Editing Padstow

{{Short description|Town in Cornwall, England}}
{{For|the Sydney, Australia suburb|Padstow, New South Wales}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
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|map_type =                Cornwall
|coordinates = {{coord|50.538|-4.938|display=inline,title}}
|official_name=             Padstow
|cornish_name=		Lannwedhenek
|static_image_name = Padstow 1.jpg
|static_image_caption =Padstow Inner Harbour & quayside
|population = 2,993
|population_ref = ([[United Kingdom Census 2011|Civil parish, 2011]])
|civil_parish=            Padstow<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://padstow-tc.gov.uk/|title=Padstow Town Council &#124; Working In Partnership For The Good Of The Community|website=Padstow-tc.gov.uk|access-date=3 July 2022}}</ref>
|unitary_england=           [[Cornwall Council]]
|lieutenancy_england =    [[Cornwall]]
|region=                  South West England
|constituency_westminster=      [[North Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)|North Cornwall]]
|post_town=        PADSTOW
|postcode_district =       PL28
|postcode_area=            PL
|dial_code=      01841
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'''Padstow''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|æ|d|s|t|oʊ}}; {{langx|kw|Lannwedhenek|label=[[Cornish language|Cornish]] [[Standard Written Form]]}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.magakernow.org.uk/pdf/placename_masterlist.pdf|title=List of Place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel|access-date=11 January 2015|publisher=Cornish Language Partnership|date=May 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729194902/http://www.magakernow.org.uk/pdf/placename_masterlist.pdf|archive-date=29 July 2014}}</ref>) is a town, [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] and fishing port on the north coast of [[Cornwall]], England, United Kingdom. The town is situated on the west bank of the [[River Camel]] estuary, approximately {{convert|5|mi}} northwest of [[Wadebridge]], {{convert|10|mi}} northwest of [[Bodmin]] and {{convert|10|mi}} northeast of [[Newquay]].<ref>Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 ''Newquay & Bodmin'' {{ISBN|978-0-319-22938-5}}</ref> The population of Padstow civil parish was 3,162 in the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 census]],<ref>[http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/Facts/fact100d.htm Parish population for North Cornwall district] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050307005139/http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/Facts/fact100d.htm |date=7 March 2005 }}, Cornwall County Council and [[Office for National Statistics|ONS]], 2001</ref> reducing to 2,993 at the 2011 census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/Padstow/index.html#Population|title=Parish population 2011|access-date=10 February 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402103400/http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/Padstow/index.html#Population|archive-date=2 April 2015}}</ref> In addition [[Padstow (electoral division)|an electoral ward with the same name]] exists but extends as far as [[Trevose Head]]. The population for this ward is 4,434.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/padstow-e05008262#sthash.7TlQhoRu.dpbs|title=Ward population 2011 census|access-date=10 February 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402145044/http://www.ukcensusdata.com/padstow-e05008262#sthash.7TlQhoRu.dpbs|archive-date=2 April 2015}}</ref>

The geology of the low plateau west of Padstow has resulted in such features as Tregudda Gorge where erosion along the faultline has caused sheer cliffs 
to form; and Marble Cliffs which has alternating dark grey and light grey strata. The Round Hole is a collapsed sea cave.<ref>Clegg, David (2005) ''Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly''. Leicester: Matador; p. 78</ref>

==History==
[[File:Cross - panoramio (15).jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|Padstow war memorial]]
In English, Padstow was originally named {{lang|ang|Adelstow}} after [[Æthelstan]] who was reported by [[John Leland (antiquary)|John Leland]] to be 'chief governor of privileges onto it'.<ref>{{cite book|last=Whitaker|first=John|title=THE ANCIENT CATHEDRAL OF CORNWALL Historically Surveyed. Volume 1 of 2.|page=23|year=1804|publisher=John Stockdale, Picadilly|location=London, UK}}</ref> {{lang|ang|Adelstow}} was commuted into {{lang|ang|Petroc-stow}}, {{lang|ang|Petroc-stowe}}, or 'Petrock's Place', after the Welsh missionary [[Saint Petroc]], who landed at [[Trebetherick]] around AD 500. After his death a monastery (Lanwethinoc, the church of Wethinoc, an earlier holy man) was established here which was of great importance until {{lang|ang|Petroces stow}} (probably Padstow) was [[Viking activity in the British Isles|raided by the Vikings]] in 981, according to the ''[[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]]''.<ref>Orme, Nicholas (2007) ''Cornwall and the Cross''. Chichester: Phillimore; p. 10 "[either Padstow or Bodmin] ... presumably by a Viking attack"</ref> Whether as a result of this attack or later, the monks moved inland to [[Bodmin]], taking with them the relics of St Petroc.<ref>Orme (2007); p. 10</ref> The cult of St Petroc was important both in Padstow and Bodmin.

