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"Old Cornwall"

Index to Volume 8

(Spring 1973  - Autumn 1979)

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Contributions in Cornish   -   Cornish Crosses   -   Cornish Language 

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Index to Illustrations

Title

Page Number

Badger Baiting Sett,

5

Branwell Home in Penzance, The

321

Coifs (Gooks)

141

County Court building, Redruth,

555

Copperhouse Slag Blocks,

73

Cross,

179

Donkey Shays,

396

Fowey, Dolphin Houses

392

Fowey, Dolphin Houses

393

Fowey, 9, South Street

341

Fowey, Houses at

342

Fowey, "Noahs Ark"

343

Gallery of Old Newquay

486

Godolphin,

385

Gook, A

89

Helston, Folk Museum

599

Ice Works at Dozmary Pool, Alturnon

22

Lovett, William, Memorial Plaque

587

Maps:

     1. Maker, Fortifications

     2. Maker, Fortifications

     3. Phillack, Parish

     4. Post Routes before 1825

     5. Stithians Parish, 1664

     6. Turn Pike Roads

1 = 239

2 = 241

3 = 121

4 = 428

5 = 25

6 = 429

"New Road", St. Clements, Truro

603

Occazinney Cross, Alturnon

398

"Old Vestry", Phillack Church, The

75

Polmear Alms Houses,

607

Postmarks, some used before 1840

431

Postmarks, some used after 1840

501

Poundstock Gildhouse

109

R.A.F. St. Mawgan Shackletons

528

R.A.F. St. Mawgan Nimrod

529

R.A.F. St Mawgan Canberra

530

Rees, edgar

508

St. Ives Museum

455

Saltash's Port View, The Lodge

338

Trevassack Manor, Hayle

136

Troy One-Design Class Boats

218

Wheal Martyn Museum, Site Plan

376

Woodley Cross, Lanivet

90

 

Index to Contributors

Author Title Page Number

Angoce, R.

Very Old, very perculiar sayings known to St. Ives,

397

Appleby, C.J.

A week in West Cornwall,

328

Appleby, C.J.

Captain John Vivian and the "Little Catherine" 1813,

588

Ashworth, R.C.B.

A short history of R.A.F. St. Mawgan,

526

Barreb, J.

William Lovett (1800-1877),

579

Bizley, Mrs. A.C.

F. Rilstone,

266

Bodman, Janet

A man to remember,

269

Brent, A..

The Arthurian Legend in Brittany,

170

Budd, Mrs. M.

Churchwarden's Account's for the church of Poundstock from 1770,

161

Budd, Mrs. M.

Cornish Funeral, A,

249

Budd, Mrs. M.

Medieval Guildhouse, Poundstock,

107

Budd, Mrs. M. and Proudfoot, W.

Whalesborough,

421

Car Albanek, (L.R. Moir)

An Car Kernewek,

51

Carter, D. R. 

The Troy One-Design Class Boats,

218

Cowls, B.

Cornwall in Tasmania,

294

Cuddy, Mrs. M.

St Just in Penwith,

181

Edwards, J.G.

Piracy, sacriledge, murder and a ghost - Poundstock in a tirbulent age,

531

Fisher, M.H.

A Voluntary Cornishman,

544

Fowler, Prof. D.C.

Notes on John Trevisa,

298

Fudge, Mrs. C.

Aspects of form in the Cornish Ordinalia,

457, 491

Gardner, M.

A port in a storm,

536

Gilles, R.H.C.

Porth was once a busy port,

17

Glanville, G.

Cotehele House and the Edgcumbe Family,

59

Glasson, A.W.

Some Cornish Donkeys,

394

Green, Major H.

Mount Edgcumbe Country Park,

332

Guernier, B.

Team Work and Local History - Part 1. The Face of Fowey,

340

Guernier, B.

 

Team Work and Local History - Part 2. The People of Fowey,

387

Harris, Mrs. L.B.

A House in my area and changes it has seen.

282

Hawke, Mrs. K.

Movin' weth tha Times,

300

Hearle, D.

