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	A Dangerous Place to Work by Lynn Mayers This book tells the story of the employment of women and children right across the mining industries of Devon and Cornwall, up until the second half of the 20th Century. It includes their work at the clay works, slate quarries, foundries, smelters and gunpowder and explosives works, as well as the mines.	Book	£7.95	Add to Basket

	A Victorian Sailors Diary In 1888, Richard Behenna, who had ben born 55 years before at Veryan in Cornwall, began to write an account of his life, much of which had been spent as a merchant seaman in the home and foreign trades. Writing in a ruled exercise book, he described the events of forty years before with the liveliness and immediacy of a much younger man.	Book	£7.50	Add to Basket

	Bal Maidens, Women and Girls of Cornwall and Devon Mines by Lynne Mayers Lynne Mayers estimates that between the years 1720 and 1920 at least 60,000 women and girls worked in the mines, quarries and clay works of Cornwall and Devon. They carried out hard skilled and specilised work, which was a crucial part of the dressing operations.	Book	£14.95	Add to Basket

	Behind Bars by Sally J Pocock A Chronicle of Bodmin Gaol-paperback book 2nd edition 2004 by Sally J Pocock. History of the early Cornwall County Gaol and its prisoners.	Book	£4.25	Add to Basket

190R	Cassini Map Bude & Clovelly - surveyed 1809-1813 High quality reproduction of Ordnance Survey One Inch maps, Britains first mapping series. Maps are enlarged and reprojected to match the Ordnance Survey Landranger. The modern day British National Grid is used for ease of reference. Click to View Product Image	Book	£7.99	Add to Basket

190T	Cassini Map Bude & Clovelly - surveyed 1900 Click to View Product Image	Book	£7.99	Add to Basket

190B	Cassini Map Bude & Clovelly - surveyed 1919 Click to View Product Image	Book	£7.99	Add to Basket

203R	Cassini Map Lands End & Isles of Scilly - surveyed 1813 Click to View Product Image	Book	£7.99	Add to Basket

203T	Cassini Map Lands End & Isles of Scilly - surveyed 1900 Click to View Product Image	Book	£7.99	Add to Basket

203B	Cassini Map Lands End & Isles of Scilly - surveyed 1919 Click to View Product Image	Book	£7.99	Add to Basket

200R	Cassini Map Newquay & Bodmin - surveyed 1813 Click to View Product Image	Book	£7.99	Add to Basket

200T	Cassini Map Newquay & Bodmin - surveyed 1900 Click to View Product Image	Book	£7.99	Add to Basket

200B	Cassini Map Newquay & Bodmin - surveyed 1919 Click to View Product Image	Book	£7.99	Add to Basket

201R	Cassini Map Plymouth & Launceston - surveyed 1813 Click to View Product Image	Book	£7.99	Add to Basket

201T	Cassini Map Plymouth & Launceston - surveyed 1899-1900 Click to View Product Image	Book	£7.99	Add to Basket

201B	Cassini Map Plymouth & Launceston - surveyed 1919 Click to View Product Image	Book	£7.99	Add to Basket

202R	Cassini Map Torbay & South Dartmoor - surveyed 1809 Click to View Product Image	Book	£6.49	Add to Basket

202T	Cassini Map Torbay & South Dartmoor - surveyed 1899-1900 Click to View Product Image	Book	£6.99	Add to Basket

202B	Cassini Map Torbay & South Dartmoor - surveyed 1919 Click to View Product Image	Book	£6.99	Add to Basket

204R	Cassini Map Truro & Falmouth - surveyed 1813 Click to View Product Image	Book	£7.99	Add to Basket

204T	Cassini Map Truro & Falmouth - surveyed 1900 Click to View Product Image	Book	£7.99	Add to Basket

204B	Cassini Map Truro & Falmouth - surveyed 1919 Click to View Product Image	Book	£7.99	Add to Basket