Padstow is recorded in the ''[[Domesday Book]]'' (1086) when it was held by [[Bodmin Monastery]]. There was land for 4 ploughs, 5 [[villein]]s who had 2 ploughs, 6 smallholders and 24 acres of pasture. It was valued at 10 [[shilling]]s (half of a [[pound sterling]]).<ref>Thorn, C., et al., eds. (1979) ''Cornwall''. (Domesday Book; 10.) Chichester: Phillimore; entry 4,4</ref>
 
In the medieval period, Padstow was commonly called '''Aldestowe''' ('old place' in contrast to Bodmin, the 'new place').<ref>[[Charles Henderson (historian)|Henderson, C.]] "Parochial history [of] Padstow", in: ''Cornish Church Guide'' (1925). Truro: Blackford, pp. 173–74)</ref> or '''Hailemouth''' ({{lang|kw|heyl}} being Cornish for 'estuary'). The modern Cornish form {{lang|kw|Lannwedhenek}} derives from {{lang|Kw|Lanwethinoc}} and in a simpler form appears in the name of the Lodenek Press, a publisher based in Padstow.

Padstow had considerable importance in the middle ages as a manor belonging to Bodmin monastery and as the site of a safe haven (one of the few on the north coast). So it became a busy fishing port and the site of nine chapels in addition to the parish church. The manor was leased to the family of Prideaux by the last prior before the [[dissolution of the monasteries|dissolution]] in [[Henry VIII]]'s reign. The town prospered through trade with Ireland and the English and Welsh ports on the [[Bristol Channel]]. Later trade was the export of tin, copper, lead, slate, cured fish and dairy produce, as well as the importing of timber from Norway and Sweden, salt and wine from France, and hemp, iron and [[jute]] from Russia. The population in 1841 was 1,791.<ref>{{cite book |title=The National Cyclopaedia of Useful Knowledge |date=1848 |publisher=Charles Knight |location=London |page=Vol IV, p.969 |edition=First}}</ref>

In the first half of the 19th century it was a significant port of embarcation for emigrants, particular those bound for Canada. Later on a shipbuilding industry developed with five shipyards though by 1900 this had declined. The [[North Cornwall Railway]] reached [[Padstow railway station (England)|Padstow]] in 1899, a large hotel was built and there was a revival of the fishing industry.<ref name="Beacham, Peter 2014 p. 389">Beacham, Peter & Pevsner, Nikolaus (2014) ''Cornwall''. (The Buildings of England.) New Haven: Yale University Press; p. 389</ref>

The seal of the borough of Padstow was a ship with three masts, the sails furled and an anchor hanging from the bow, with the legend "Padstow".<ref>{{cite book|last=Pascoe|first=W. H.|title=A Cornish Armory|page=134|year=1979|publisher=Lodenek Press|location=Padstow, Cornwall|isbn=0-902899-76-7}}</ref>

The TV archaeology programme ''[[Time Team]]'' filmed in Padstow for the episode "From Constantinople to Cornwall," broadcast on 9 March 2008.

There are two [[stone crosses in Cornwall|Cornish crosses]] in the parish: one is built into a wall in the old vicarage garden and another is at [[Prideaux Place]] (consisting of a four-holed head and part of an ornamented cross shaft). There is also part of a decorated cross shaft in the churchyard.<ref>Langdon, A. G. (1896) ''Old Cornish Crosses''. Truro: Joseph Pollard; pp. 196–97, 396–98 & 407–10</ref>

During [[World War II]], in 1940, a single aircraft dropped some bombs on the town, one of which hit and demolished a terrace of houses in New Street, killing three.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/80/a8346080.shtml |title= "When Bombs Fell" - The air-raids on Cornwall during WW2 : Part 2 - 1940 |website= WW2 People's war |publisher= BBC |access-date= 3 May 2021}}</ref>

