This book explores many of the aspects
which go to make up the history of
Delabole – the working environment in the
quarry, the lives of the men (and women)
who laboured there over many centuries
and the development of the settlement
around its industrial heartland. The book
also examines the way in which the village
community has been moulded by the
landscape in which it is set, religion
(particularly Methodism), links with Wales
and emigration.
280 pages
80 black & white photographs
12 colour plates
ISBN-13 978-09554792-0-5
Price: £15
This book examines a number of aspects of
the history of North Cornwall. These
include the probate records of St Teath
parish, music and musicians, buildings,
emigration and potters and pottery. Not
least, it explores the lives of men and
women who dwelt and worked in North
Cornwall and the histories of some who,
born there, later moved away to London,
Oxford and as far afield as Australia, New
Zealand and the United States of America
to seek their fortunes. These themes
interlink and provide the raison d’être for
the title of the book.
346 pages
97 black & white photos
12 colour plates
ISBN-13 978-0-9554792-1-2
Price : £20
This book traces the history of the estate at
Boconnoc, situated near Lostwithiel in
south-east Cornwall, from the Bronze Age
to the present day. The book took a long
time to write due to the wealth of source
material available from diaries, family
archives, correspondence and estate
records. These were scattered around a
large number of archival repositories, not
only in Cornwall, but in Hampshire, Devon
and London.
Writing the book was a delight for one
week, the author was delving into the
records of the Civil War, the next,
researching the Court Rolls from the
fifteenth century and the next, reading the
voluminous correspondence exchanged by
members of the Fortescue family in the
nineteenth century.
Consideration is also given to how far
Boconnoc can be described as an
exemplar of Cornish history.
256 pages with a foreword by Professor
Philip Payton
21 black & white photographs
30 colour plates
ISBN 978 0 7509 6773 0
Price £17.99
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