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  William Pengelly
William Pengelly was born at East Looe, in Cornwall on the 12th of January, 1812.
Pengelly's energy and sharp faculties led the way to a study of the caves of his native Devonshire; particularly the excavation and cataloging of Kent’s Cavern (Torquay, Devonshire, England), which would be the subject of his life’s work.
Pengelly's range of interests grew wider to subjects such as astronomy, anthropology, meteorology, and local history.
www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/information/biography/pqrst/pengelly_william.html   (476 words)

  
 Torquay Museum-William Pengelly's biography
The Society would be a fundamental part of Pengelly's life and he would be one of its most dedicated members, giving lectures to the Society and the public for the next 45 years and serving as Honourable Secretary for a remarkable 39 years.
By 1865 Pengelly realised that a full and systematic excavation of Kent's Cavern was needed, and so he applied for and was given a grant of £100 by the British Association (headed by Sir Charles Lyell).
It is fair to say that William Pengelly left a legacy that will always be remembered, not only did he give knowledge to the scientific world and its illustrious figures, but he also believed strongly in sharing that knowledge with all around him whether rich or poor.
www.torquaymuseum.org /aboutUs/williamPengelly.html   (1130 words)

  
 Pengelly (Pengilly) Family Information :
Frederick (Fred) William Pengelly was born in the parish of Calstock, East Cornwall in early 1893 whilst his father was working in the area as a mining engineer.
Fred’s father, Frederick William Cardell Pengilly (sic) was born in 1861 in the village of Chacewater close to the intensive mining district of Gwennap near Redruth, Cornwall.
It was here that their son, Frederick William Pengelly was born in early 1893.
www.encyclopedia-titanica.org /item/2853   (662 words)

  
 Genealogy Details
William Pengelly Northey was born on 2 Dec 1792 in Germansweek Parish, Devonshire, England.
Vincent William O'Keefe was born on 7 Jun 1917.
William O'Lynnger was born on 17 Mar 1893 in Riner, Montgomery Co., VA.
home.comcast.net /~g.dulaney/fow/d163.htm   (1482 words)

  
 Mr Frederick William Pengelly
Mr Frederick William Pengelly, 19, was born in Tavistock, Devon in December 1892.
He was accompanied by William Jeffery Ware, also of Gunnislake and two brothers from nearby Harrowbarrow, Harry and Shadrach Gale.
Frederick Pengelly died in the sinking, his body, if recovered, was never identified.
www.encyclopedia-titanica.org /biography/538   (145 words)

  
 A new survey of Kent's Cavern - KC12
In 1903 the cave was bought by William Francis Powe, and since then the Powe family have developed it for showing to the public, with the installation of paths and electric lights, so that today it is the biggest and most visited showcave in Devon.
Pengelly found another two blocked entrances nearby, but these were never opened up.
Before Pengelly's excavations the Lake was full of water and only the venturesome crossed to the far side, but when the Water Gallery beneath was dug out the seepage of water from the Lake caused considerable problems, so it was drained.
www.torbytes.co.uk /op/tm4/lv2/item237.htm   (3818 words)

  
 British Coastguards 1841-1891 - Personnel P-R
Children: William, 1854, Bradwell, ESS; John, 1859, Shoeburyness, ESS; Edwin andAnnie Mumford and Martha Mary Langmaid, 1860 and 1865 and 1866, all St Marys, Scilly Is, CON; Elizabeth and Albert and George, 1869 and 1870 and 1873, all St Agnes, Scilly Is, CON; Caroline K.A, 1878, Mothecombe, Holbeton, DEV.
Parker grandchildren: Edward and Ethel and Florence and William and Elizabeth and Rose, 1880 and 1882 and 1883 and 1886 and 1887 and 1890, all Veryan, CON.
Children: William H and Hannah M and Susan and John and Mary and James and Thomas, 1847 and 1849 and 1851 and 1853 and 1856 and 1859 and 1860, all Portland, DOR.
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Mrs Pengelly was not fond of him - she referred to him as 1 CONC "an awful man", and said that he scared her when she was a child.
She was the 1 CONC daughter of John's brother, William and a lady called Maria Jaycock 1 CONC Steer.
William refused to marry Maria and take responsibilty for 1 CONC Beatrice, so John adopted her and bought her up.
www.christian-mayne.net /genealogy/mayne/mayne.ged   (4900 words)