==Churches==
[[File:Padstow St. Petroc 03.jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|St Petroc's church]]
The church of [[St Petroc]] is one of four said to have been founded by the saint, the others being [[Little Petherick]] (or St Petroc Minor), Parracombe and [[Bodmin]]. It is quite large and mostly of 13th- and 14th-century date. There is a fine 15th-century font of [[Catacleuse]] stone; the pulpit of c. 1530 is also of interest. There are two fine monuments to members of the Prideaux family (Sir  
Nicholas, 1627. and Edmund, 1693): there is also a monumental brass of 1421.<ref>[[Nikolaus Pevsner|Pevsner, Nikolaus]] (1970) ''Cornwall'', 2nd ed., revised by Enid Radcliffe. Harmondsworth:  Penguin Books; pp. 129–130</ref> The benefice is a rectory: Padstow (St Petroc), [[St Merryn]] and [[St Issey]] with St Petroc Minor now form a group within the deanery of [[Pydar]].

==Economy==
[[File:Rick Stein's Seafood Restaurant, Padstow.jpg|thumb|Rick Stein's Seafood Restaurant, Padstow]]
[[File:Padstow (Cornwall).jpg|thumb|Fishing trawler in Padstow harbour]]
Traditionally a fishing port, Padstow is now a popular [[tourist destination]]. Although some of its former fishing fleet remains, it is mainly a yachting haven on a dramatic coastline with few easily navigable harbours. The influence of restaurateur [[Rick Stein]] can be seen in the port, and tourists travel from long distances to eat at his restaurant and cafés. This has led to the town being dubbed "Padstein", by food writers in the British media.<ref name= stein1 >{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/3195730/Rick-Stein-defends-impact-of-his-seafood-empire-on-Padstow.html|title=Rick Stein defends impact of his seafood empire on Padstow|first=Richard|last=Savill|date=14 October 2008|access-date=3 May 2018|via=www.telegraph.co.uk|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912065813/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/3195730/Rick-Stein-defends-impact-of-his-seafood-empire-on-Padstow.html|archive-date=12 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Gerard|first1=Jasper|title=Rick Stein's Seafood Restaurant in Padstow|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/restaurants/4238927/Rick-Steins-Seafood-Restaurant-in-Padstow.html|website=Telegraph.co.uk|date=14 January 2009 |access-date=7 September 2017|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910044907/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/restaurants/4238927/Rick-Steins-Seafood-Restaurant-in-Padstow.html|archive-date=10 September 2017}}</ref>

Plans to build a skatepark in Padstow were proposed and funds were raised to create this at the Recreation Ground (Wheal Jubilee Parc). Construction was completed in 2019.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://padstow-tc.gov.uk/2019/02/skate-park-update-lawns-padstow/ | publisher = Padstow Town Council | date = 15 February 2019 | access-date = 16 July 2021 | title = Skate Park Update (Lawns, Padstow)}}</ref>

==Transport==
===Maritime traffic===
Padstow had considerable importance in the Middle Ages as a manor belonging to Bodmin monastery and as the site of a safe haven (one of the few on the north coast). So it became a busy fishing port. Padstow prospered through trade with Ireland and the English and Welsh ports on the [[Bristol Channel]], and during the early 18th Century returned over £100 in duties related to coal imports for both the periods 1708-1710 and 1710-1713, more than any other cornish port except [[Falmouth, Cornwall|Falmouth]].<ref name=BHO>{{cite web |url= https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-treasury-books/vol23/cccxl-cccxliv |title= Declared Accounts: Customs, Coal |author=  |date= 2019 |website= British History Online |publisher=  University of London |access-date= 21 May 2022}}</ref> Later trade was the export of tin, copper, lead, slate, cured fish and dairy produce, as well as the importing of timber from Norway and Sweden, salt and wine from France, and hemp, iron and jute from Russia.

