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?
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