Ould
Family Cottage at Bar Beach
Cornwall, England
The Ould family cottage at Bar Beach is situated on the north bank of the Helford River, not far from Helford Passage and directly opposite the village of Helford on the south bank of the river. In 1720 Bar was part of the Budock Vean estate and although it is nearer to Mawnan village and church, it is actually in the Parish of Constantine. (Reference to the sketch map will show boundaries of Parishes.) This property was occupied by the Ould family from 1720 until 1899. A local legend states that a previous owner of the Cottage at Bar had said she had seen a little old lady in a rocking chair in the ruined cottage "weeping because her husband had been drowned." This little old lady was Jane Long, wife of Emanuel (2). (Excerpts taken from "The Oulds Family of the Parishes of Constantine and Mawnan, Cornwall, England and the United States of America" by Betty Farrell)
This painting was done by Mrs. Betty Farrell on September 11, 1968 and presented to me [Elaine Olds Hagelberg] as a special gift.
No. 1: The woods at the back are Calamansac woods on the other side of Port Navas Creek.
No. 2: These sheds are only twenty years old or there-abouts. They are now used as Yacht storage sheds.
No. 3: This is a modern building in garden used as an observer tower for local yacht racing. I was told that behind it an old slipway existed for many years. It was probably used by the people who lived in the cottage (your ancestors) to pull up their boats.
No. 4: This is the cottage ruin now used to house a greenhouse and soon to be made into a garden room in the garden of the house on the right.
No. 5: This wall is to prevent further cliff erosion. Indications are that one hundred years ago the cottage was farther back from the beach,
No. 6: I sketched this picture yesterday when the tide was on the way out and people were 'trigging' or digging for shellfish (apparently this was how Jane Long Oulds made her living after she was left a widow when her husband drowned.) The people used to dig or rake them out of the sand and then cook them, and then would walk the nine miles to Falmouth in order to find sale for then, then walk the nine miles back home.
The actual cottage ruins (refer to No. 4) is covered by a creeper (vine) and from this view gives the appearance of a hedge.
The color picture below was recreated from the black and white above by Brenton Bauer, a descendent of Thomas Olds.
©2000 Brenton Bauer
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