Cotton from the Penzance Parish of Cornwall

West Penwith Map
c1845

Newlyn View c1900 Paul Cemetries
Newlyn nor'ard slip corner c1900



Richard Maddern Cotton, the six-year-old child of Mr John Cotton, Trewarveth-street, was playing with a top on the norra’d slip corner where the cliff, descending 30 or 40 feet, is protected with a single rail.  The youngster’s top fell over the cliff and rebounded into the sea.

The Fatality at Newlyn to Richard Maddern Cotton can be viewed with Adobe Acrobat Reader.


The Solomon-Browne and its crew from Penlee. Those who gave their lives - including an Assistant Mechanic named Nigel Brockman, a member of the Cotton family.


Cotton family tree can be viewed with Adobe Acrobat Reader.

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Mrs. Cotton said a previous resident reached the age of 101, so “it can’t be described as unhealthy, can it?”

Reunion With The Rosebud’s Crew

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Links to other sites where you may find relevant Cotton information:-

Ancestors of Gordon K. Cotton