In the first half of the 19th century Padstow was a significant port of embarcation for emigrants, particularly those bound for Canada, and during the mid-19th century ships carrying timber from Canada such as the [[barque]]s ''[[Clio (barque)|Clio]]'', ''Belle'' and ''Voluna''; and the [[brig]] ''Dalusia'' were making the journey across the Atlantic.<ref name="Beacham, Peter 2014 p. 389"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/ships/ships1843.html|title=Immigrants to Canada – Vessels Arriving at Quebec 1843|first=Marj|last=Kohli|website=ist.uwaterloo.ca|access-date=3 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090320210335/http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/ships/ships1843.html|archive-date=20 March 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~biblechristian/other/eynon_john_voyage.html|title=RootsWeb.com Home Page|website=freepages.history.rootsweb.com|access-date=3 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040911144302/http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~biblechristian/other/eynon_john_voyage.html|archive-date=11 September 2004}}</ref> [[Quebec City]] was a specific destination recorded and while such vessels brought timber, the offer of cheap travel to passengers wishing to emigrate enticed some to make the journey to Canada. Local shipbuilders also benefited from the quality of incoming cargoes, although shipbuilding had been practiced in Padstow for centuries and the town provided ships for the siege of [[Calais]] in 1346.<ref name=Topographical>{{cite web |url= https://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-dict/england/pp525-530#h3-0018 |title= A Topographical Dictionary of England. Originally published by S Lewis, London, 1848. |author=  |date=  |website= British History Online |publisher= University of London |access-date= 21 May 2022}}</ref> The practice continued, aided by the imported materials, and there five shipyards recorded in the late 19th century though by 1900 this had declined.<ref name="Beacham, Peter 2014 p. 389"/>

[[File:Padstow-Rock Ferry.JPG|thumb|left|Padstow-Rock ferry]]
The approach from the sea into the River Camel is partially blocked by the [[Doom Bar]], a [[sand bank|bank of sand]] extending across the estuary which is a significant hazard to shipping and the cause of many [[shipwreck]]s. [[Padstow Lifeboat Station|A lifeboat station]] was established in 1827.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Leach |first1=Nicholas |title=Padstow Lifeboats |date=2012 |publisher=The History Press |isbn=978-0-7524-6540-1 |pages=9–14}}</ref>

For ships entering the estuary, the immediate loss of wind due to the cliffs was a particular hazard, often resulting in ships being swept onto the Doom Bar. A manual capstan was installed on the west bank of the river (its remains can still be seen) and rockets were fired to carry a line to ships so that they could be winched to safety.

There have been ferries across the Camel estuary for centuries and the current service, the [[Black Tor Ferry]], carries pedestrians between Padstow and [[Rock, Cornwall|Rock]] daily throughout the year.
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[[File:Burgee of Padstow Sailing Club.svg|thumb|Burgee of Padstow Sailing Club, established in 1965]]
In 1964, the harbour commissioners regained control of the harbour from the [[British Transport Commission]] and then made some improvements to it.<ref>Noall, Cyril (1970) ''The Story of Cornwall's Ports and Harbours''. Truro: Tor Mark Press; pp. 43-44</ref> The harbour comprises a tidal outer harbour that is used by ships and commercial vessels, and a smaller inner harbour that is popular with [[yachtsmen]].  This inner harbour is a [[half tide dock]] that uses a "[[half tide dock#Gate-flap|gate-flap]]" to maintain water levels on an ebbing tide, so that the yachts within stay afloat at all stages of the tide.

===Railway===
From 1899 until 1967, [[Padstow railway station, Cornwall|Padstow railway station]] was the westernmost point of the former [[Southern Railway (England)|Southern Railway]]. The railway station was the terminus of an extension from [[Wadebridge railway station|Wadebridge]] of the former [[Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway]] and [[North Cornwall Railway]]. These lines were part of the [[London & South Western Railway]] (LSWR), then incorporated into the Southern Railway in 1923 and [[British Rail]]ways in 1948, but were proposed for closure as part of the [[Beeching cuts]] of the 1960s.

The LSWR (and Southern Railway) promoted Padstow as a holiday resort; these companies were rivals to the [[Great Western Railway]] (which was the larger railway in the West of England). Until 1964, Padstow was served by the ''[[Atlantic Coast Express]]'', a direct train service to/from [[London Waterloo railway station|London Waterloo]], but the station was closed in 1967. The old railway line is now the [[Camel Trail]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cameltrail.com|title=MacAce Test Page|website=www.cameltrail.com|access-date=3 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928035653/http://cameltrail.com/|archive-date=28 September 2017}}</ref> a footpath and cycle path which is popular owing to its picturesque route beside the River Camel. One of the railway mileposts is now embedded outside the Shipwright's Arms public house on the Harbour Front.

Today, the nearest railway station is at {{Stnlink|Bodmin Parkway}}, three miles southeast of Bodmin. [[Go Cornwall Bus]] operates buses to the station.

