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
Menabilly, a fine seat belonging to W. Rashleigh, Esq., noted for its
collection of Minerals, 32 and 147
Menacuddle, Ruin at, 38
Menheniot, Village of, Church, Old Buildings, &c., 111
Metals, various sorts, found in Cornwall, 22
Mevagissey, remarkable as a Fishing Town, Church, Monument of Otwell
Hill, Population, &c., 39
Mineralogical Substances, described, 7
Mines in Cornwall, the mode of working them described, 19
Moditonham, the seat of Charles Carpenter, Esq., 100
Mount Edgecumbe, a fine seat, 27
Mousehole, Village of, remarkable as the birth-place of Old Dolly
Penkeath, 60
Mullets, very plentiful, 14
Mullion, a Fishing Cove, near the Lizard, 54
Maylor, the Church of, a picturesque building, Monuments, &c., 51
N
Nanswhyden House, ruins of, 74
Newport Church, 93
Newlyn, Village of, 60
P
Padstow, Town of, Harbour, Church, Antient Buildings, Population, &c.,
77
Pelynt Church, Antient Monument in, 29
Pencarrow, seat of the late Sir A. Molesworth, 80
Pendarves, a Seat, 70
Pendennis Castle, 49
Pengersick Castle, 56
Penrice, the seat of J. S. Sawle, Esq., 38
Penrose, seat of S. Rogers, Esq. near Helston, 53
Penryn, an Antient Town, Church of St. Gluvias, Monuments, Population,
&c., 47
Pentillic Castle, the seat of J. T. Coryton, Esq., 99
Penzance, remarked as a beautiful Town, healthy climate, &c., 59
Perrow Porth, noted as a bathing place, 73
Pessick, village of, 44
PETHERICK, Little, Village, noted as being highly picturesque, 80
Pilchard Fisheries described, and mode of curing them, 12
Piranzabuloe, singular Amphitheatre at, 73
Place-House, Padstow, 79
Plymouth, scenery about, noticed, 25
Polruan, 31
Polredmouth, Grotto at, 32
Pool, Menheniot, an antient seat of the Trelawney’s, 111
Potatoes, the soil of Cornwall, favourable for the growth of, 9
Polgooth Tin Mine, account of, 131
Poldice, Mine of, 142
Porthmear, or Charlestown, 36
Prideaux Place, ibid
Probus, Village of, noted for its fine Church, 43
R
Redruth, Town of, Church, Population, &c., 72
Restormel Castle, House, &c., 34
Rialton Priory, account of, 73
Rivers in Cornwall, 4
Roche Rocks, a great natural curiosity, 127
Ruan Lanyhorne, a village remarkable as the residence of the Rev. J.
Whitaker, 41
S
Saltash, Town of, Church, Population, &c., 100
Saltram, Seat of Earl Morley, with its fine Pictures, 25
Scorrier House, a seat remarkable for its fine collection of minerals,
72
Shark, the blue species, caught off the Coast of Cornwall, 14
Scilly Islands, concise description of, 151 to 160
Sheviock Church and Monuments, 28
Shillingham, ruins of an antient Chapel, 105
Silver, discovery of, 22
Slate, Delabole, the most celebrated Quarry for, 7 and 80
Smelting House near Truro, noticed, 46
Soap Rocks, at the Lizard, 54
Soils described, 5
St. Blazey, Village of, Festival of St. Blaze, Church, &c., 36 to 37
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