What do you know about Cornwall? Specifically, what do you know about Polperro? One of its most famous residents was Dr Jonathan Couch who led the way in Natural History thinking of the day. Zephaniah Job was the brains behind the smugglers in Polperro. Read the biographies of both of these Polperro men here. With tales of long forgotten occupations such as contract knitting and the life of a crewman on board a Cornish lugger, you can be transported back in history to see what life was like for your ancestors.