Lamorna
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Lamorna Cove, West Cornwall
Lamorna (Cornish: Nansmornow) is a small fishing village on the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is effectively a small congregation of houses clustered around a natural harbour. At the end of the 19th century it became popular as a subject among many of the painters of the Newlyn School, including, particularly the artist S J "Lamorna" Birch, who lived there in a small cottage.
It has a pub, "The Wink", whose name alludes to the other occupation of its inhabitants in days gone by, smuggling, "the wink" being the indication that contraband could be obtained. The pub is the subject of a novel by Martha Grimes, entitled "The Lamorna Wink".