Charlestown

Charlestown, a World Heritage Site seaport on the south 

coast of Cornwall, England, made famous in the TV series Poldark,

has survived virtually undeveloped and 

unchanged in appearance since 1789, when it was built by Charles 

Rashleigh. For 200 years it imported coal, lime, barrel staves and 

timber, exporting first tin and copper, then china clay. This book is 

the only complete history of the port ever published, Charlestown being 

owned entirely by one family until 1987.