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HOLIDAY RAMBLES IN CORNWALL AND PLACE NAMES OF LLANDYSILIO-GO-GO

Written by H. Tobit Evans
Published by Carmarthan Journal in 1901

HOLIDAY RAMBLES IN CORNWALL AND PLACE NAMES OF LLANDYSILIO-GO-GO
Written by H. Tobit Evans.
Stock no. 1202067
1st. 1901. Hardback. Nearly fine condition.

Two books bound in one volume. Blue cloth with gilt titles. Holiday Rambles In Cornwall 48 pages with b/w photo frontis. Place-Names 23 pages with b/w photo frontis. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper.

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Cover of HOLIDAY RAMBLES IN CORNWALL AND PLACE NAMES OF LLANDYSILIO-GO-GO by H. Tobit Evans

Contents

  • I. The Summer of 1896 - Going for a Holiday - Arriving at Plymouth
  • II. Saxon corruption of words - The ancient Cornish language - Edward Lhwyd - Cornwall and Cardiganshire compared
  • III. Pieran-in-Treth, Perranzabuloe - "The lost Church found" - "China clay"- Truro - Helston
  • IV. Peace and Rest - Meeting an old acquaintance - Farewell to Solitude
  • V. Farewell to the Lizard - "Hal" - Falmouth - A Tropical Garden
  • VI. The Extinction of the Cornish Language - Dolly Pentreath - Penzance, Newlyn and Paul
  • VII. Mousehole - a Lesson from Gamaliel - Dolly Pentreath's Cottage - The Keigwin Arms
  • VIII. Cornish Fishing boats - The Quarrel between East Anglian and Cornish Fishermen
  • XI. Land's End - "The First and Asst" Inn - Sennen Village and Church - Historical Recollections
  • X. Penzance - The Tin Mines - Redruth -Wages in Cornwall - Conclusion