* 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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This book is divided into two sections, the first being what you would expect from a postal/trade directory and the second has copious historical notes on the parishes in the postal directory. The following parishes are included; Altarnun, Botusfleming, Callington, Calstock, Gunnislake, St. Dominick, St. Germans, St. Ive, Landrake, Landulph, Lewannick, Lezant, Linkinhorne, St. Mellion, S...More Info
The original drafts of the Heralds' Visitation of Cornwall in 1620 are preserved in the British Museum, and form part of the Harleian Collection, being MSS. 1162 and 1164. They are in the handwriting of Camden's deputies, Sir Henry St. George, when Richmond Herald, and Mr. Sampson Lennard, Blue Mantle; and the pedigrees are subscribed in most cases by the then representatives of the families. In e...More Info
First published in 1895 this book gives details of the great and good of both Devon and Cornwall . Over fifty detailed biographies from Lord Clifford of Chudleigh to John Cave New. A really useful publication for those who have an interest in the history of both these counties. Also included on this CD is “Who's Who in Devon” with almost three hundred pages of biographies.
In the year of 1641 it was demanded that every man over the age of 18 should make an oath was to follow the “true Protestant religion”. These are now called the Protestation Returns and form a valuable list of inhabitants of a parish at this time. Not everyone signed and those who did refuse are also sometimes noted. This important Cornish reference work contains some 30,000 names given in 5 b...More Info