Mother Ivey's Bay
History
The name Mother Ivey's Bay first appeared in 1870 and is named after a local wisewoman and white witch.
An auction for the ″Mother Ive Pilchard Fishery″ was held, on 30 September 1879, at the Western Hotel, St Ives. The sale was described as a going concern and included a nearly new, stone-built, slate-covered fish cellar with nineteen sleeping-berths, two seynes, two seine-boats, about thirty oars, horses, forty pilchard hogsheads, 170 tons of French salt, etc. The reserve price of £490 was not met. A second auction was held on 6 September 1881 and included 170 tons of French Salt.
Popular culture
Cover photos for the 1982 album E già by Italian singer Lucio Battisti were taken here by photographer Gered Mankowitz.
See also
References
- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin ISBN 978-0-319-22938-5
- ^ Weatherhill C. (2007) Cornish Place Names and Language. Ammanford: Sigma Press
- ^ "Cameron holiday destination cursed by white witch", The Guardian, 23 July 2008
- ^ "Mother Ive Pilchard Fishery (Advertisement)". The Cornishman. No. 63. 25 September 1879. p. 1.
- ^ "Mother Ive Pilchard Fishing Company". The Cornishman. No. 65. 9 October 1879. p. 5.
- ^ "Mother-Ive Pilchard Fishery". The Cornishman. No. 164. 1 September 1881. p. 1.
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