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Extract from the Penzance Travel Guides:
Occupying a sheltered position at the northwest corner of Mount's Bay,
PENZANCE
has always been a major port, but most traces of the medieval town were obliterated at the end of the sixteenth century by a Spanish raiding party. Today the dominant style of Penzance is Georgian, particularly at the top of
Market Jew Street
(from
Marghas Jew
, meaning "Thursday Market"), which climbs from the harbour and the train and bus stations. At the top of the street is the green-domed Victorian
Market House
, before which stands a statue of
Humphry Davy
(1778-1829)...
read the whole Penzance Travel Guides...
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