	Catastrophe at Delabole by Sylvia J Porter On 21 April 1869 part of the rock face at Delabole Slate quarry gave way. Fifteen people were killed in the fall. This is a fascinating and extensively researched account of the disaster interspersed with stories of life in the rugged North Cornwall village almost 140 years ago.	Book	£2.50	Add to Basket

	Cornish Pioneers and the Odd Villain by Bob Richards This book celebrates the achievements of ordinary people, who went about their lives without having the spotlight turned on them but who have nevertheless contributed greatly to the society of their time. Celebrating galant individuals like John Land Wynne and his search for the North West Passage, Elizabteh Uren and her journey across America and John Goyne the gold rush pioneer, this book provides an insight into the lives of some of the Cornish men and women who have helped shape the history of the country. Click to View Product Image	Book	£11.00	Add to Basket

	Dating 19th Century Photographs by Pols A book to help with the identification, understanding and dating of Victorian Photographs	Book	£5.95	Add to Basket

	Exploring Cornish Mines Vol 1 by Kenneth Brown & Bob Acton Consols & United; Kitty & Blue Hills; Tywarnhayle, Basset, Dolcoath; Botallack to Boswedden	Book	£8.25	Add to Basket

	Exploring Cornish Mines Vol 2 by Kenneth Brown and Bob Acton Seven guided tours fo South & East Caradon; Wheal Busy, Killifreth & Wheal Unity Wood; Carn Brea Mines & East Pool; Tincroft & Cooks Kitchen; The Grenvilles & Cundurrows; Wheal Prosper & Wheal Trewavas; Ding Dong.	Book	£8.25	Add to Basket

	Exploring Cornish Mines Vol 3 by Kenneth Brown & Bob Acton Five guided tours of Wheal Jenkin & Marke Valley; East Wheal Rose & Cargoll; West Kitty, Polberro & Trevaunance; Mines of Wendron Parish; Geevor and Lelant.	Book	£8.25	Add to Basket

	Exploring Cornish Mines Vol 4 by Kenneth Brown & Bob Acton Four guided tours. A coar tour around Kit Hill; Callington to Gunnislake; The Phoenix Mines, Minions; Wheal Coates & the Charlottes, St Agnes; Wheal Vor, Wheal Fortunes & Wheal Metal, Breage.	Book	£8.25	Add to Basket

	Exploring Cornish Mines Vol 5 by Kenneth Brown & Bob Acton Five guided tours. Oakel Tor Mine, Calstock; The Mines of Luckett; Wheal Peevor & its neighbours, Redruth; St Ives Consolidated Mines; St Just United & Cape Cornwall.	Book	£8.25	Add to Basket

	Family History on the Web by Stuart Raymond Researching your ancestors? There is a huge amount of information on the internet. This directory provides a cmprehensive overview of websites for the English and Welsh researcher.	Book	£7.95	Add to Basket

	Git Up and Go - A History of Cornish Mining Families by Arthur Langford Arthur Langford charts the story of the Harris family of Bolenowe in Cornwall. He records the life of John Harris (1820-1884) the Cornish poet, of six family members who emigrated to the USA in search of a new life between 1845 and 1865, of those family members who stayed in Cornwall, and of their descendants.	Book	£14.99	Add to Basket

	Harvest Failure in Cornwall & Devon by Todd Gray The book of Orders and the Corn Surveys of 1623 and 1630-1	Book	£3.00	Add to Basket

	History of Blackwater by Benny & Mansell The villages in this book are typically Cornish and yet each has its own distinctive character and, of course, characters. The highs and lows of life across the ages have been captured with understanding and empathy as the attention moves from schooldays, religious activity, the world of work and social occasions. The search for historical information has been tireless and to this has been added the stories and anecdotes; the result of many hours of interviewing.	Book	£9.99	Add to Basket

	History of Truro Vol 1 by Bob Acton From Coinage Town to Cathedral City	Book	£8.25	Add to Basket

