John
Betjeman, in his "Shell Guide to Cornwall" described
Herodsfoot as "An inland Polperro in a deeply wooded
valley. Slate cottages with uneven roofs, the Looe river
very small...". Once a centre of lead and silver mining,
it now has a more sleepy existence.....
Herodsfoot is known as a "Fortunate" village, one of a
handful of such villages in the country in which
everyone who went to the World Wars came back. The War
Memorial in the centre of the village commemorates this
by referring to "those who served"