  
 UFO AREA - Man Before Adam In Britain by Ellen Lloyd
William Buckland made a very interesting cave discovery himself at Goat's Hole Cave near Paviland in Wales, where he found a skeleton of a young man. Buckland misidentified the remains, believing that he had unearthed the remains of a woman.
William Buckland had an answer to this question - the tools must have somehow "slipped down" to the lower, older layer were the remains of extinct animals were found.
In 1858, when entering a cave in Devon, William Pengelly, a schoolmaster discovered on its floor a sheet of stalagmite from three to eight inches thick having within it and on it relics of lion, hyena, bear, mammoth, rhinoceros and reindeer.
www.ufoarea.com /lloyd_britain.html   (1311 words)

  
 BBC Devon - Walk Through Time - Torquay Coral Coast Walk: Kents Cavern artefacts
The flints were literally unearthed by excavator William Pengelly, who spent 15 years searching the caves from 1865 to 1880.
Pengelly's finds were hugely controversial, because they seemed to prove that humans were contemporary with some extinct prehistoric animals.
Pengelly uncovered more than 80,000 objects, many of which were preserved in lower chambers.
www.bbc.co.uk /devon/outdoors/walks/walk_through_time/09.shtml   (677 words)

  
 Palaeontology - People   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The processes that shape the earth today were being unravelled and their relevance to the dynamic history of planet earth was beginning to be understood for the very first time.
William Boyd Dawkins, the son of the Rev. Richard Dawkins, was born at Buttington Vicarage, Welshpool, on St Stephen's Day, 1837.
The exploration of Kent's Hole, Torquay by William Pengelly led Dawkins to turn his attention to cave research and in December 1859 he began the excavation of the hyaena den at Wookey Hole, near Wells, Somerset where he amassed large collections of Palaeolithic implements and remains of many extinct Pleistocene animals.
www.museum.man.ac.uk /collections/palaeontology/palaeontologists.htm   (853 words)

  
 BBC - Get Writing - - A3075554 - Conversation with a Cave Bear
PENGELLY: I can see why they thought it: this place is like a mausoleum.
PENGELLY: He may yet be right with regards to the age of the earth but I do think it divine arrogance to assume we are so indispensable to this planet!
PENGELLY: …then whatever is beneath our feet would be 18 thousand years old.
www.bbc.co.uk /dna/getwriting/A3075554   (1502 words)

  
 Northey Lineage
1.1.1.4.3a.3 Edna NORTHEY (-) & Alexander William MILLAGE (-)
1.1.1.5.8a.1 Ida Mae WORSLEY (-) & William KNIGHT (-)
1.1.1.11.4 William Henry MCCALL (-) & Gertie SAMPSON (-)
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 Caves of Britain: Philp's Cave
Windmill Hill Cave has been entered in the schedule of monuments compiled and maintained by the Secretary of State for the Environment under Section 1 of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979.
This was an extremeley important find at this time, so William Pengelly (1812-1894) tried to lease the cave from Mr Philp.
During this excavation, William Pengelly developed several important techniques of modern archaeology, like the introduction of a grid system which ensured that every artifacts was permanently recorded in its rightful position.
www.showcaves.com /english/gb/caves/WindmillHill.html   (559 words)

  
 BBC News Online | England | Devon | Burial chamber moves back to moor
The 4,000-year-old stones were then taken to Torquay Museum by geologist and anthropologist William Pengelly.
The chamber was one of two which were discovered during the excavation of a prehistoric burial mound near Thornworthy.
The first cist discovered was excavated by Samuel Slade of Torquay, who decided to seek the help of Pengelly, the Torquay geologist, in excavating the second cist at the site.
news.bbc.co.uk /nolpda/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_3546000/3546433.stm   (356 words)

  
 Gwennap - Family History, Genealogy, Surnames and Local History.
Anne WILLIAMS married Benjamin BESANKO in 1833 in Gwennap Cornwall.
Anne WILLIAMS was born circa 1814 and died in 1895 in Wallaroo Mines South Australia.
I am trying to locate the ancestors of William Oates born about 1799 in Kea, shown on 1861 census for Gwennap (and earlier though I cannot locate offhand!) William was married to Mary Tuckfield born about 1805 and his occupation was shown as "farmer"...
www.curiousfox.com /history/cornwall_5.html   (2294 words)

