Page 8 - Porthleven's Historical Timeline

1821 Act of Parliament amendment Harbour and Dock

1825 On the 18th October, 1825, the magistrates in quarter session assembled
certified that Porthleven Harbour was completed to admit vessels of 200
tons.

1826 Porthleven Harbour opens for traffic

1830 The Bible Christians also built a chapel in the village during this year.

1840 The Methodist chapel proved too small and a larger one was built during this
year

1841 St Bartholomew Anglican Church was consecrated 24th August. The Chapel in
Fore Street, was built in 1883 at a cost of £3,720.

1846 Wheal Rose Mine (east side of Porthleven) yielded 18 tons of silver lead at
£19.5 shillings (£19.25p) a ton
Porthleven was bisected by the parish boundaries of Breage and Sithney, and
the modern parish – formed in 1846 - took land from both.

1847 The King of Norway sent a testimonial to a Cornishman in recognition of his
gallant services in the rescue of lives from the Norwegian schooner “Elizabeth”
wrecked in Porthleven the previous year, the recipient was Richard Kitto.
The first marriage in St Bartholomew’s Church was solemnised

1848 Sixty-three boats, of all sizes, belonged to the port. About twenty were engaged
in the mackerel fishery.
The first burial took place at St Bartholomew’s Church the deceased being a
boy who fell into a plump (well) at Sunset Farm.
William E Cudlip had acquired a number of buildings around the harbour and
the harbour itself. Unfortunately he was declared bankrupt during this year.

1850 Kitto and Sons were the principal boat builders and the first net-making loom in
Cornwall was installed.

1851 Population 1012 persons

1852 Porthleaven (Porthleven today) Post receiving house at Elizabeth Jaka's from all
parts of Helston will arrive every morning at ten.

1855 June - Harvey and Co purchased the harbour and built an extra breakwater and a
pair of jetties to block the entrance.

1858 The gap to the inner harbour that could be closed by baulks was completed
during this year. It was this work that prompted the 1869 Act of parliament.