As part of an initiative to promote longevity of the groups and facilities in our Parish - the Council resolved to create a 'Welcome Pack'. 

We hope that you will find this of interest. 

It is important to know who to contact if you find yourself in a position where safeguarding is compromised for either yourself, or someone you know.

Please use the information below to help you.

On Saturday & Sunday - 16th & 17th August 2025

Morwenstow Community Centre & Morwenstow Church

will be Commemorating the 150th (Sesquicentennial) Year since the Death

of

The Reverend Robert Stephen Hawker

Vicar of Morwenstow from 1834 until his death in 1875

Saturday 16th August at the Morwenstow Community Centre :-

· Open from 1.00 - 4.00 p.m.

· Bassline - Singers - 2. 15 to 2.45 p.m. & 3.15 to 3.45 p.m.

· Morwenstow Hand Bell Ringers - 2.45 to 3.15 p.m.

· Cream Teas - Donations gratefully received

· Hawker Memorabilia - Collected by the late Jill Wellby

· Morwenstow Historical Films

· Replica of 'Hawkers Hut'

Sunday 17th August at Morwenstow Community Centre :-

· Open from 1.00 - 5.00 p.m.

· Cream Teas - Donations gratefully received

· Hawker Memorabilia - Collected by the late Jill Wellby

· Morwenstow Historical Films

· Replica of 'Hawkers Hut'

· Cousin Jack- Singers

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Sunday 17th August - Morwenstow Church Service - Starts 3.00 p.m.

· Led by The Right Reverend David Williams - The 17th Bishop of Truro & Reverend Teresa Folland - Rector of St. John the Baptist & St. Morwenna Church

· Attended by The Lord-Lieutenant of Cornwall Colonel Sir Edward Bolitho KCVO OBE & The Deputy Lord-Lieutenant of Cornwall Fiona Hargreaves.

· Cousin Jack - Singers

As part of the Hawker 150 Celebrations we had a new road sign installed. Today we took some photos, also featuring some of the Parishioners who made it happen.

Left to right: Alan Rowland - David Miles - Jonathan Hobbs.

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Hawker Sesquicentennial

This year is the 150th, sesquicentennial, anniversary of the death of Robert Stephen Hawker.

He was a well-known local vicar and national celebrity. A poet, antiquarian and writer; he was vicar of Morwenstow from 1834 until his death in 1875.

The parishioners of Morwenstow are celebrating this anniversary with a range of events.

The first event was a St Piran’s day service at 3pm on 5th March in the parish church of St John and St Morwenna at Morwenstow. It is also the 200th anniversary of Hawker’s writing of Trelawny, or Song of the Western Men. This Cornish anthem was written by him when sitting under a “stag-horned oak in Bevil’s walk” in Stowe Wood.

Further events are planned during the year culminating in a display of Hawker’s life illustrated with items from the extensive collection of Hawkeriana amassed by the late Jill Wellby. The display will take place during the weekend of 16th to 17th August in Morwenstow Community Centre at Shop.

The final event on the 5th October will be a traditional Harvest Festival service in the parish church followed by a Harvest Lunch in the Community Centre. Hawker is remembered for re-introducing the Harvest Festival in 1843 and since adopted throughout the Church of England.

This sign erected on the road from the A39 to Shop is a pointer to both the events and the parish. It was funded and supported by Morwenstow Renewable Energy Association, under whose blades it stands and Morwenstow Parish Council whose logo, along with St Piran’s flag and Hawker’s signature are illustrated on it. Thanks also go to Oliver Jones of Cornwall Council Highways for arranging installation free of charge.

To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Opening of the Morwenstow Community Centre (MCC) 4 Cherry Trees were planted on Sunday 18th May 2025.

1. Prunus Kanzan -The first tree was planted by Alan Colwill & David Miles, the first & current Chair of the MCC Committee.

2. Prunus SnowGoose -The second was planted by Jonathan Hobbs, Chair of the Morwenstow Parish Council.

3. Prunus Royal Burgundy -The third was planted by Colin Ingram, a former Chair of the MCC Committee.

4. Prunus Hokusai -The fourth was planted by Edie & her father Matt Payne who is the Vice Chair of the current MCC committee.

Thank you to Morwenstow Parish Council for allowing us to plant the trees in the Morwenstow Playpark in Shop.

Thanks to David & Elaine Miles should be expressed as it was they that did all the organising with Alan Colwill.