===Buses===

Padstow is served by bus services 56 from [[Newquay]] and 11/11A from [[Plymouth]] which also serves Bodmin Parkway as noted above.  Both are operated by [[Go Cornwall Bus]] and run hourly Monday to Saturday, less frequent on Sundays and Bank Holidays. There is also the Atlantic Coaster from Newquay, run with open top buses and provided by [[First Kernow]].

===Footpaths===
The [[South West Coast Path]] runs on both sides of the River Camel estuary and crosses from Padstow to Rock via the Black Tor ferry. The path gives walking access to the coast with [[Stepper Point]] and [[Trevose Head]] within an easy day's walk of Padstow.

The [[Saints' Way]] long-distance footpath runs from Padstow to [[Fowey]] on the south coast of Cornwall.

The [[Camel Trail]] cycleway follows the course of the former railway (''see above'') from Padstow. It is open to walkers, cyclists and horse riders and suitable for disabled access. The {{convert|17.3|mi|adj=on}} long route leads to [[Wadebridge]] and on to [[Wenford Bridge]] and [[Bodmin]], and is used by an estimated 400,000 users each year,<ref name =NCM>{{cite web | url = http://www.ncdc.gov.uk/media/adobe/north_cornwall_matters.pdf | title = North Cornwall Matters – Partnership Improves The Trail | access-date = 11 October 2007 | author = North Cornwall District Council | date = June 2003| work = North Cornwall Matters | publisher = North Cornwall District Council| page = 3|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071023090841/http://www.ncdc.gov.uk/media/adobe/north_cornwall_matters.pdf <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 23 October 2007 }}</ref> generating an income of approximately £3&nbsp;million a year.<ref name="NCM"/>

==Culture==

==='Obby 'Oss festival===
{{main|'Obby 'Oss festival}}
[[File:Red obby oss maiden 20050502.jpg|thumb|right|The 'Old Oss' capturing a passing maiden during the Mayday festival]]
The "'Obby 'Oss" festival is a major tourist attraction. The festival starts at midnight on [[May Day|May Eve]] when townspeople gather outside the Golden Lion Inn to sing the "Night Song." By morning, the town has been dressed with greenery and flowers placed around the [[maypole]]. The excitement begins with the appearance of one of the 'Obby 'Osses. Male dancers cavort through the town dressed as one of two 'Obby 'Osses, the "Old" and the "Blue Ribbon" 'Obby 'Osses; as the name suggests, they are stylised kinds of horses. Prodded on by [[acolyte]]s known as "Teasers," each wears a mask and black frame-hung cape under which they try to catch young maidens as they pass through the town. Throughout the day, the two parades, led by the "Mayer" in his top hat and decorated stick, followed by a band of accordions and drums, then the 'Oss and the Teaser, with a host of people – all singing the "Morning Song" – passing along the streets of the town. Finally, late in the evening, the two 'osses meet, at the maypole, before returning to their respective stables where the crowd sings of the 'Obby 'Oss death, until its resurrection the following May Eve.
[[File:Red obby oss party 20050502.jpg|thumb|right|The 'Old Oss' party attending the Oss with dozens of accordions and drums]]

===Mummers' or Darkie Day===

On [[Boxing Day]] and New Year's Day, it is a tradition for some residents to don [[blackface]] and parade through the town singing '[[minstrel]]' songs. This is an ancient [[Winter solstice|midwinter celebration]] that occurs every year in Padstow and was originally part of the pagan heritage of midwinter celebrations that were regularly celebrated all over Cornwall where people would [[Guise dancing|guise dance]] and disguise themselves by blackening up their faces or wearing masks. Recently (since 2007), the people of [[Penzance]] have revived its midwinter celebration with the [[Montol Festival]] which like Padstow at times would have had people darkening or painting their skin to disguise themselves as well as masking.)

