St. Austell Hotels and Guest Houses

When William Cookworth found china clay in St. Austell the industry of clay mining took over the town quickly from the previous mining of tin and copper. The discovery lead to great growth and prosperity in the town. The industry did not come to full bloom until the mind 19th to the early 20th Centuries because the price of metals made many mines choose between closing or converting to clay mines. Many families came to the town because of the great profitability and success of the industry because their main wage earners had been putout of work by the downfall of the metal industry. This surge in people increased the towns population greatly. This lead to the building of more stores and businesses that grew to be one of the ten most vital commercial centers Cornwall has to offer.

St. Austell who was a Breton saint who had associations with St. Meven first had the dedication of the church. The church has since been dedicated to the Holy Trinity. The Priory of Tywardreath had been appropriated the church in 1150 by Cardinham which stayed this way until 1535. Originally the site held an Orman church and parts of it still remain. The current church was built in the 15th Century and is massive due to the medieval parish also being large. There are groups of sculptures on the carved niches in all the four outside walls which include the Twelve Apostles that are in three groups to the north, east and south. Above the Annunciation is the Holy Trinity and the Risen Christ is below on the west with a saint on either side. It has an impressive tower which is dated somewhere between 148 and 1487 that was built by Bishop Courtenay.

Tregongeeves has a former Quaker burial ground which is on Truro Road just outside town. It was discovered when six feet of earth was being removed to build a new road in the 60's. A high stone wall was put in place to surround an acre of the land and it can be accessed by a wrought iron gate. The friends meeting house in St Austell on the high street took roughly forty of the headstones from Tregongeeves. The meeting house, which is still in use, placed them below a high wall that surrounds the St, Austell railway station.

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