This section is on local history guides to Cornwall. The links all take you
to the book's page on Amazon. There is usually a full write up on each book,
and you can order it from Amazon if it takes your fancy.
At the top of the table are general history books on Cornwall, and then follows
alphabetically books on individual towns in Cornwall
| Area Covered |
Book and author |
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|
| Cornwall |
A
History of Cornwall F.E. Halliday |
| |
Cornwall:
A History by Philip Payton, Eric Thomas (Illustrator) |
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The
Domesday Book: Cornwall John Morris (Editor), C. Thorn (Translator),
F. Thorn |
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To
Brave Every Danger: Epic Life of Mary Bryant of Fowey Judith Cook |
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Old
Parish Churches of Cornwall Mike Salter |
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Cornwall
in Prehistory Toni-Maree Rowe |
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Haunted
Cornwall Paul Newman |
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West
Britons: Cornish Identities and the Early Modern British State Mark
Stoyle |
| |
Delectable
Duchy: Stories, Studies, and Sketches of Cornwall Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch |
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Cornwall
(British Railways Past & Present) David Mitchell |
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Secret
Shrines: In Search of the Old Holy Wells of Cornwall Paul Broadhurst |
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A
Long Way Home: The Life and Adventures of the Convict Mary Bryant Mike
Walker |
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Mebyon
Kernow and Cornish Nationalism: The Concise History Philip Payton (Foreword) |
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Lost
Cornwall Reg Watkiss |
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Old
Cornish Inns and Their Place in the Social History of Cornwall H L Douch |
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Cornish
Church Guide and Parochial History of Cornwall Charles Henderson |
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Castles
in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly I D Spreadbury |
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Golden
Harvest: The Story of Daffodil Growing in Cornwall and Scilly Andrew
Tompsett |
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Smuggling
in Cornwall Frank Graham |
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The
Cornish Family Bernard Deacon |
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Timeline
Historical Map, Land's End and Isles of Scilly: no. 203 |
| |
Poldark's
Cornwall Winston Graham |
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Survey
of Cornwall, 1602 Richard Carew |
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Military
Airfields of South Western England: by Ken Delve |
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Old
Farming Days: Life on the Land in Devon and Cornwall Robin Stanes |
| |
Journey
to the Stones: Ancient Sites and Pagan Mysteries of Celtic Cornwall
Ian Cooke |
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Cornwall
Past and Present (Britain in Old Photographs) Tom Bowden |
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Francis
Frith's Cornish Coast (Photographic Memories) Martin Dunning, Francis
Frith |
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Tudor
Cornwall John Chynoweth |
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|
| Bodmin |
Around
Bodmin (Archive Photographs: Images of England S.) John Neale |
| |
Bodmin
Moor: An Archaeological Survey: v. 2 Peter Herring |
| |
|
| Boscastle |
Boscastle:
16th August 2004 David Rowe |
| |
The
Book of Boscastle: Parishes of Forrabury and Minster Anne Knight, Rod
Knight |
| |
|
| Bude |
Bude
and District: The Second Selection (Archive Photographs) Adrian Abbott |
| |
|
| Calstock |
Around
Calstock (Archive Photographs) Nikki Chaplin, Calstock Archive Trust |
| |
|
| Camborne |
Our
Work During the Great War - 1914-1918: Holman Bros. Ltd., Holman Bros
