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NOOKS & CORNERS OF CORNWALL

IN THE SAME SERIES

NOOKS & CORNERS OF YORKSHIRE IN PREPARATION

NOOKS & CORNERS OF DEVON NOOKS AND CORNERS OF HAMPSHIRE AND SUSSEX

NOOKS & CORNERS OF CORNWALL

WITH A MAP

LONDON: EVELEIGH NASH

FOREWORD

Warnings

The Crosses and Churches The Churches The Plan of the Book

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I NOOKS AND CORNERS OF THE EXTREME NORTH CHAPTER II NOOKS AND CORNERS FROM WIDEMOUTH BAY TO ST. TEATH CHAPTER III NOOKS AND CORNERS FROM PORT ISAAC TO THE VALE OF LANHERNE CHAPTER IV NOOKS AND CORNERS FROM THE VALE OF LANHERNE TO HAYLE TOWANS CHAPTER V NOOKS AND CORNERS FROM LELANT TO PENZANCE CHAPTER VI NOOKS AND CORNERS FROM THE SCILLY ISLES TO ROSELAND CHAPTER VII NOOKS AND CORNERS FROM FALMOUTH TO TRURO CHAPTER VIII NOOKS AND CORNERS FROM ST. MAWES TO LISKEARD CHAPTER IX NOOKS AND CORNERS FROM LISKEARD TO LAUNCESTON CHAPTER X NOOKS AND CORNERS FROM LAUNCESTON TO DOZMARÉ CHAPTER XI NOOKS AND CORNERS FROM BROWN WILLY TO CAMBORNE

HOTELS ACCORDING TO THE ROUTE CHAPTER I

NOOKS AND CORNERS OF THE EXTREME NORTH

Kilkhampton Morwenstow Tonacombe and Stowe The Battle of Stamford Hill The Battle of Lansdowne Hill Tennyson at Bude Churches of the Neighbourhood Week St. Mary

CHAPTER II

NOOKS AND CORNERS FROM WIDEMOUTH BAY TO ST. TEATH

The Headlands Boscastle Otterham and Warbstow Barrows St. Nechtan's Kieve Bossiney Tintagel Arthur The Castle The Beach and Barras Head An Inscribed Stone A Dangerous Occupation The Battle of Gafulford Arthur's Hall Lanteglos The Forty Brewers of Helston The River The Delabole Slate St. Teath

CHAPTER III

NOOKS AND CORNERS FROM PORT ISAAC TO THE VALE OF LANHERNE

Port Isaac Pentire St. Enodoc and the Sand Lovebond's Bridge Wadebridge and Egloshayle Menhirs Padstow and the Hobby Horse Prehistoric Harlyn Bay Trevose Head Constantine A Fogou Bedruthan Vale of Lanherne

CHAPTER IV

NOOKS AND CORNERS FROM THE VALE OF LANHERNE TO HAYLE TOWANS

Hurling and St. Columb Major Colan The Gratitude of the Stuarts Trevalgue A Good Centre for Crantock, St. Cubert, and Trerice St. Agnes and the Giant Portreath and the Bassets Godrevy Gwithian Pilchard Fishery

CHAPTER V

NOOKS AND CORNERS FROM LELANT TO PENZANCE

Knill's Monument The Antiquities of the Extreme West: Cliff Castles: Fogous: Menhirs Dolmen: Oratories: Superstition Wesley Irving The Mines Sancreed Lighthouses and Whitesand Bay The Land's End Mousehole and Dolly Pentreath Newlyn Penzance

CHAPTER VI

NOOKS AND CORNERS FROM THE SCILLY ISLES TO ROSELAND

The Land of Lyonesse The Scillies The Law of Wrecks Mr. Smith The Admiral's Honour Mount's Bay Ding Dong Mine St. Michael's Mount (Cornish Dinsul)[3] An Old Ceremony China Clay Wrecks: Germoe and Breage Pengersick Flora Day The Loe Pool Serpentine GUNWALLOE AND MULLION The Lizard Mediæval Bells Mawgan

CHAPTER VII

NOOKS AND CORNERS FROM FALMOUTH TO TRURO

The Rise of Pendennis Castle Sir John Arundel The Killigrews: Sir Walter Raleigh The General Post Office and Falmouth Penryn The Fal The Stannary Courts Old Truro Foote and Lowry

CHAPTER VIII

NOOKS AND CORNERS FROM ST MAWES TO LISKEARD

St. Mawes and Gerrans Tregony and Probus Cornish Mutton A Story of Cornish Vengeance Caerhayes, Goran and the Dodman Mevagissey Antiquarian Finds The Capital of Clayland Cock's and Hen's Barrow Carglaze Mine Luxulyan St. Blazey The Civil Wars Lostwithiel Lanhydrock House and Restormel Castle The Fight on St. Winnow's Downs The Gallants of Fowey Place Lanteglos: Polperro Talland, Killigarth and Trelawne The Giant's Hedge Boconnoc

CHAPTER IX

NOOKS AND CORNERS FROM LISKEARD TO LAUNCESTON

King Dungarth and King Alfred Menheniot St. Keyne Looe A Cage for Scolds Looe Island and the Smugglers The Armada Sheviock The Eddystone Mount Edgcumbe The Tamar Trematon Castle St. Germans Markets Saltash Moditonham Paleologus Pentillie Cotehele Hingston Down Polyfant

CHAPTER X

NOOKS AND CORNERS FROM LAUNCESTON TO DOZMARÉ

The Upper Reaches of the Tamar Launceston The Old Highways St. Clether Altarnon Trebartha The Trethevy Dolmen The Cheesewring St. Cleer St. Neot Dozmaré

CHAPTER XI

NOOKS AND CORNERS FROM BROWN WILLY TO CAMBORNE

Brown Willy and Row Tor Michaelstow, St. Tudy and St. Mabyn St. Breward and Blisland Helland Bodmin Lanivet Mitchell Cornish Names Blackwater and Illogan Redruth and St. Day Carn Brea Camborne A Word in Farewell

APPENDIX A

The Green Book of St. Columb

APPENDIX B

St. Michael's Mount

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