The Penryn Tragedy - a 400 year old mystery, but is it true? PENRYN CORNWALL
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ก.ค. 2024
- In this video we go in search of the site of the former Bohelland farmhouse, the scene of murder, betrayal and despair. In 1618 it was reported that there was the most bloody and tragic murder in Penryn of four people at Bohelland farmhouse.
After the murder, the farmhouse lay deserted and gradually crumbled away, taking its tragic story with it. The locals shunned the house, and said it was cursed and haunted, and refused to work the land. So what has happened to the land today? Has it been built on? Are there any clues that the farmhouse existed? Let's go and take a closer look...
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I am so thrilled you enjoyed my geocache, and the poem. I did spend quite a while putting it all together and doing the research into it all. Big thanks to the folks at Penryn Museum (in the clock tower in town- well worth a visit) as they helped me loads and have the large old maps of the town in there. I get a lot of lovely comments on the geocache app when people find it (my favourite is when people add pictures!) fantastic tale of greed and woe- thank you for helping keep it alive.
Great story guys. I received a jigsaw as a Christmas gift made from the old Penryn/Falmouth map you show at the beginning - a fabulous way of getting to know your local area. We live near the Greenbank Hotel, Falmouth, and that was actually the centre point of the jigsaw map! A super gift for anybody, like me, interested in local history etc. Very strange that the tarmac path went to nowhere 😳. Thanks for braving the rain at least you found your pot of gold! x
This is so very cool! I love old maps and photos, and how Andrew and Sarah feature them in their videos. Our place was part of a California Avocado orchard until the 1920s. :)
@@SpanishEclectic How interesting. Our house was originally built as a Roman Catholic Church in 1821 to serve the French, Spanish and Italian sailors arriving in Falmouth. x
Must look up that jigsaw… Sarah :)
great story - my first remark to my husband was 'if they all died, how did anyone know what happened, and why?' - that was a wet, soggy walk but worth it for the food alone - hopefully spring around the corner - thanks both for another entertaining tale 🙂
Hi Sarah and Andrew,
I found this fascinating as I was born and grew up in Penryn, but I had never heard of the story. If you looked to your left when you were at the top of Bohelland Rise you would have seen a line of three detached bungalows, the middle one was built by my father, a local builder, for him and my mother when he retired.
Interesting! I think we walked behind them, as we took the closed road to Bohelland Rise! Sarah :)
I had never heard of this story and I lived in Vinery meadow on Truro hill the thin strip of land under the S in St Gluvius on the map. 1967 to 2000. There were no houses in the field to the right owned by Hoskins the farmer and the field above and to the right were open to the public for dog walking and scrambling bikes. These fields were below the road they called Ring Road and there was a well to the right-hand corner. I spent many a day and night roaming that area and distinctly remember knicking 2 chickens out of the field above which is the field you talk about. I wouldn't have done it if I knew! Knowledge is everything...
Hi Sarah and Andrew. Brilliant video and a great story, Cornwall is full of them, thanks for highlighting this one. Cheers Bob
Glad you enjoyed it, Sarah :)
Wow wee good to see. That you have returned back to Cornwall and me, I did so miss your smiling faces, and pray you stay forevermore in the were you truly belong , love you both dearly..welcome home🫶❤️🌟
Interesting story. Reminds me of a folk song, sung by Steeleye Span, about a young man returning from sea. He stays the night at his sweetheart’s parents’ house and is murdered by them for his treasure. The sweetheart ends up in Bedlam.
Where do these stories originate?
Must say you’re ‘brave’ venturing out in all that rain. And keeping a smile on your faces. Thank you 👏🏼
We had a great time in the rain! Sarah :)
Welcome home you 2, Who would believe you would be making a video this week? The rain has been relentless so well done and Thank you. Your story telling is wonderful - and again we enjoyed it - I just love these tales and legends & Cornwall is full of them. Keep up the good week - & roll on Summer.
Can't wait! Sarah :)
Thanks for an amazing informative and always amusing video, you described a fascinating gruesome horror story, and kept us in suspense right up until you found the modern day gold and hidden gems 💎 😅 I guess we’ll never know if it was true or not! I loved the sound of rain on your umbrellas ☔️ it made me feel quite at home, blessing to you both, from a very wet and windy Derby’s 🥴 Ps. I’m working on the mystery of the street lighting on a path to nowhere! 🤗
Glad you enjoyed it! We had a great day, even in the rain! Sarah :)
Amazing story! Thank you for sharing and finding the treasure….be well (ana) 🌼
... saved the video until Sunday morning to watch ... birds singing ... lovely!
Enjoy! Sarah :)
That is a fascinating story! Thank you for investigating despite of the rain 🙂 Perhaps the son/pirate had written a journal through all these years and that is how they know the story? Very suspicious though that the pages in the church book were ripped out. So this is still a mystery anyway. Thank you.🙏 Torunn 🥰
One probably never to be solved! Sarah :)
Hi Sarah and Andrew, thank you very much for telling such an interesting, exciting and incredible story. In the rain! I loved it. Finding the treasure was certainly a lot of fun. Lovely weekend to you both. Gabi😊
We had a fun time wandering around in the rain! Sarah :)
Love love your walks.
