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
Cotehele House, a very antient building, 97
Copley, Sir J. S., seat of, 29
Crennis Copper Mine, account of, 135
Cross, Antient, at Callington, 97,
and Four-Hole Cross, 161
Cromlech, 116
Cuddenbeck, at St. Germains, noted as the seat of the Bishops, 110
D
Dolcoath, a noted Copper Mine, 140
E
Eels, Conger, very plentiful, 14
Egleshale, Church of, Carved Pulpit, Monuments, &c., 80
Eny’s House, 48
F
Falmouth, Town of, Buildings, fine Harbour, &c., 49
Fowey, Town of, Church, Monuments, Antient Buldings at, Harbour,
Population, &c., 30
Fonts, Antient, in Lostwithiel, 33;
St. Austell, 37;
Lanerwednack, 54;
Padstow, 78;
Kilkhampton, &c., 91
Foote, the Comedian, born at Truro, 46
G
Glynn House, a seat, 118
Gold, found in Cornwall, 22
Godolphin House, an antient building, 55
Grampus, a fish, 13
Grampound, till lately one of the Boroughs of Cornwall, present State,
42
H
Harewood House, 98
Hayle, Port of, Works, &c., 69
Heligan, a seat, 39
Helston, Town of, Church, Population, &c., 51
Herland Mines, some Account of, 144
Hills in Cornwall, 3
Historical Events, brief description of, 23
Huel Vor, a noted Tin Mine, 137
—— Unity ditto, for Copper, 142
—— Alfred, ditto, ibid
Husbandry, improvement in, noticed, 8
I J
Ince Castle, a seat on the banks of the Lynher, 106
Iron, found in great abundance in Cornwall, 22
—— Foundaries at Hayle, 146
John Dorys, a delicious fish, 14
K
Kilkhampton, village of, noted for the singular beauty of its Church,
Monuments, Font, &c., 89
——, the birth-place of the pious Hervey, 92
Knill, J. Esq., singular custom respecting his will, 69
Kynan’s Cove, a curious pile of Rocks at, 54
L
Ladock, a picturesque vale at, 43
Lakes in the County, the Loo particularly described, 5
Lands, Waste, enclosed, 9
Lanlivery, Tower of its Church noticed, 32
Lanhydrock House, an antient seat, Church, &c., 118
Landulph, Village of, singular Monument in the Church, Parsonage House,
&c., 99
Landrake, Church of, remarked for its high Tower, 106
Land’s End, singular Promontory, Light-House, &c., 62
Lanherne, Nunnery of, at the village of Mawgan, 74
Landewednack Church, near the Lizard, Antient Font at, 54
Launceston, Town of, Antient Castle, Church, Public Buildings,
Population, &c., 93
Lead Mines, not very abundant, 21
Liskeard, Town of, Church, Population, &c., 112
Lizard Point, Rocks at, very curious, 53, 54
Looe, East and West, Town of, Bridge, Population, &c., 29
Loo Pool, a Lake near Helston, 53
Lostwithiel, Town of, Church, Antient Font, Exchequer Hall, Population,
&c., 32
M
Mackarel, very plentiful in Cornwall, 14
Marazion or Market Jew, its pleasant Situation, &c., 56
Martin, Dr. William, Monument of, 100
Mawgan, Village of, highly rural, Antient Church, Cross, &c., 74
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