* Victoria's transatlantic treat: Caroline Roope tells the story of when Buffalo Bill amused the queen * Kindness everywhere: Keith Gregson discovers that concern for birds is not something new, as he tells the story of the hugely successful Dicky Bird Society * PM, pig breeder and police pioneer: Nick Thorne traces residential records for the two times prime minister of the United Kingdom. Sir Robert Peel * The strange case of Lucy Strange: In the midst of WW1, one woman lost both her life and her public reputation: so why didn't Lucy Mary Strange's family get justice? By Nell Darby * The untold story of €˜Doctor Dick': Will Hazell investigates the chequered career of a man who scandalised Cornwall in the late 19th century * History in the details: Materials - wool (part 1) More Info
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Published in 1884 this set of two volumes contains, what is described by the author as being "Sketches of Some Eminent Cornish Men and Families". Describing them as being sketches is rather doing an injustice to his work, as most are exceptionally well researched and not at all lacking in detail. Some of those mentioned are The Arundells, William Borlase, Davy and Mrs Boscawen to name just a ...More Info
This publication includes notes on the history of the village, Berry Down, Ancient Families of St. Neot, The Life of St. Neot, The life of St. Neot, the Parish Church and Windows, St. Dominick and the Ballad of Tregeagle to name a few. This publication is invaluable to anyone interested in this area of Cornwall. Searchable and bookmarked
Narratives of shipwrecks on its coast, its agriculture, fisheries and mining. Tales of days of wrecking and smuggling. Longevity of its inhabitants, names of places, their true renderings and significations. A publication that should be in the possession of anyone who is interested in Mullyon or indeed Cornwall in general.
Volume 2 of So Soon Passeth It Away: The story of a branch of the Braund family who leave rural Cornwall for the docklands of Plymouth in the early C19th. Includes stories of the early Victorian navy, the cholera epidemic and the Opium Wars. By Janet Few (Braund Society, 2003). 10 illustrations plus family trees, 80 A5 pages
Volume 3 of So Soon Passeth it Away: The Story of a branch of the Braund family who were bakers in Cargreen, Landulph, Cornwall in the C19th by Janet Few Braund Society (2006) A5 36 pages 10 illustrations