Editing Newquay (section)

=== 19th century ===
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[[File:Newquay , Newquay Golf Club Clubhouse - geograph.org.uk - 2605794.jpg|thumb|The tower, now Newquay Golf Club]]
The first national British census of 1801 recorded around 1,300 inhabitants in the settlement which would have include the small settlements which would become Newquay (enumerated as a village under [[St Columb Minor]] parish).

In 1832 the London-based entrepreneur [[Richard Lomax]] bought the manor of Towan Blystra. This included the small harbour at what was becoming known as New Quay.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-14 |title=The Early Development of Newquay to c1900 |url=https://www.cornwallheritage.com/youtube-social-media/discovering-cornwall-the-early-development-of-newquay-to-c1900/ |access-date=2023-02-17 |language=en}}</ref>

The proposal included a description of New Quay and Towan and the unpaved track between the settlements. It also showed some buildings including an inn, (this was rebuilt in 1859 and is now known as The Central), cottages along what would become Bank Street and other structures connected with the fishing industry, such as the cellars, where the fish were dried and packed in barrels. Lomax began the construction of the north and south quay, but he died in 1837 before his harbour had been completed.

The harbour was at its most prosperous in the 25 years following its purchase in the 1870s by the [[Cornwall Minerals Railway]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cornwall Minerals Railway - Graces Guide|url=https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Cornwall_Minerals_Railway|access-date=2021-12-22|website=www.gracesguide.co.uk}}</ref> In 1872 the middle jetty was added to expand capacity.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ertach Kernow – Visionary who engineered a great chapter in Cornish history – Association for Cornish Heritage|url=https://www.cornwallheritage.com/news-blogs/ertach-kernow-blogs/ertach-kernow-visionary-who-engineered-a-great-chapter-in-cornish-history-2/|access-date=2021-12-22|language=en-GB|archive-date=22 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222150945/https://www.cornwallheritage.com/news-blogs/ertach-kernow-blogs/ertach-kernow-visionary-who-engineered-a-great-chapter-in-cornish-history-2/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

To the north of the harbour there were [[Fish collar|fish cellars]] in the 19th century, where pilchards were salted and packed in casks. The two remaining areas are Fly cellars and Active cellars, although the others have disappeared.

A mansion called the Tower was built for the Molesworth family in 1835: it included a castellated tower and a private chapel as they were [[Roman Catholics]] and no church for that denomination existed in the area. The Tower later became the golf club house.<ref>Pevsner, N. (1970) ''Cornwall''; 2nd ed. Penguin Books; p. 126</ref> After the arrival of passenger trains in June 1876, the town started to develop with many rows of private houses and hotels began to emerge.