The PDF of the June 2022 journal is now available in the members’ area. It is a colour version of the journal. If you have any comments, please email the secretary or comment on our Facebook page. Remember there is a financial advantage in taking this paperless version of the society’
Lanhydrock: The First Three Centuries is now available This book has been long in the making even though more has been left out than included. It describes the people and events that made Lanhydrock more than a country house, or left it on the brink of abandonment and demolition. From
A Victorian Family at Lanhydrock: ‘Gone the Happy Dream’ A personal account based on the Lanhydrock archives by Mike England is now available 1876 – ‘That evening at Butleigh Court, near Glastonbury, a very special relationship started. One great romance would transform t
A Social History of Bodmin Union Workhouse by Tony Philp is now available This book gives a detailed account of the history of Bodmin Union Workhouse from its inception in 1834 to its closure in the late 1930s. It describes the conditions experienced by those less fortunate beings who
Looking Back At North Cornwall by Peter Davies is now available This book is the second volume of articles written by Peter Davies, historian, of North Cornwall and previously published in the North Cornwall Advertiser. The articles cover many aspects of life in North Cornwall from it
Bodmin 1901-2000: A Century of Memories Edited by Mike England and Phil Hadley This book contains an overview of Bodmin throughout the twentieth century. There are a collection of recollections covering everything from the simple pleasures of growing up to the horrors of war. There ar
The PDF of the March 2022 journal is now available in the members’ area. It is a colour version of the journal. If you have any comments, please email the secretary or comment on our Facebook page. Remember there is a financial advantage in taking this paperless version of the society
The PDF of the December 2021 journal is now available in the members’ area. It is a colour version of the journal. If you have any comments, please email the secretary or comment on our Facebook page. Remember there is a financial advantage in taking this paperless version of the soci
A History of Zennor: A Parish in West Cornwall by Jean Nankervis (Volume I) is now available. In the first chapter the author traces the history of the parish of Zennor in West Cornwall from the first Mesolithic farms to the early Iron Age. Chapter 2 covers 400 BC to 400 AD when the C
Ancestral File: A Record Book of Family Research is now available. This book offers a convenient system for organising your research findings. In the middle there is a double pedigree chart which allows you to see both the paternal and maternal sides of your family at a glance. From t