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Northumberland Poll book of 1826
Register which includes names, locations and property of voters... More Info
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THE CORNWALL REGISTER by John Wallis
This book, which was published in 1847, is NOT a transcript of the parish registers but the full, rather long, title gives a good basic description in that it is “Containing collections Relative to The Past and Present State of the 209 Parishes Forming the County, Archdeaconry, Parliament Divisions and Poor Law Unions of Cornwall To which is added A Brief View of the Adjoining Towns and Parish...More Info
THE MINES OF CORNWALL AND DEVON - Statistics and Observations by Thomas Spargo
This book published in 1865 is a must for anyone who has an interest in the counties of Cornwall and Devon. It goes into great detail regarding the history and statistics of hundreds of mines, from the name of the manager, landowner, depth of the adit, when first opened and many other pieces of useful information. Although the title page states that there are Maps, Plans and Sections, these wer...More Info
PEEPS INTO THE HAUNTS AND HOMES OF THE RURAL POPULATION OF CORNWALL by I.T. Tregellas
“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 COASTS OF DEVON AND LUNDY ISLAND by John Lloyd Warden Page
Devon is the only county in England to have separate two coastlines. Published in 1895, this book of over five hundred and seventy pages is a treasure-trove of information about the towns, villages, scenery, antiquities and legends on the coast and the Island of Lundy.With many illustrations this book is a great addition to any collection relating to Devon
THE STORY OF DARTMOOR PRISON by Basil Thomson
A lot of people know Dartmoor Prison through Arthur Conan Doyle’s book The Hound of the Baskervilles, which builds a very bleak picture on this establishment. In reality this was not so very different than it was, at that time, in the nineteenth century. Even today when the prison is much more accessible it is still a forbidding place, even in bright sunshine. This book published in 1907 is a th...More Info