This guide provides invaluable background information on Looe, Fowey and Polperro with their surroundings in the 1900's. This official council guide has maps, photographs and illustrations. It covers the history, traditions, worthies, antiquities and literary associations. This is a useful guide with information and details about the area where your relatives may have lived. *Digitally enhanced images of the original text *Includes maps, photographs and illustrations *Bookmarked by major head... More Info
This guide provides invaluable background information on Newquay , the Vale of Lanherne and Perranzabuloe in the 1900's. This official council guide has maps, photographs and illustrations. It covers the history, traditions, worthies, antiquities and literary associations. * Digitally enhanced images of the original text * Includes maps, photographs and illustrations * Searchable by whole or part name * Bookmarked by major headings * Fully printable... More Info
This CD allows you to find the pedigree of a family and learn about its coat of arms from the Heralds' Visitation of Cornwall. *Digitally enhanced images of the original text *Searchable by whole or part name *Bookmarked by major headings *Fully printable *Contains over 350 pages... More Info
This CD allows you to find the pedigree of a family and learn about its coat of arms from the Heralds' Visitations of Cornwall. *Digitally enhanced images of the original text *Searchable text *Bookmarked by major headings *Fully printable... More Info
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A satisfactory guide-book must not be exclusively architectural, or historic, or legendary, or scientific ; it must aim at being all. In Cornwall such breadth of treatment is particularly needed. Cornwall is like no other English county. Its nearest resemblance in England will be found in Devon ; parts of Ireland are equally or more similar. But there are features in Cornwall not to be found elsew...More Info
“Being Reminiscences of Cornish Characters and Characteristics, Illustrative of the Dialect, Peculiarities etc. of the Inhabitants of West and North Cornwall.” Published in 1868 this book gives an insight of the life and times in Cornwall prior to this date. A large number of people are mentioned, not all with surnames, possibly one is your ancestor. Whatever your interest, this book is a wel...More Info
The Public Record Office List and Index vol, 25 catalogues manorial rentals and surveys and other documents in its possession. Cornwall is well represented in this catalogue, due to some extent to the existence of the Duchy, The two most important items in the list have already been published, namely the 1337 Caption of Selsin and the 1650 Parliamentary Survey both dealing with all the Duchy manor...More Info
For hundreds of years the King, Queen or Government has needed to raise money for various enterprises, usually wars. In the distant past, as today, it was the people of the country that had to find this money usually in the form of taxes, subsidies etc. Whilst these taxes were not welcomed by the people, they are a valuable asset for the historian today, as lists were usually kept of those who pai...More Info
On March 26th 1569 , due to the threat of Spanish forces, the Privy Council issued a directive to the counties to hold a general muster of all men over 16. Certificates of the muster, with the names of the men and their equipment, were to be returned by July 1st though this was later extended to August 12th . This book contains a searchable transcript for Cornwall of this Muster.