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Cornish Quest Library

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Below you will find a large selection of books in electronic form about Cornwall.

Folklore

Traditions and hearthside stories of West Cornwall vol  1
William Bottrell   Published 1873
 

Traditions and hearthside stories of West Cornwall Vol 2

William Bottrell   Published  1873

 Stories and folk-lore of West Cornwall;  William Bottrell   Published 1880

Popular romances of the west of England; or, The drolls, traditions, and superstitions of old Cornwall; 
Robert Hunt FRS Published  1908
 
North Cornwall fairies and legends Enys Tregarthan  Published  1906

The Piskey-purse : legends and tales of North Cornwall  Enys Tregarthan   Published  1905


ANCIENT SITES

Ancient and Holy Wells of Cornwall  M. & L. Quillar Couch  Published  1894  

Ancient Crosses & Other Antiquities in the East of  Cornwall     J.T. Blight    Published   1858

 Ancient Crosses & Other Antiquities in the West of  Cornwall  J.T. Blight Published   1858
 
Old Cornwall Crosses  Arthur  G. Langdon  Published   1896
 
Specimens of Ancient Cornish Crosses and Fonts F.C.H. Published  1850

Churches  of West Cornwall with notes of Antiquities of the District  J. T.  Blight Published   1865



FAMOUS PEOPLE - BIOGRAPHIES AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Autobiography of Passmore Edwards  printed in August 1905, not for sale, but for private circulation

Autobiography of James Silk Buckingham;   J.S. Buckingham 1855

Biographical Sketches in Cornwall Vol. One         Rev.  R Polwhele  Published 1831

Biographical Sketches in Cornwall Vol. Two        Rev.  R Polwhele  Published 1831


Biographical Sketches in Cornwall Vol.  Three     Rev.  R Polwhele  Published 1831

Traditions and recollections; domestic, clerical and literary  Vol. one    Richard Polwhele Published 1826
 
Traditions and recollections; domestic, clerical and literary  Vol. two   Richard Polwhele Published 1826


The life of George Grenfell, Congo missionary and explorer   George Hawker  Published 1909

Cornish Worthies Vol. One  Walter  H. Tregellas   Published 1884

Cornish Worthie s Vol. Two  Walter  H. Tregellas Published 1884

The Life of Viscount Exmouth ( Edward  Pellew)  Edward  Osler Published 1835

A Narative on the Expedition to Algiers in the year 1816. Under the command of The  Right Honorable Admiral Lord Viscount  Exmouth  Mr. A.  Salame Published  1819


Life of Richard Trevithick Vol. One  with an account of his inventions.  Francis  Trevithick C.E. Published  1872

Life of Richard Trevithick  Vol. Two  with an account of his inventions  Francis  Trevithick C.E. Published 1872

Life of Lord Courtney by C.P. Gooch Published 1920

Men of Invention and Industry includes a chapter on  Murdock  Samuel  Smiles Published 1885

Lives of the Engineers Vol 1.  Mentions Trevithick, Davy &
Murdoch Samuel Smiles Published 1879

Lives of Boulton and Watt: Principally from the Original Soho Mss  ...lots about their time in Cornwall. Samuel  Smiles
Published 1865

Memorials Literary and Religious  Thomas  Garland Published 1868

The Life of Sir Humphry Davy  John A.  Paris Published 1831

Memoirs of the Life of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart Vol. One   John Davy M.D. Published 1839

Memoirs of the Life of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart Vol. Two  John Davy M.D. Published 1836

Trelawny Papers Edited by  William D. Cooper F.S.A. Published 1853

The Lives of the Seven Bishops Committed to the Tower in 1688 By Agnes  Strickland Published 1866

Edward Octavious Trevellas , Civil Engineer and Minister of the Gospel   Sarah  E. Fox Published 1842


The Life and Extrodinary Life of Sir William Courtney  Canterburiensis Published 1838

Lives of Vice Admiral Sir Charles Vinicombe Penrose  K.G.B. and Captain James  Trevenen Rev. John Penrose
Published 1850

The Adventures of Thomas Pellow. of Penryn,   Mariner. Autobiography Published 1840

Memories of Mr. John Edward  Trezise of St Just in  Penwith.  Richard  Treffrey Jnr. Published 1837

Footprints of Former Men in Far Cornwall By R.S. Hawker Published 1903

The Life and Letters of R.S. Hawker  C.E. Byles Published 1905

Memorials of the Rev. Robert Stephen Hawker  M.A. Rev. F.G. Lee D.C.I. Published 1876

The Vicar of Morwenstow, A Life of  R.S. Hawker  M.A. S. Baring Gould M.A. Published 1876


Shelburne Essays Paul Elmer More Published 1907

Prisoners of War in France 1804 - 1814 John Tregarthen Short & Thomas Williams, of St Ives, Cornwall Published 1914

The Autobiography of a Cornish Smuggler - Captain Henry Carter of  Prussia Cove - 1749- 1809

Autobiography Published 1900

John Knill 1733 - 1811 J.J.R. of  Penrose. Published 1871

A History of the Rev. Hugh Peters M.A. Principal Chaplain to the Lord Protector 1640 - 1660  Rev Samuel Peters M.A. Published 1807





County Churches "Cornwall 

 by J.Charles Cox L.L.D. F.S.A.

  Published 1912

. The Celtic Christianity of Cornwall

  by Thomas Taylor M.A. F.S.A.

  Published 1916

. The History of Glasney Collegiate Church

  by Thurston C. Peters

  Published 1903

. Churches of West Cornwall

  by J.T. Blight

  Published 1885

. Caradoc, or the Church in the Sands

  by Sampson Waters

  Published 1908

. The Bishopric of Truro, 1877 - 1902

  by Rev. Aug. B. Donaldson M.A.

  Published 1902

. Home Reunion, two papers read at the diocesan Conference held at Truro 

  by Rt. Hon. Earl Nelson & Rev. Paul Bush

  Published 1881

. Mother Charlotte, (Mrs Broadley of Carnmenellis)

  by Louisa Herbert

  Published 1882

. The Ancient Cathedral of Cornwall  Vol. one

  by John Whitaker B.D.

  Published 1804

. The Ancient Cathedral of Cornwall  Vol. two

  by John Whitaker B.D.

  Published 1804

. The Anglo Saxon Episcopate of Cornwall

  by E H Pedler

  Published 1856

      A Collection of Sufferings of People Called Quakers

  by  Joseph Besse

  Published 1753

      Historical Sketch of the Parish of St Neot, Cornwall

  by William A. Axworthy

  Published 1906

. The Cornish See and Cathedral, Historical & Architechtural Notes

  by 

   Published 

. Sermons preached in the Parish Church of St Feock, Cornwall 

  by the late William Hitchens B.A.`

   Published 1851

. The Story of Stratton Church

  by Frederick James Bone M.A.

  Published 1919

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