LINKS

 

To Cornwall Online