Mother Ivy's Bay

People sunbathing in the bay

Polventon Bay (Cornish: Poll Fenton, meaning pool of a spring), Mother Ivey's Bay, or Mother Ivy's Bay is a bay and bathing beach on the north coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom. The bay is on east side of the headland, Trevose Head and within the parish of St Merryn. The South West Coast Path, which follows the coast of south-west England from Somerset to Dorset follows the cliff above the bay.[1]

History

The name Mother Ivey's Bay first appeared in 1870 and is named after a local wisewoman and white witch.[2][3]

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.[4] The reserve price of £490 was not met.[5]

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

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  1. ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin ISBN 978-0-319-22938-5
  2. ↑ Weatherhill C. (2007) Cornish Place Names and Language. Ammanford: Sigma Press
  3. ↑ "Cameron holiday destination cursed by white witch", The Guardian, 23 July 2008
  4. ↑ "Mother Ive Pilchard Fishery (Advertisement)". The Cornishman (63). 25 September 1879. p. 1.
  5. ↑ "Mother Ive Pilchard Fishing Company". The Cornishman (65). 9 October 1879. p. 5.

Coordinates: 50°32′48″N 5°00′59″W / 50.5467°N 5.0165°W / 50.5467; -5.0165

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