Folklorists associate the practice with the widespread British custom of blacking up for mumming and morris dancing, and suggest there is no record of slave ships coming to Padstow. Once an unknown local charity event, the day has recently become controversial, perhaps since a description was published.<ref>J. R. Daeschner, ''True Brits'' (Arrow, London, 2004)</ref> 
Also some now suggest it is racist for white people to "black up" for any reason.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/g2/story/0,,1981661,00.html "Way out West"], ''The Guardian'' 3 January 2007</ref>  
Although "outsiders" have linked the day with racism, Padstonians insist that this is not the case and are incredulous at both description and allegations. Long before the controversy Charlie Bate, noted Padstow folk advocate, recounted that in the 1970s the content and conduct of the day were carefully reviewed to avoid potential offence.<ref>M. O'Connor, ''Ilow Kernow 3'' (St Ervan, 2005) p27</ref> 
The Devon and Cornwall Constabulary have taken video evidence twice and concluded there were no grounds for prosecution.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/4337475.stm|title=No action on town's 'Darkie Day'|work=BBC News|date=10 March 2005|access-date=3 January 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090315150812/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/4337475.stm|archive-date=15 March 2009}}</ref> 
Nonetheless protests resurface annually. The day has now been renamed ''Mummers' Day'' in an attempt to avoid offence and identify it more clearly with established Cornish tradition.<ref>{{cite news
 |url         = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/4603886.stm
 |title       = MP calls for 'Darkie Day' to stop
 |work   = BBC News
 |date        = 11 January 2006
|access-date  = 3 January 2010
|url-status     = live
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20070129093239/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/4603886.stm
 |archive-date = 29 January 2007
|df          = dmy-all
}}</ref> 
The debate has now been subject to academic scrutiny.<ref>M. Davey, ''Guizing: Ancient Traditions and Modern Sensitivities'', In: P. Payton (ed), ''Cornish Studies 14'' (Exeter, 2006) p.229</ref>

Other similar traditions that use the black-face disguise and are still celebrated within the United Kingdom are the [[Border Morris]] dancers, and [[Molly dance]]rs of the [[East Midlands]] and [[East Anglia]].

==Cornish wrestling==
There have been [[Cornish wrestling]] tournaments held in Padstow for at least the last 200 years.<ref name="CT01081876">The Cornish Telegraph, 1 August 1876.</ref><ref name="CG01081968">Cornish Guardian, 1 August 1968.</ref> Tournaments have been held at the Drill Hall,<ref name="RCG19071906">Royal Cornwall Gazette, 19 July 1906.</ref> the "Lawn" overlooking the harbour<ref name="RCG18071907">Royal Cornwall Gazette, 18 July 1907.</ref> and at the Commercial Hotel.<ref name="CT01081876"/>

==Notable people==
*[[Paul Ainsworth]], Michelin starred chef, runs four businesses in Padstow.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cornwalllive.com/padstow-chef-paul-ainsworth-takes-2534125|title=Top chef takes over Cornish pub|first=Gayle|last=McDonald|date=12 February 2019|website=CornwallLive.com|access-date=3 July 2022}}</ref>
* [[Humphrey Prideaux|Dr. Humphrey Prideaux]], [[Dean of Norwich]], was born in 1648 in Padstow<ref name=Topographical />
*[[Donald Rawe]], [[Cornish people|Cornish]] publisher, dramatist, novelist, and poet, was born in Padstow. He became a member of [[Gorseth Kernow]] in 1970, under the [[Bardic name]] of ''Scryfer Lanwednoc'' ('Writer of Padstow').<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/news/Passionate-patriot-s-book-cracking-yarn-originality-enthusiasm/article-2276773-detail/article.html|title=Passionate patriot's book is a cracking yarn full of originality and enthusiasm|date=8 June 2010|work=This Is Cornwall|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912231841/http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/news/Passionate-patriot-s-book-cracking-yarn-originality-enthusiasm/article-2276773-detail/article.html|archive-date=12 September 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Rick Stein]], restaurateur and [[celebrity chef]], owns several restaurants and businesses in the town.<ref name= stein1 />
*[[Enys Tregarthen]], author and [[folklorist]].

==See also==
{{Portal|Cornwall}}
* [[Padstow Coastal Gun Battery]]
* [[Padstow Lifeboat Station]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*[[Charles Henderson (historian)|Henderson, Charles]] (1938) "Padstow Church and Parish" in: [[Doble, G. H.]] ''Saint Petrock, a Cornish Saint''; 3rd ed. [Wendron: the author]; pp.&nbsp;51–59

==External links==
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{{Wikivoyage}}
* [http://www.padstowlive.com  Padstow Tourist Information Centre]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060615070707/http://cornovia.org.uk/htexts/henderson01.html Charles Henderson – Padstow Church: Its History and List of Vicars, 1927]
* [http://www.genuki.org.uk:8080/big/eng/Cornwall/Padstow/index.html Historical information on Padstow from Genuki]

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