	History of Truro Vol 2 by Bob Acton A History of Truro the County Town and Cathedral City in Cornwall	Book	£9.99	Add to Basket

	History of Truro Vol 3 by Bob Acton A History of Truro the County Town and Cathedral City in Cornwall	Book	£4.50	Add to Basket

	Jigsaw Puzzle Tree by Wendy Angove A wonderful book containing the history of the Angove family of Cornwall, contains many family trees. Paperback.	Book	£9.99	Add to Basket

	Methods of Tin and Copper Dressing in Cornwall Transcribed from the proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Vol 17 (1858) pages 195-220	Book	£3.00	Add to Basket

	Mithian in the Parishes of St Agnes and Perranzabuloe by Tony Mansell The historical and social aspects of Mithian life, containing many facts, anecdotes and stories it captures the flavour of life in a Cornish village across the centuries. Paperback	Book	£6.95	Add to Basket

	My Ancestors Were Congregationalists by David J H Clifford My Ancestors Were Congregationalists gives information about Congretational Chapels and Churches in England.	Book	£3.90	Add to Basket

	Parish Registers by Stuart Raymond Parish registers are the earliest comprehensive records of baptisms, marriages and burials in England and Wales, dating from 1538. They are still kept, despite the fact that civil registers of births, marriages and deaths have been maintained since 1837. Parish registers are valuable sources for family and local historians, and may provide the only evidence we have for the existence of our ancestors.	Book	£5.95	Add to Basket

	People and Places in Paul Parish by Jim Hosking Entwining farms and families; famous artists and fishermen; quarrymen and smelters; this brief history of the parish of Paul draws on stroies, legends and personal memories.	Book	£9.00	Add to Basket

	People and Places in Sancreed Parish by Jim Hosking Famous artists and farmers, ghosts and golfers; this fascinating history of the parish of Sancreed embraces a variety of subjects. Illustrated with many interesting picturee, it draws on stories legends and personal memories from the whole parish.	Book	£9.00	Add to Basket

	Rose - The Story of a Village and its People by Roger Glanville For centuries, it was said that wherever in the world you found a hole in the ground, there would be a Cornish miner working at the bottom. During the 19th and 20th centuries, thousands upon thousands of Cornsh men and women took themselves and their culture to places as far apart as athe mountains of Montana, USA and the deserts of Queensland, Australia. This book tells the stories of the people of one small village on the wild Cornish coast. Rose, once a thriving mining community of 2-3,000, is now a quiet village on the edge of the sand dunes of east Perranporth.	Book	£12.00	Add to Basket

	Sam's War by Cyril Hart Sam's War draws the reader into a world full of interest and excitement and is written with the auhority of an author who has lived his story, and relates it with an astonishing eye for detail...Not only a moving and detailed narrative of one man's experience of war...and important and valuable addition to our knowledge of World War II itself.	Book	£12.99	Add to Basket

	St Newlyn East by Newlyn East Local Studies Group The flavour of life in the past has been captured through the occupations, buildings,and people of St Newlyn East	Book	£11.50	Add to Basket

	St Wenn and Its People by John James The value of any community is its people and its heritage. A proud and interesting parish, its people are industrious, generous, caring and helpful. When being told "I come from St Wenn" some say "St Where?" but more often than not they or their family have connections in one way or another. John's book is full of information and interest to all 'St Wenners' and this is a book that should be in every household wherever St Wenn is held in a special place.	Book	£8.50	Add to Basket

	The Census 1801-1911 by Stuart Raymond The census is a vital source of information for all social and economic historians interested in the Victorian period. The editor of the "Illustrated London News" was absolutely right when he wrote in 1851 that 'the numbering of the people at regular intervals is a duty which people owe to themselves, and the the generations that are to follow them'. The census can be used to study a particular family, or to undertake a total history of a particular street or parish. It is also possible to use it for a regional or national studies of subjects such as the disappearance of servants, or the process of urbanisation.	Book	£5.95	Add to Basket

