Summercourt
Education
There is a village school, Summercourt Community Primary School, which is a combined primary and junior school. It has a capacity of just over 100 pupils. The school started its life as the National School, Summercourt, in 1828 and was the first school in the area - taking children from Summercourt, Fraddon, Mitchell and even Indian Queens. At first it was only for boys - and consisted of one small room. A year later, girls were also permitted to attend. Since that time, the school has increased in size considerably.
The village today
The village has a pub (the London Inn on School Road), a restaurant and pub (The Fox's Revenge at nearby Carvynick) and there is a convenience store ("Summercourt Village Store" on Beacon Road) which incorporates a post office. The bus company Kernow (formerly First Kernow) has a depot in village which it inherited from the failed Western Greyhound bus company.
Summercourt fair
Summercourt fair is a Charter fair held in Summercourt in the last week of September each year; at over 800 years old, it is the longest-established fair in Cornwall.
References
- ^ Ordnance Survey 1:25000 'Explorer' map, sheet 106, ISBN 978-0-319-24016-8
- ^ London Inn Summercourt
- ^ The Fox's Revenge
- ^ Dr Samantha Letters, Online Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England Wales to 1516
- ^ Cornwall County council, document AD1751/4, Notes, Summercourt Fair, St Enoder; 1974
External links
Media related to Summercourt at Wikimedia Commons