Excursions in the County of Cornwall: Comprising a Concise Historical and Topographical Delineation of the Principal Towns and Villages, Together With Descriptions of the Residences of the Nobility and Gentry, Remains of Antiquity, and Every Other Interesting Object of CuriosityStockdale, Frederick Wilton Litchfield
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Excursions in the County of Cornwall: Comprising a Concise Historical and Topographical Delineation of the Principal Towns and Villages, Together With Descriptions of the Residences of the Nobility and Gentry, Remains of Antiquity, and Every Other Interesting Object of Curiosity
Stockdale, Frederick Wilton Litchfield
Cornwall (England : County) -- Description and travel; Cornwall (England : County) -- History
The author of the Guide to Mount’s Bay, recently published.
Footnote 52:
“As some men were lately sinking an air hole to the bottom level of
the Consolidated Mines, when at the depth of 160 fathoms from the
surface, they struck into a cavern; the rush of foul air from which,
compelled them to call out to their companion stationed above, to
raise them by the tackle kept in readiness for that purpose. This vast
subterranean vault is situated in one of the principal lodes of the
mine; it is about nine feet high, and six feet wide; the western end
from the place of entry, has been explored, and is found to be about
40 fathoms in length; the foul air in the eastern end, has hitherto
prevented the miners from fully exploring it; the appearance of the
sides and roof is very craggy, and shews that the cavity has been
occasioned by a convulsion of nature.”
Footnote 53:
Beauties of England and Wales for Cornwall, page 485.
Footnote 54:
Beauties of England and Wales for Cornwall, p. 487.
Footnote 55:
Vide Beauties for Cornwall, page 488.
Footnote 56:
The author of the Guide to Mounts Bay, &c. recently published.
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Index.
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A
Adder, Sea, a fish, 14
Angel Fish, ibid
Antoney, Village of, Church, Monuments, House, and Pictures, 27 and 161
Arwenack House, remarkable as the antient seat of the Killegrews, 50
B
Bake, an antient seat of the Moyles, 29
Blower, or Fin Fish, 13
Blowing Houses, near St. Austell, 38
Boconnoc House, a fine seat, 35
Bodmin, Town of, antient Buildings, Church, Font, Population, &c., 119
Boscawen-un, singular Pile of Stones at, 61
Bossiney, remarkable as one of the Boroughs, 81
Boscastle, a Fishing Village, curious Epitaph in the Church, 85
Botus Fleming, Church, and Tomb of a Crusader, 100
Botallack Mine, at St. Just, account of, 138
Bude, a bathing place, its Canal, &c., 88
C
Carhays, a seat, 40
Callington, Town of, Antient Buildings, &c., 96
Calstock, a Village, Church, &c., 98
Camborne, Town of, Church, Population, &c., 69
Camelford, Town of, Buildings, &c., 80
Carn’-bre, Castle, Rocks, &c., 71
Carnon Stream Works, account of, 137
Carnanton, a seat, 75
Carclew, seat of Sir William Lemon, Pictures, &c., 46
Castle-an-Dinas, an Antient Entrenchment, 76
Cattle, different Species of, bred in Cornwall, 10
Catchfrench, the seat of F. Glanville, Esq., 110
Charlestown, near St. Austell, 36
Cheese-Wring, 116
Church of Creed, 42
Clay Works, at St. Stephen’s, an account of, 136
Clowance, a fine seat, belonging to Sir J. St. Aubyn, 55
Coldrinnick, a seat, 111
Cornwall, derivation of its Name, Situation, Climate, Population, &c.,
1 to 3
Consolidated Mines, account of, 141
Cook’s Kitchen, a celebrated Copper Mine, 140
Copper, its discovery, Mines described, &c., 20
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