	The Wheal of Hope by James Crowden & George Wright The closure of South Crofty, the last working tin mine in Cornwall, brought to an end more than 3,000 years of history. This vigorous and detailed book records what it was like to labour hundreds of fathoms underground and it pay tribute to all those men, women and children whose lives shaped Cornwall’s unique industrial landscape.	Book	£9.99	Add to Basket

	Truro - Boscawen Street Area Boscawen Street, St Nicholas Street and King Street form, in 1979, the central area of Truro. Boscawen Street as it now exists, is comparatively modern, but the name St Nicolas Street Goes back to at least the thirteenth century when a deed of 1278 mentions houses in St Nicholas Street of which the Fraternity of St Nicholas was overlord	Book	£5.00	Add to Basket

	Truro - Pydar Street & the High Cross Area The town of Truro grew up where the rivers Allen and Kenwyn meet and become a tidal highway to the sea. Pydar Street was one of the three ancient routes leading down to the town.	Book	£5.00	Add to Basket

	Truro - River Street and its Neighbourhood Truro was built between the lowest crossing points at the confluence of two rivers, the River Allen and the River Kenwyn. At the end of Truro Quay, they meet and form the Truro River which in turn flows into the River Fal to become the wide estuary of the Carrick Roads.	Book	£5.00	Add to Basket

	A Policeman's Lot (in Cornwall) All the Officers of Cornwall County Constabulary who enlisted from 1857 to 1920. Indexed alphabetically and chronologically with place of birth, age, rank, number, dates of enlistment and discharge and, if stated, reason for discharge. (About 1500 Officers). Also excerpts from Truro Borough Police Force Charge Books 1846-1854, and Report books 1898-1901, of particular interest to those with Truro families.	CD	£5.70	Add to Basket

	Admission Register of Penzance Dispensary 1840-1841. Admission Register of Penzance Dispensary 1840-1841. 2,002 entries from this selected period so that comparison may be made with the 1841 Census. This CD is a record of many of the poor of West Cornwall unable to afford doctors' fees. Entries show age, abode, date of admission and often occupation and relationship to family. Also a brief history of the Dispensary	CD	£5.70	Add to Basket

	Admission Register of Penzance Dispensary, 1828-1830 & 1835-1836. Admission Register of Penzance Dispensary, 1828-1830 & 1835-1836. 2,590 entries listed alphabetically and chronologically forming a pre-Census record of many poor people of West Cornwall. Shown are patients' ages, abodes, date of admission and sometimes occupation and family relationship. Also included is a brief history of the Dispensary.	CD	£5.70	Add to Basket

	Admission Registers of Fairmantle Street School, Truro by Sally Pocock Boys' 1887 - 1925; Mixed school 1894 - 1940. This school was attended by many Truro children. This CD includes an introduction and a separate section for pupils living in Truro Workhouse who attended the school. All surnames indexed alphabetically.	CD	£5.70	Add to Basket

	Bodmin Bridewell and its Inmates 1821-1848 lists about 7,500 prisoners in the Bridewell. All are alphabetically and chronologically indexed. Details include full names, occupations, age, marital status, number of children, place of birth and abode at the time of imprisonment, year of discharge and some personal descriptions.	CD	£5.70	Add to Basket

M1303	CFHS Journals - 1 to 30 A searchable CD of the first 30 Journals produced by the Society from 1976	CD	£4.00	Add to Basket

	Debtors Imprisoned in Bodmin Gaol 1831-1853 & 1868-1879 The intervening register has not survived. Alphabetically and chronologically indexed with explanatory introduction. Details included are place of birth, Age, approximate amount of debt, date of discharge and some personal descriptions.	CD	£5.70	Add to Basket

