In 1573 Queen Elizabeth ordered that a rate be levied for rebuilding the bridge in to aid the production of silver.

[8] Smuggling was a part of village life in Lerryn, indeed one of the village lanes is called 'Brandy Lane' and it is said that a small cave which can still be found by an observant walker in Ethy woods, hides the entrance to a tunnel from the wood to Ethy House cellar; where contraband was hidden from the Excise Men.

[9] Philip Melvill, an officer of the East India Company retired to live at Ethy in 1857.

It had a major rebuild at the turn of the millennium and was reopened in June 2000 by the Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall.

[16] Ethy House, including the garden walls to north and east, is a Grade II* listed building.

Arthonia ilicinella was found on a small, slow-growing holly by the river, and is known from Ireland and western Scotland.

[18] The Lerryn Regatta was a popular annual event and at one time it was called The Henley of the West.

There was a second break for the second World War and the regatta restarted in 1953 and ran until 1968 when four thousand people attended.

[19][20] Frank Parkyn, one of the members of the regatta committee and a successful miner, bought some woodland on the south of the river from the Rashleigh Estate in 1911.

The park featured fountains, a pond, a cascade, obelisks plunge pool and bandstand.

The park played a central role in subsequent regattas housing a fun fair, field sports and a pavilion.

Arthonia ilicinella was found on a small, slow-growing holly by the river, and is known from Ireland and western Scotland.