The Hearles of West Looe,

23

Henderson, Miss. M.

Ancient Crosses of Cornwall,

90, 178

Hirst, Miss. R.P.

A Gallery of Old Newquay,

484

Hodge, H.R.

An ice works at Dozmary Pool, Alturnun,

20

Hooper, E.G.R.

An Pryeryn Ha'n Pys,

199

Hooper, E.G.R.

An Vran Ha'n Lowarn,

104

Hooper, E.G.R.

Cornish Coif (Gook), The

140

Hooper, E.G.R.

Cornish of William Rowe, The

559

Hooper, E.G.R.

From the Gwavas Papers,

514

Hooper, E.G.R.

La FontaineL Lyver11, nyver 2,

304

Hooper, E.G.R.

Merther Place Names in Cornwall, 

355

Hosier, Miss, F. A. 

Kilkhampton,

307,  364

Hosier, Miss, F. A. 

Launcells,

204, 256

Hosier, Miss, F. A. 

Morwenstow,

415, 468

Hosier, Miss, F. A. 

North Tamerton,

39, 79

Hosier, Miss, F. A. 

Werrington,

520, 572

Hosier, Miss, F. A. 

Whitstone,

142, 154

Howlett, S.

The Presidents Message,

255

Hynd, Mrs J.

Very old, very peculiar sayings known to St. Ives,

247

James, Mrs. B.

Choir Owten,

350

Jewell, H. 

Half a Century for Penzance

403

Kelynack. Miss. J.

Dialect Notes,

100

Kelynack, Miss. J.

Down to the sea,

129

King, Miss. G.

Ching Family of Launceston, The

433

King, Miss. G.

Industry Past and Present

358

Launder, R.J.

The Four Fishermen of Falmouth,

77

Laws, P.

A journey by rail from Plymouth to Gunnislake,

475

Ledbury, Mrs. D.E.K.

Cornwall Buildings Preservation Trust,

605

Long, P.R.

A cornish Maritime History Source,

138

Marsh, Angela, M.

Gooks,

88

Martin, E.A.

The Householders of the Parish of Stithians in 1614,

25

Miners, H.

Golden Jubilee of the Gorsedd,

519

Miners, H.

Gorsedd, 1978,

571

Miners, H.

The Presidents Message,

465

Michell, F. (Ed. L.R. Moir)

James Dryden Hosken,

15

Mitchell, Miss, J.V.

The Lanyons of Lanyon Madron,

562

Mordon, see Nance, R.

 

 

Murrin, T. H. 

John and Walter Borlase,

191

Murrin, T. H.

Notes on the Hain steamship Company,

131

Murrin, T. H.

Under the Badge of a White Eagle, The Godolphins,

221, 276, 316, 380, 445, 487.

Nance, R. (Mordon)

Carol Canoryon Nos. 

138

Nicholls Mrs. D. de L.

A Badger Baiting Sett,

4

Nicholls Mrs. D. de L.

An Estate Account Book 1623 - 1696,

110

Nicholls Mrs. D. de L.

Some Aspects of Cocking,

212

Nicolls, S. E. 

Saltash's Port View,

336

Nieuwold, Mrs. M.

Edgar Rees - Good Friend,

507

Noall, C. 

The Making of a Museum,

450

Oldham, miss. L. and Richards Miss. S.

The Bramwell Home in Penzance,

321

Olsen, C.

The "New Road" and Kiggon Pond,

601

Orchard, L.C.J.

John trevisa c.1340 - 1402,

227, 353.

Padel, O.J.

Bolventor, Pennycomequick & Dunheved,

480

Pascoe, W. H.

Loggans, a history of transport,

120

Pearson, A.

Redruth County Court,

522

Paynter, W. H. 

Gleanings from an old Cornish Guide,

608

Penter, Mrs, H. E. 

Farming in the Roseland,

284

Philbrick, Miss. M.E.