	Inmates of Launceston Poor Law Union Workhouse, 1840 - 1844 Included are paupers from all the parishes within Launceston Union - e.g. Altarnun, Boyton, Egloskerry, Lawhitton., Lezant, Northill, North and South Petherwin, Warbstow and Werrington etc. Names are listed alphabetically and details include inmate's parish, year of birth, description/occupation, marital state and sometimes disability and sundry notes. Admissions and Discharges are listed separately. There are extracts from the Governor's Minutes for the relevant period.	CD	£5.70	Add to Basket

	Inmates of Launceston Poor Law Union Workhouse, 1850 - 1854, and 1864 - 1867 These entries include paupers from parishes listed in the earlier CD. Names are listed alphabetically showing inmate's parish and sundry notes. Some entries give pauper's age and religious persuasion.Extracts have been made from the Governor's Minutes for the relevant periods. These are listed both alphabetically and chronologically. Admissions and Discharges are shown separately.	CD	£5.70	Add to Basket

	Inmates of Redruth Poor Law Union Workhouse 1840-1843 by Sally Pocock This CD presents a snapshot of people in the Redruth Union area, who, for various reasons, were obliged to depend for their living on the generosity or otherwise of the Union Workhouse. This CD includes an Introduction and separate sections for Admissions and Discharges. All surnames are indexed alphabetically.	CD	£5.70	Add to Basket

	Inmates of Redruth Poor Law Union Workhouse 1860-1862; Indoor Reilief Lists 1850-1851 by Sally Pocock This CD presents a snapshot of people in the Redruth Union area, who, for various reasons, were obliged to depend for their living on the generosity or otherwise of the Union Workhouse. This CD includes an Introduction and separate sections for Admissions and Discharges. All surnames are indexed alphabetically.	CD	£5.70	Add to Basket

	Prisoners in Cornwall County Gaol & Bridewell - Master Index of the prisoners 13 volumes 1821-1899( some missing periods where registers have not survived. The Master Index of all 13 Volumes of "Prisoners in Cornwall County Gaol" and "Bodmin Bridewell and its Inmates 1821-1848" containing 32,340 entries from 1821 to 1899. N.B. Registers for 1880-1894 have not survived	CD	£5.70	Add to Basket

	Prisoners in Cornwall County Gaol Vol 001 - 1831-1836 (1409 entries) Indexed alphabetically and chronologically with full introduction and explanations. Entries include place of birth and abode, age, occupation, aliases, brief details of charge, discharge date, and sundry notes regarding physical appearance, religious persuasion, etc. Later Volumes include how employed in the Gaol. Click to View Product Image	CD	£5.70	Add to Basket

	Prisoners in Cornwall County Gaol Vol 002 - 1836-1841 (1410 entries) Indexed alphabetically and chronologically with full introduction and explanations. Entries include place of birth and abode, age, occupation, aliases, brief details of charge, discharge date, and sundry notes regarding physical appearance, religious persuasion, etc. Later Volumes include how employed in the Gaol. Click to View Product Image	CD	£5.70	Add to Basket

	Prisoners in Cornwall County Gaol Vol 003 - 1846-1851 (1,770 entries) Indexed alphabetically and chronologically with full introduction and explanations. Entries include place of birth and abode, age, occupation, aliases, brief details of charge, discharge date, and sundry notes regarding physical appearance, religious persuasion, etc. Later Volumes include how employed in the Gaol. Click to View Product Image	CD	£5.70	Add to Basket

	Prisoners in Cornwall County Gaol Vol 004 - 1851-1857 (1,770 entries) Indexed alphabetically and chronologically with full introduction and explanations. Entries include place of birth and abode, age, occupation, aliases, brief details of charge, discharge date, and sundry notes regarding physical appearance, religious persuasion, etc. Later Volumes include how employed in the Gaol. Click to View Product Image	CD	£5.70	Add to Basket

