St Mawes - old pictures

The pictures on this page come from a remarkable archive of photographs founded by Francis Frith, the pioneer Victorian photographer, in 1860. Today the archive contains over 330,000 photographs of some 7,000 towns and villages throughout Britain. Taken between 1860 and 1970 these form a unique and unequalled topographical record of Britain. Click on any picture to be taken to the online archive where you can purchase prints in a wide range of formats.

Click on an image to see more old pictures of St Mawes