The Postal History of Cornwall,

Part 1. before 1840

Part 2, after 1840

Part 1.  425

Part 2.  499

Pollard, Jane

The Golden jubilee of Penryn and Falmouth Old Cornwall Society, 

399

Prisk, Margurite

At the little museum of Looe.

456

Prisk, Margurite

Trespass,

320

Proudfoot, W and Budd Mrs. M.

Whalesborough,

421

Quance, M. B. 

A Calculated Risk,

216

Richards, J.

Bygone Polruan - as I remember,

436

Richards, Miss. S. and Oldham, Miss L.

The Branwell Home in Penzance,

321

Shepherd, F.W.

The Cornwall Garden Society,

618

Sheppard, P.

Maker Fortifications,

326

Sheppard, P 

Wringford, a picket post in Rame,

272

Simmonds, Lt. Cdr. A. E.,  M.B.E., R.N.

Helston Folk Museum,

595

Smallshaw, Judith.

Castle an Dinas

409

Smallshaw, Judith.

King Arthur's Hall on Bodmin Moor,

516

Snell, A.

An Veyn Coth,

410

Stengelhofen, J.

Wheal Martyn: A museum for the China Clay Industry,

372

Sullivan, B.

Trevassack Manor, hayle,

133

Sullivan, B.

The Slag Blocks of Hayle,

71

Sullivan, B.

Where to?

591

Symonds, W. M. 

Three "Technical" Terms,

177

Tangye, M.

Deodand in the Manor of Tehidy, Tehidy,

592

Tangye, M.

The Varied Features of Carn Brea, Illogan,

8, 92, 149.

Treadway, B. I. 

Mullion Cove,

568

Treneer, Anne,

Fancy not knowing,

304,

Trevanion, D. 

Australia's Little Cornwall.

289

Trewin, Demelza, (Mrs. K. Hawke)

Movin' Weth tha Times,

300

West Beryl, (Mrs. B. James)

The Summons,

164

C.A. (L.R.Moir)

Celtic and other surnames in Cornwall,

172

C.A. (L.R.Moir)

Children's Walking Song,

303

C.A. (L.R.Moir)

Echo from Glastonbury,

349

C.A. (L.R.Moir)

Foolish Jan,

514

C.A. (L.R.Moir)

Going Home,

217

C.A. (L.R.Moir)

Trek across the Neck,

570

L.R.M. (L.R.Moir)

Hucca's Moor, a Cornish classic,

356

L.R.M. (L.R.Moir)

Notes on Deep down,

611

E.G.R.H. (E.G.R. Hooper)

Gwryans an Bys,

55.

 

Index to Book Reviews

Book Reviews Page number

An Old Cornish Town, (L.E. Long)

296

Ancestors, Journal of the Genealogical Society of Victoria, (Australia),

614

Annuls of an Ancient Cornish Town - Notes on the History of Redruth, (F. Mitchell)

512

Antiquities, Historical and Monumental of the County of Cornwall (W. Borlase). Reprint,

53

The Black Prince, Lord of Restormal, (Mrs D. deL. Nicholls), 

297

Bodmin Riding, (Mrs Pat Munn),

296

Caradon and Looe, (M.J. Messenger),

611

The Cassiterides, My Lovely Islands, (L. Hargreaves),

566

A Celtic Tomorrow, (Dr. James Whetter)

103

Cornish Archaeology No. 2.

101

A Cornish Farmers Diary (James Stevens ed. P.A.S. Pool) 

511

Cornish is Fun, (R.Gendall),

616

Cornish Methodist Historical Association, Journal of

613

Cornish Names for Cornish Homes, (Chrysten Fudge),

464

Cornish Saying, Superstitions and Remedies, (Mr. K. Hawke) 

53

Cornish Short Stories, (ed. Denys Val Baker),

353

Cornwall in the 17th Century, (Dr James Whetter),

251

Daughter of Wyedean and Kernow, (J.M. Stonham)

615

Dolcoath, Queen of Cornish Mines, (T. R. Harris),

140

Down Memory Lane and Further, ( Rita Cowling)

