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

The remains of _Trematon Castle_ are situated on a commanding eminence on the northern bank of the river Lynher, just below Saltash, but the carriage road to it, a very pleasing...

On the north and south coasts of the county, there are several _Slate Quarries_, the slate from which is generally adopted for the roofing of houses; but the best species is fou...

In a former part of this work, we gave a list of the principal Tin and Copper Mines in this county; but as we apprehended the limits of it would not allow a particular descripti...

PENRYN is a large antient Borough and market town, pleasantly situated about nine miles from Truro, at the head of a branch of Falmouth Harbour. It was formerly embellished with...

The _Church_ of ST. CLEER, a village three miles north-west of the town, is an interesting fabric, with a lofty tower, surmounted with pinnacles at the angles, and the buttresse...

“Here lyes all that was mortal of the most noble and truly valiant Sir Beville Grenville, of Stowe, in the county of Cornwall, Earl of Corbill, and Lord of Thorigny and Grenvill...

The _Church_, which stands on a commanding eminence, and serves as a land mark, is a spacious fabric, consisting of three aisles, and contains several curious monumental remains...

Your geological readers will hear with infinite regret, that the celebrated _Logan Stone_ in Cornwall, which has for so long a period been regarded as an object of great nationa...

A very considerable trade is carried on here in iron, coals, timber, groceries, and merchandize in general. Padstow has a market weekly, and two fairs annually. These are now li...

About a mile and a half of Lostwithiel, on the summit of an artificial mound, stand the venerable remains of _Restormel Castle_,[7] which in former times was a place of consider...

The _Iron Foundries at Hayle_ are well deserving of notice, and here some of the largest engines used in the mines were cast. The _Water Dam_ which was constructed about 30 year...

The discovery of the _Copper Mines_ in Cornwall is of a much later date than those of tin, being about the year 1690. Although the propriety of searching was strongly recommende...

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A collection of verses, by the University of Oxford, on the death of Sir Beville Grenville, was printed in 1643, and reprinted in 1684. To these are annexed King Charles’s Lette...