	Prisoners in Cornwall County Gaol Vol 005 -1856-1859/60 (1836 entries) Indexed alphabetically and chronologically with full introduction and explanations. Entries include place of birth and abode, age, occupation, aliases, brief details of charge, discharge date, anad sundry notes regarding physical appearance, religious persuasion, etc. Later Volumes include how employed in the Gaol.	CD	£5.70	Add to Basket

	Prisoners in Cornwall County Gaol Vol 006 - 1860 - 1863 (1,891 entries) Indexed alphabetically and chronologically with full introduction and explanations. Entries include place of birth and abode, age, occupation, aliases, brief details of charge, discharge date, anad sundry notes regarding physical appearance, religious persuasion, etc. Later Volumes include how employed in the Gaol.	CD	£5.70	Add to Basket

	Prisoners in Cornwall County Gaol Vol 007 - 1862-1865 (970 entries) Indexed alphabetically and chronologically with full introduction and explanations. Entries include place of birth and abode, age, occupation, aliases, brief details of charge, discharge date, and sundry notes regarding physical appearance, religious persuasion, etc. Later Volumes include how employed in the Gaol. Click to View Product Image	CD	£5.70	Add to Basket

	Prisoners in Cornwall County Gaol Vol 008 - 1863-1867 (1930 entries) Indexed alphabetically and chronologically with full introduction and explanations. Entries include place of birth and abode, age, occupation, aliases, brief details of charge, discharge date, and sundry notes regarding physical appearance, religious persuasion, etc. Later Volumes include how employed in the Gaol. Click to View Product Image	CD	£5.70	Add to Basket

	Prisoners in Cornwall County Gaol Vol 009 - 1866-1870 (2030 entries) Indexed alphabetically and chronologically with full introduction and explanations. Entries include place of birth and abode, age, occupation, aliases, brief details of charge, discharge date, anad sundry notes regarding physical appearance, religious persuasion, etc. Later Volumes include how employed in the Gaol.	CD	£5.70	Add to Basket

	Prisoners in Cornwall County Gaol Vol 010 - 1869 - 1872 (2,472 entries) Indexed alphabetically and chronologically with full introduction and explanations. Entries include place of birth and abode, age, occupation, aliases, brief details of charge, discharge date, anad sundry notes regarding physical appearance, religious persuasion, etc. Later Volumes include how employed in the Gaol.	CD	£5.70	Add to Basket

	Prisoners in Cornwall County Gaol Vol 011 - 1872-1875/6 (2250 entries) Indexed alphabetically and chronologically with full introduction and explanations. Entries include place of birth and abode, age, occupation, aliases, brief details of charge, discharge date, and sundry notes regarding physical appearance, religious persuasion, etc. Later Volumes include how employed in the Gaol.	CD	£5.70	Add to Basket

	Prisoners in Cornwall County Gaol Vol 012 (1875-1879 (2,290entries) Indexed alphabetically and chronologically with full introduction and explanations. Entries include place of birth and abode, age, occupation, aliases, brief details of charge, discharge date, and sundry notes regarding physical appearance, religious persuasion, etc. Later Volumes include how employed in the Gaol.	CD	£5.70	Add to Basket

	Prisoners in Cornwall County Gaol Vol 013 (1878-1879) 383 entries & 1895-1899 (2,273 entries) N.B. Registers for 1880-1894 have not survived. Indexed alphabetically and chronologically with full introduction and explanations. Entries include place of birth and abode, age, occupation, aliases, brief details of charge, discharge date, and sundry notes regarding physical appearance, religious persuasion, etc. Later Volumes include how employed in the Gaol.	CD	£5.70	Add to Basket

	St Lawrence's Asylum, The Cornwall County Hospital for the Mentally Ill by Sally Pocock A miscellany of the surviving Patient and Staff records. Pauper patients 1870 - 1875; Private patients 1886 - 1890; Staff 1887-1889; also relative excerpts from the Asylum Minutes. Explanatory Introduction. All surnames indexed alphabetically.	CD	£5.70	Add to Basket

	CFHS Pencil	Misc	£0.50	Add to Basket

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