  
 Cornwall Online Census Project, transcript of Piece HO107/153(3)
Lab.,In county,,,Frances Deacon,,55,,In county,,,Joseph Deacon,20,,,In county, Parsonage,1,Reverend William Rawling,50,,Clergyman,In county,,,Caroline Rawling,,45,,In county,,,Mary Evea,,35,Female Servant,In county,,,Jane Lander,,25,Female Servant,In county, Duckpool,1,William Libby,55,,Blacksmith Journeyman,In county,,,Thomasina Libby,,55,,In county,,,Jane Libby,,15,,In county,,,Ann Libby,,10,,In county,,,Thomas Libby,9,,,In county, Polgazick,1,Henry Bettinson,55,,Farmer,In county,,,Jane Bettinson,,55,,In county,,,Mary Bettinson,,25,,In county,,,George Bettinson,20,,,In county,,,Harriot Bettinson,,15,,In county,
,,William Ede,11,,,In county,,,Thomas Ede,9,,,In county,,,Mary Ede,,6,,In county, Pont,1,John Wyatt,30,,Bargeman,In county,,,Mary Wyatt,,27,,In county,,,Jane Wyatt,,6,,In county,,,Joseph Wyatt,3,,,In county,,,Mary Wyatt,,8m,,In county, Pont,1,Joseph Scantlebury,56,,Ag.
,,William Dyer,13,,,In county,,,Robert Dyer,9,,,In county, Highway,1,William Roberts,25,,Shoemaker,In county,,,Grace Roberts,,25,,In county,,,Mary Roberts,,2,,In county,,,Elizabeth Roberts,,1m,,In county, Highway,1,Blanch Colenso,,60,Retailer Of Beer,In county,,,Ann Colenso,,19,,In county,,,John Colenso,6,,,In county, New Park Corner,1,Robert Colenso,30,,Sailor,In county,,,Agnes Colenso,,25,,In county,,,Joseph Colenso,4,,,In county,,,Mary Colenso,,1,,In county, New Park Corner,1,James Dorrington,27,,Ag.
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~kayhin/40153b.html   (4680 words)

  
 Journal of Cave and Karst Studies Volume 67
Between 1858 and 1880, William Pengelly developed revolutionary new techniques for the archeological and paleontological excavation of cave deposits.
Although the Brixham Cave work was thoroughly summarized in print, Pengelly never published the plans of his much more thorough and extensive excavations at Kent’s Cavern.
Here we present a reconstructed plan of the Pengelly excavations that we hope will be a valuable resource for future analyses of the archaeological and paleontological collections.
www.caves.org /pub/journal/PDF/V67/v67n1-McFarlane.htm   (137 words)

  
 Calstock Online Parish Clerk
PARNE, William : 2 Jul 1769 : Joseph and Eliz.
PENGELLY, Mary Anne : 30 Mar 1866 : Roger and Elizabeth Anne : Chilsworthy : father a labourer : Gunnislake Chapel : born Dec 1863
PENGELLY, William John Courtis : 21 Sep 1868 : Roger and Elizabeth Ann : Chilsworthy : father a labourer : St Anns Gunnislake : born 31 Dec 1868?
www.minebydesign.co.uk /calstock/census/baptisms_p.htm   (13260 words)

  
 The Pengelly Trust
The Trust is named after William Pengelly, F.R.S, 1812-1894 and is a UK based organisation with an international membership, that was established in 1962 to further the study of caves and to promote the conservation of the cave environment.
The Trust supports a wide range of research at The Centre and elsewhere.
If you wish to join, please contact the membership secretary or complete and return the membership form found here.
www.pengellytrust.org.uk /about.htm   (265 words)

  
 Kent's Cavern - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and open to the public.
Excavations in the nineteenth century by Father John MacEnery and William Pengelly, and later by others uncovered flint tools indicating human occupation of the cave during the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic.
Cultures found included the Mousterian, Aurignacian, proto-Solutrean, Creswellian and Magdelanian.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kent's_Cavern   (235 words)

  
 Geological Society - Events - From Earthly Bowels into Light: The History of Geological Speleology and Cave Finds
The study of caves, their formation and their contents, has attracted the interest of a variety of researchers over the past few centuries.
The History of Geology Group in cooperation with the Devonshire Association (Geology Section), Pengelly Cave Studies Trust and Southwest Regional Group of the Geological Society is organising a conference on the History of Geological Speleology and Cave Finds in Torquay from Thursday 21st to Sunday 24th April 2005.
16.15 — Ralph O’Connor: Kirkdale Cave and the poetry of William Buckland.
www.geolsoc.org.uk /template.cfm?name=hogg_210405   (658 words)