Thanks. That was really interesting. See you soon x
Glad you enjoyed it, Sarah :)
Здравствуйте, Сара и Эндрю. С большим удовольствием смотрю ваши видеоролики и слушаю ваши рассказы. Вот и сейчас узнала интересную историю о "пиратских сокровищах" Спасибо большое. И вообще я вас обожаю!!!❤️❤️❤️
Totally fascinating story loved it xx
Oh the struggle is real! Great story and search. Thanks so much.
You are so welcome! Sarah :)
The Turkish eggs look delicious! Oh my goodness! "Stargazy"! It always sounds so exotic, but the first time I saw a picture of the pie with the fish heads! :0 LOL! Fascinating story worthy of an Opera or Greek tragedy. It could be coincidence, but interesting that the burial records for 1618 were missing, though 400 years is a very long time. Would the two suicides have been buried in the churchyard? Such a mystery. The changes to step-mother and sweetheart definitely upped the drama for the play version. Why is it that dead ends or wrong turns are always worse in the rain?
We wondered about the status of the suicide burial but then I guess it’s all hearsay with no survivors! Fascinating story! Sarah :)
Enjoyed that Thank you guys!
Our pleasure! Sarah :)
Wow what a story. Well done. xx😀
So many gruesome murders this needed a distressing content warning! Great detective work finding the field. The real mystery is why does the path to nowhere have street lights?
Maybe so that the ghostly old lady can see where she's going ? 🤔
@@garypeacock5919 council with money to burn
Have you guys been to St. Minver church, with a crooked spire? Theres a legend how it came about! Love the videos they remind me of holidays when I was a child.
Thank you! Sarah :)
Hi Sarah and Andrew, thank you for today's video. Although missing your coastal walks, I thought the story of Bohelland farmhouse tragedy was brilliant especially the geocache find with shared narration. I would've thought the mother might've recognized the traveller as her son but then she was thought to be the stepmother and then of course there will have been a time span, but yes I thought it was a good story well told. I wondered if it was very cold that day as neither of you were wearing hats. Lots of rain though!
Unfortunately the coast path is very muddy and slippery at the moment, Sarah :)
That was fascinating and its just near me, thank you
Fantastic! Sarah :)
Thank you so much sarah &andrew for this interesting story ,as always very entertaining,i love the geo treasure!what a nice thing!!!
Glad you enjoyed it, Sarah :)
Great story Sarah and Andrew I love it so interesting thank buoy enjoyed it
Glad you enjoyed it, Sarah :)
Thanks for braving the chill & the rain!...was that a Cornish 'mizzle' or a general downpour? Fascinating story. As there's no standing trace left of Bohelland Farm, maybe there is an element of truth to the story. Otherwise, it seems odd that a farmhouse in a beautiful setting was purposefully abandoned for so long to eventually crumble into oblivion. From your images, there does seem to be a strange feel about the field...something out of the ordinary. I wonder if the current owners of the field have ever had a geo-phys done of the land for foundation traces of the original farmhouse? The surprise cache you found in the hedge maybe a taster for more riches in the field itself :)
The geophys thought crossed my mind too, need to call in Time Team! Sarah :)
Hi Sarah and Andrew
Great Cornish tale can’t wait to get back down to Cornwall in September and a must to go to stargazy cafe hope to bump into you both one day walking Cornish paths
Great story.Nobody was alive to tell that story.Maybe bodies were found and the story just got made up to make it more interesting 😆
Very brave to endure that rain and find the gold.Good fun.❤
It is a mystery!!! Sarah :)
Great video and story.
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Great video so funny thank you 😂
Glad you enjoyed it, Sarah :)
Thanks for bring us the video. Heading through France 🇫🇷 on the TGV but it must say the food looked amazing you were eating. The French clearly don’t know anything our hidden Cornish Cuisine.
Looking forward to being in Cornwall for a month in June.
Hope you enjoyed it! You sound well travelled! Sarah :)
@@CornishWalkingTrails Took the train from Switzerland to South of France 🇫🇷 in order to avoid total motorway closure like last month. Thanks to Tractors on the motorways a 900 km (10 hour) trip became a 24 hour nightmare….😱🚜.
Wow! Great story.
Glad you enjoyed it! Sarah :)
Hi Sarah and Andrew.. I really enjoyed your historical morbid story of a somewhat legend/ true event. It is sad to think think if the son didn't play a practical joke it could of been a wonderful occasion.
We agree! So sad! Sarah :)
Welcome back Sarah and Andrew, another story well told. CSI Mevagissey at its best. Hope you wont need those brollies again, unless its to keep the sun off your heads.
Fingers crossed! Sarah :)
A real gem 👌😜🙏💖🥰
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How intriguing. Thanks for this rainy day story ( as I'm watching on a rainy day here!) . Your own treasure hunt for pirate booty.😉 ☠
Our pleasure! Sarah :)
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Where do you find your books? Id love to source some books like the ones you’ve got x
Lots of places; second hand bookshops, auctions, online, eBay etc., Sarah :)
What about the graves there must be somewhere
I guess but workout the parish record, probably difficult to trace, Sarah :)
I blame the sister! It.was her idea! 🙄🙂
😂🤣😂 Sarah :)