409

The Elfords, (Mrs. Laura Elford),

408

English Tin Production and Trade before 1550, (J. Hatcher), 

103

Feock in the 19th Century, part 2, (Feock Local History Group)

297

The Flora of Cornwall, (ed. Dr. L.C. Frost), 

617

Folksongs of Britain and Ireland, (ed. Peter Kennedy)

252

Four Christmas Carols, (arranged by S. Nicholas),

615

Fruits of Indolence, (W. Orchard),

139

Gorseth Kernow, The First Fifty Years, (H. Miners),

616

The History of the Town and Borough of Penzance, (PAS Pool),

140

Robert Hunt F.R.S., ( A. Pearson)

408

The Importance of Being Cornish in Cornwall, (C. Thomas),

102

Introducing Bodmin, the Cornish Capital, (Mrs. Pat Munn),

102

Journal of the Trevithick Society, (ed. J. Strngelhofen),

101

Language and History in Cornwall, (Dr. Martyn Wakelin),

251

Lanteglos by Fowey with Polruan and Bodinnick, (N.A. Akland and R.M. Druce)

566

Laws of the Stannaries of Cornwall, 

171

Lenlyver Ber, (Bishop of Truro's Advisory Group on Services in Cornish),

615

Lyver an Pymp. Marthus Seleven, (Morton Nance)

512

Lyver Henwhethlow (Gwas Cadoc)

101

Mines and Miners of Cornwall, Index to Volumes 1-16, 

567

Old Cornwall Societies, what they are and what they are doing,

567

Our School Days by the Sea, (ed. Rachel Roskilly and Pat Harvey),

407

Passyon agan Arluth, (ed. E.G.R. Hooper),

54

Place Names of West Penwith, (PAS Pool)

54

Reminiscences of Penzance, (GC Boaze, ed. PAS Pool),

407

St. Budoc, a short study of an ancient parish, (Budock Parish history Group),

297

St. Hillary, The Church on the Hill, (Mrs E. Coward)

101

The Search for Silver, Cornish Miners in Mexico 1824 - 1947, (Dr. A.C. Todd),

513

Sketch of the life of William West C.E. of Tredenham,

53

Special Bibliography No.2, Medieval Cornish Drama, (Institute of Cornish Studies)

139

The Story of the Bristol Cornish, (H. Miners)

298

This is our Life, ( J. Hosking)

614

The Town Book Series,

464

Trevisa of Berkley, (Canon E. Gethyn Jones),

614

Truro; Pydar Street and high Cross Area, (Truro Building and Research Group),

296

Trystan hag Ysolt, parts 17 and 18, ( D. Watkins - Carer Brynyon),

140

Vicar in Sea Boots, (A. Tregelles),

353

Voyage into Cornwall's Past, (N. Tangye)

617

A Walk arounf Kynance, (R. Butts),

352

What to look for in Cornish Churches, (Canon H. Miles Brown),

54

 

Contributions in Cornish

Carol Canoryon Nos,

138

Childrens Walking Song,

303

Collect de Yow Pask,

616

Cor Kernewek, An

51

Echo from Glastonbury,

349

Going home,

217

La Fontaine Fable 2 Livre 1,

104

La Fontaine Lyver 2 nyver 2,

304

Pryeryn Ha'n Pys, An

199

Veyn coth, An

410

 

Cornish Language

Arthurian legend in Brittany, Notes to the 

171

Celtic and other surnames in Cornwall,

172

Classes in the cornish language 1974 - 75,

226

Cornish Ordinalia, Aspects of form in the,

457,  491

Gwavas Papers, From the,

514

Gwyrans on Bys, 

55

Onomatopoeic words,

150

William Rowe, the Cornish of,

559

 

Cornish Crosses

Occazinney Cross, Altarnon,

398

Fentongollan, Terew (Newquay) and Phillack,

178

Tregoad Cross,

104

Woodley Cross, Lanivet,

90

 

Cornish Reminiscences

bygone Polruan,

436

Donkeys, Some cornish,

394

Down to the Sea,

129

Farming in Roseland,

284

A House in my area and changes it has seen,

282

A Man to Remember,

269

Porth was once a busy port,

17

Rees Edgar,

507

Rilstone, F.