(Editor) |
| |
|
| Chysauster |
Chysauster
and Carn Euny, Cornwall P. M Christie |
| |
|
| Falmouth |
Francis
Frith's Around Falmouth (Photographic Memories) Martin Dunning, Francis
Frith |
| |
The
Falmouth Packets Tony Pawlyn |
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Old
Falmouth Susan Gay |
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|
| Fowey |
Fowey
Lifeboats: An Illustrated History Nichols Leach |
| |
|
| Hayle |
Book of Hayle: Portrait of a Cornish Coastal Town (Halsgrove Parish
History) Harry Pascoe |
| |
|
| Helford |
Helford:
A River and Some Landscapes Tom Cross |
| |
|
| Helston |
The
Book of Helston: Ancient Borough and Market Town Derek Carter |
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|
| Lanherne |
Cornish Lands of the Arundells of Lanherne, 14th to 16th Centuries
H.S.A. Fox (Editor) |
| |
|
| Launceston |
Old
Launceston John Neale |
| |
|
| Looe |
The
Looe Island Story: An Illustrated History of St. George's Island Mike
Dunn |
| |
|
| Mawnan |
Book
of Mawnan, The: Celebrating a South Cornwall Parish |
| |
|
| Mithian |
Mithian:
A Part of St. Agnes and Perranzabuloe |
| |
|
| Mylor |
The
Book of Mylor: A Cornish Creekside Village & Harbour Mylor Local
History Group |
| |
|
| Newlyn |
The
Rosebud and the Newlyn Clearances Michael Sagar-Fenton |
| |
|
| Newquay |
Francis
Frith's Around Newquay (Photographic Memories) Martin Dunning, Francis
Frith |
| |
Francis
Frith's Newquay to St.Ives (Photographic Memories) Francis Frith, Peter
Stanier |
| |
Timeline
Historical Map, Newquay and Bodmin: no. 200 |
| |
|
| Penzance |
Francis
Frith's Around Penzance (Photographic Memories) Des Hannigan, Francis
Frith |
| |
Ordnance
Survey Maps: Penzance No. 95 (Victorian Ordnance Survey) |
| |
Penzance
as It Was in 1897: A Complete Pictorial Guide |
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|
| Penryn |
Around
Penryn Ernie Warmington |
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|
| Polperro |
Polperro's
Smuggling Story Jeremy Rowett Johns |
| |
The
Smugglers' Banker: The Story of Zephaniah Job of Polperro Jeremy Rowett
Johns |
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Portrait
of Polperro Sheila De Burlet |
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|
| Polruan |
Jane
Slade of Polruan: The Inspiration for Du Maurier's First Novel Helen
Doe |
| |
|
| Port Isaac |
East
of Varley Head: Stories from Port Isaac, North Cornwall, 1944-1950 James
Platt |
| |
South
of Lobber Point: More Stories from Port Isaac 1944 - 1950 James Platt |
| |
|
| Probus |
The
Book of Probus: Cornwall's Garden Parish Alan M Kent, Danny L J Merrifield |
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|
| Saltash |
Saltash
Joan Rendell |
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|
| St Austell |
Francis
Frith's St.Austell Bay (Photographic Memories) Francis Frith, Peter
Stanier |
| |
St
Austell the Golden Years Peter Hancock |
| |
The
Book of St Austell: A Celebration of a Cornish Town Peter Hancock |
| |
|
| St Dennis |
The
Book of St Dennis and Goss Moor: A Moorland History Kenneth Rickard |
| |
|
| St Ervan |
The
Book of St Ervan: The Story of a Rural Parish (Halsgrove Parish History)
Moira Tangye |
| |
|
| St Ives |
Francis
Frith's Around St Ives (Photographic Memories) Des Hannigan, Francis
Frith |
| |
|
| St Levan |
The
Book of St Levan and Porthcurno Alison Weeks, Local History Group |
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|
| St Teath |
Cornwall
1861 Census: Entries for Civil Parish of St Teath Cornwall Family History
Society |
| |
|
| Sennan Cove |
Sennen
Cove Lifeboats: 150 Years of Lifesaving Nicholas Leach |
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|
| Stithians |
Book of Stithians: Changing Face of a Cornish Parish Stithians Parish
History Group |
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|
| Tintagel |
Tintagel
Castle: Its History and Romance Henry Jenner, J.Hambley Rowe |
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|
| Truro |
The
Book of Truro: Cornwall's City and Its People Christine Parnell |
| |
Timeline
Historical Map, Truro and Falmouth: no. 204 |
| |
Truro
History and Guide Parnell Christine |