  
 Introduction to Archaeology (ANTH 110/310)
William Pengelly - found sheet of stalagmite sealing stone tools together with remains of extinct animals at Kent's Cavern, England in 1858.
William Henry Holmes - studied Precolumbian ceramics in Mexico and U.S. and produced first typology of American Indian pottery in 1903.
William Duncan Strong - Advocate of direct-historical approach in Nebraska archaeology.
web.ku.edu /~hoopes/history.html   (2559 words)

  
 v30n01
This day of talks on the charismatic William Buckland will be held on the 150th anniversary of his death, and will be accompanied by an exhibition of his specimens at the Museum.
William Buckland and the transmission of British stratigraphic knowledge.
William Buckland and the early institutionalization of geology: the Oxford Readership, Geological Society and British Association.
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 Treleigh, Redruth Memorial Inscriptions - v 1 Letter P
Pengelly Emily Myrtle wife of William A PENGELLY 23/8/1968 64 mother of Roxey and Res also William 15/7/1984 89
Pengelly Henry PENGELLY 9/7/1846 29 also Amelia his sister died in Mexico 13/11/1859 39 also Elizabeth his sister 11/7/1874 64 also Caroline their sister 11/4/1885 at Gwennap 63 and Thomas in Mexico 26/5/1855 72??
Peters William PETERS husband of Doris father of Raymond and Denzil 5/6/1974 69 wife Doris 18/2/1982 75
ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/jon_rees/TreleigP.htm   (1095 words)

  
 Torquay's History
The Cary’s also owned St Marychurch and Babbacombe but the family lost their lands at Cockington during the Civil War and the manor passed to the Mallock family in 1654.
Completed in 1848 with its sweeping Regency facade it was described as the ‘finest crescent of houses in the West of England’.
1844: William Pengelly co-founded Torquay Natural History Society (now Torquay Museum Society) and in 1865 began a fifteen-year excavation of Kent’s Cavern.
www.torbay.gov.uk /index/leisure/heritage/torquay-history.htm   (433 words)

  
 P. to PET
PAULL~Margaret~~79~~Same headstone as William Henry PAULL and Agnes SYMONS~Barnoon~
PEARSON~Albert Merrian~16/8/1902~75~1827~S/O William and Lydia; same headstone as his parents and Robert; [Note: year of death and/or age at death may be incorrect]~Barnoon~
PENBERTHY~Dorcas~18/9/1870~49~1821~W/O William; M/O William; interred at Lelant; same headstone as her husband and son and Dorcas and James BARBER~Barnoon~
www.members.tripod.com /chrisuphill/mainp1.htm   (2177 words)

  
 Newlyn Hotel in Torquay - History.
Hester was the daughter of William Pengelly, a famous archaeologist who excavated Kent's Cavern in 1846.
The hotel was sold again in 1998 to its present owners John and Barbara Eggleston.
In 1998 a gentleman visited the hotel for an evening meal, his name was Pengelly, a distant relative of Hester and was surprised with the connection the house had with his family.
www.newlyn-hotel.co.uk /history.htm   (344 words)

  
 Books on Brixham   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Brixham's statue of William III was erected in 1888
Pengelly, William Ash Hole and bench bone-caverns at Brixham Transactions of the Devonshire Association 1870 pp.73-80 Summarises the important finds at Ash Hole.
Pengelly, William Cavern discovered in 1858 at Windmill Hill Transactions of the Devonshire Association 1873-4 pp.775-856 Summarises the important finds at Brixham Cavern.
home.freeuk.com /mortz/books.htm   (708 words)

  
 Stone Pages Archaeo News: Ancient stone tomb returns to Dartmoor
They were usually sunk into the ground and covered with earth or stones, forming a mound and would have contained either a single burial or a cremation.
The first cist discovered at Thornworthy was excavated by Samuel Slade, who decided to seek the help of William Pengelly, the Torquay geologist, in excavating the second cist at the site.
By the time Pengelly reached the site the second cist had been looted and all that remained were pottery fragments and flint tools.
www.stonepages.com /news/archives/000592.html   (410 words)

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