266

 

Dialect & Brevities

Choir Owten,

350

Cornish Language Classes 1974 - 5,

226

Cornish Maritime History Source,

138

Dialect from Miss J. Kelynack's Notes,

100

Fancy not knowing,

304

From the Gwavas Papers, 

514

Gooks,

88, 140

Gwryans an bys,

55

Quis Custodiet,

148

Movin' weth the times,

300

Three "Technical" Terms,

177

The Summons,

164

Vert old, very perculiar sayings known to St. ives,

247, 397

Where to?

591

 

Legends

Arthurian Legend in Brittany,

170

Giant Bolster, (Carn Brea, Illogan),

9

 

Mining

China clay,

373

Quarrying on Carn Brea,

94

Slag Blocks,

71

Subsidences,

1

Tin "find", St Ives Harbour,

361

Tin Production before 1550,

103

Tin Streaming, Carn Brea,

97

 

Old Cornwall Societies

Hayle,

271

Launceston,

49, 398

Liskeard,

48

Looe,

104,  153,  271,  405

Lostwithiel,

153

Madron,

51

Mousehole,

515

Penryn & Falmouth,

399

Penzance,

403

Porthleven,

620

Secretaries,

405,  435,  516

Truro,

424

 

Persons

Borlase, John & Walter,

191

Branwell,

321

Ching Family of Launceston,

433

Edgcumbe Family, the,

59

Godolphins, the

221, 276, 316, 380, 445, 487

Harpur, Caldwell,

544

Hearles of West Looe, The,

23

Hosken, James Dryden,

15

Lanyons of Lanyon, Madron, The

562

Lovett, William, (1800 - 1877)

579

Rees Edgar,

507

Rilstone, F.

266

St. Aubyn, Sir John,

249

Trevisa, John,

227, 298, 353

 

Place Names

Arthurian legend in Brittany,

170

Bolventor, Pennycomequick,  Dunheved,

480

Merther Place Names in Cornwall,

355

St Just in Penwith,

181

 

Places

Altarnon

398

Australia

294

Brittany

170

Carn Brea, Illogan,

8, 92, 148

Cotehele,

59

Delancey, Lostwithiel,

4

Dozmary Pool, Altarnun,

20

Falmouth

77

Fowey,

340, 387

Hayle,

71

Kilkhampton,

307, 364

Lanivet,

90

Lanlivery,

110

Launcells,

204, 256

Launceston,

358, 433

Loggans, Hayle,

120

Looe, Tregoad Cross,

104

Maker,

236

Morwenstow,

415, 468

Mount Edgcumbe,

332

Newquay, 

282, 484

"New Road" and Kiggon Pond,

601

North Tamerton,

39, 79

Pelyn,

212

Penzance,

321

Polruan,

436

Poundstock,

107, 161, 531

Porth,

17

Redruth.

552

Roseland,

284

Saltash,

336

St. Ives,

129, 131, 450

St. just in Penwith,

181

Stithians,

25

Tasmania,

294

Tregoad,

104

Trevassack Manor,

133

Werrington,

520, 572

Whalesborough,

421

Wheal Martyn,

372

Whitstone,

142, 154

Wringford,

272

 

Poetry

An cor Kernewek,

51

An preyeryn ha'n pys,

199

An veyn coth,

410

An vran ha'n lowarn

 

At the little museum of Looe,

456

Carol Canoryan, nos,

138

Castle an Dinas,

409

Childrens Walking Song,

303

Choir Owten,

350

Echo from Glastonbury,

349

Foolish Jan,

514

Going Home, 

217

Hosken, James Dryden,

15

King Arthurs Hall on Bodmin Moor,

516

La Fontaine: Lyver11, nyver 2,

304

Litter,

362

Mullion Cove,

568

Night,

203

Trek across the neck,

570

The Zennor Mermaid,

153

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