Nooks and Corners of Cornwall

About this eBook

Author

C. A. Dawson Scott

Credits

Produced by Annie McGuire. This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Internet Archive.

Language

English

Subject

Cornwall (England : County) -- Description and travel

Category

Text

eBook-No.

34778

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34778

Release Date

December 28, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.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 — By C. A. DAWSON SCOTT — WITH A MAP — LONDON: EVELEIGH NASH
3. 3.FOREWORD — Warnings — The Crosses and Churches — The Churches — The Plan of the Book
4. 4.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
5. 5.HOTELS ACCORDING TO THE ROUTE
6. 6.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
7. 7.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
8. 8.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
9. 9.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
10. 10.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
11. 11.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
12. 12.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
13. 13.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
14. 14.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
15. 15.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
16. 16.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
17. 17.APPENDIX A — The Green Book of St. Columb
18. 18.APPENDIX B — St. Michael's Mount
19. 19.>INDEX — FOOTNOTES:

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