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Some of these are intended to be read online, others are also available
as downloadable pdfs or for ebook readers such as Kindle. Some of the text files require the download of a
viewer add-on.
Books relating to a specific parish can be found
linking from our
parishes page.
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The Ancient Language and the Dialect of Cornwall, by
Fred W. P.Jago, first published in 1882
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The Visitation of the County of Cornwall, edited by
Lieut.-Colonel J. L. Vivian and Henry H. Drake, M.A., Ph,D.,
published in 1874
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Cornish Surnames - Online version of Patronymica Cornu-Britannica
or The Etymology of Cornish Surnames by Richard Stephen
Charnock (1870). Available as
web pages.
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A Glossary of Cornish Names, Ancient and Modern, Local, Family,
Personal &c., 20,000 Celtic and Other Names now of formerly in Use
in Cornwall, by the Rev. John Bannister, LL.D, Vicar of St
Day, published in 1871
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Calendar of Wills and Administrations relating to the Counties of
Devon and Cornwall proved in the Consistory Court of the Bishop of
Exeter, 1532 - 1800, by Edw. Alex. Fry, published in 1914.
N.B. Unfortunately many of the originals were lost in bombing raids
in the 2nd World War.
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An Account of the Families of Boase or Bowes originally residing at
Paul and Madron in Cornwall: and of other families connected with
them by marriages, &c., privately printed in 1876
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Links to Phillimore's Marriage Transcripts can be found
on the relevant
parish
pages
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The
Domesday Book of Cornwall
- Highways and Byways in Devon and Cornwall by Arthur
Hamilton Norway, published 1900. Available as
text file or
web pages.
- The Survey of Cornwall and an Epistle concerning the
Excellencies of the English Tongue, by Richard Carew, of Antonie,
Esq., published MDCCLXIX (1769). Available as a text file
or web pages.
- The History of Cornwall, Civil, Military, Religious,
Architectural. Agricultural, Commercial, Biographical and
Miscellaneous by The Reverend R. Polwhele (1816 edition).
Available as
web pages.
- The Cornwall Coast By Arthur L. Salmon Illustrated,
published 1910. Available as a text file
or as web
pages.
- The Cornish Riviera by Sidney Heath, pictured by E. W. Hazelhurst, published 1915. Available as a web
pages.
- Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall,
Volumes 3-4 (Mining History). Available as web pages.
- The laws of the stannaries of Cornwall: with marginal notes
and references to Authorities. (Mining). Available as
web pages or
text only.
- Cornwall, its mines and miners; with sketches of scenery
by John R. Leifchild, published 1855. Available as an
online pdf, can be downloaded.
- General view of the agriculture of the county of Cornwall
by George B. Worgan. Board of Agriculture, 1811. Available as
web pages or
text only.
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Blacks Guide to Cornwall, edited by A. R. Hope
Moncrieff, first published 1919
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Historical Record of the Ist Cornwall (Duke of Cornwall's) Artillery
Volunteers, by Captain B. A. Milne, first published in
1885. (Contains many names of vulnteers)
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County Churches. Cornwall by J. Charles Cox, first
published in 1912
Please let us know of any broken links.
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