Blog No. 25 : Did Jesus visit Cornwall?
When I first came to live in Cornwall in 1959 I took a boat trip on the Fal. The boatman took us into the St Just in Roseland Creek to see "something very special," We landed and visited the beautiful church where he pointed out the stone with the early Christian symbol and went on to tell us how Jesus had visited the spot with his uncle as a young man. We then went outside to the seashore where he pointed out the shape of what he said was Jesus's footprint in a rock. I do not know if this story is still told around the area but it fascinated me and so in 2002 when I was building the first website for the Morrab Library in Penzance I came across a small book by The Rev. H. A. Lewis on this subject I decided to spend some time time researching it. I also did the tale of Joseph, and some of the disciples coming to live in Briton after the crucifixion. This is part one of the stories from my research. Part two will follow. I put both stories on a website about Cornish Le