These sources, which are all available at the Cornish Studies Library (along with many others), may be useful for researching particular themes, people and events in Cornish history, including those referred to on the timeline.

Admiral Boscawen

Aspinall-Oglander, C - Admiral's wife (1940) Aspinall-Oglander, C - Admiral's widow (1942) [Boscawen, E] Boscawen's letters to his wife 1755-1756 (1952)

Billy Bray

Bourne, F.W. 'Billy Bray: the King's son' published by Epworth Press, 1937 Davey, C 'The glory man' published by Hodder and Stoughton, 1979, isbn 0340244623

Bob Fitzsimmons

Odd, Gilbert. The fighting blacksmith: a biography of Bob Fitzsimmons. [Pelham, 1976. ISBN 072070927X]

Canals

Floyd, D. 'A historical study of the and Union Canal Company 1825-1894' Dissertation, undated. Messenger, M. J. 'Caradon and Looe: the canal, railways, and mines' published in by Press, 1978, isbn 0906294002 Popplewell, L. 'The railways, canals and mines of Looe and Liskeard' published in Bradford by Oakwood Press, 1977

Captain William Bligh

Allen, Kenneth S. That Bounty bastard. [Hale, 1976. ISBN 0709153465]. Humble, Richard. Captain Bligh. [Arthur Barker, 1976. ISBN 0213165848] Kennedy, Gavin. Captain Bligh: the man and his mutinies. [Duckworth, 1989. ISBN 0715622315].

Charles Mohun

Stater, V.L. 'High life, low morals' published by John Murray 1999 isbn 0719557194

Charter of Pardon - 1508

Pennington, Robert R. 'Stannary Law' published by David & Charles, 1973, 0715357832 Lewis, G. R. 'The Stannaries' published by Bradford Barton, 1965 'The case of the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v. Frederick Trull' published by the Stannary Law Society, 1993 'Collection of proceedings, charters, laws, customs, rights and usages of the Cornish tinners since Celtic times BC to circa AD1800' published by the Stannary Law Society, 1992

Civil War in

Brown, H. Miles. 'Battle royal: Charles 1 and the Civil War in Cornwall and the West' (Libra, 1982, isbn 0950800902) Coate, Mary. 'Cornwall in the great Civil War and Interregnum 1642-1660' 2nd ed. (Truro: D.B.Barton, 1963) Duffin, Anne. 'Faction and faith: politics and religion of the Cornish gentry before the Civil War' (University of Exeter, 1996, isbn 089894355) Holmes, Richard. 'Civil War battles in Cornwall, 1642 to 1646' (Mercia, 1989, isbn 0948087323) plus some Contemporary Tracts.

Closure to South Crofty mine

Buckley, J.A. A History of South Crofty mine. (New edition) [: Dyllansow Truran, 1997. ISBN 1850221154]

Cornish Gorsedd

Den Toll (Hugh Miners). Gorseth Kernow: the first 50 years. [Gorseth Kernow, 1978].

Cornish Methodism

Shaw, Thomas. Gwennap Pit: John Wesley's amphitheatre, a Cornish pardon. (Busveal Methodist Church Council, 1992. ISBN 0952016303). Shaw, Thomas. A history of Cornish Methodism (D. Bradford Barton, 1967). Symons, R. The Rev. John Wesley's ministerial itineraries in Cornwall...(R. Symons, 1879). The Wesleys in Cornwall, extracts from the Journals of John and Charles Wesley and John Nelson, edited by John Pearce. (D. Bradford Barton, 1964).

The Cornish Studies Library has a large collection of Methodist historical works and houses the Library of the Cornish Methodist Historical Association.

Cornwall County Council

Cornwall County Council 1889-1989, a history of 100 years of County Government, ed. A. L. Dennis. (Cornwall County Council, 1989. ISBN 1871162009). [West Briton]. Cornwall County Council: illustrated special edition of the West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, Thursday, June 20, 1889 Contemporary Cornish newspapers.

Cornwall County Library Service

Best, R. S. The life and good works of John Passmore Edwards (Truran, 1981. ISBN 0907566189). Cornwall County Library. The first twenty-five years. (CCC, 1950). Kelly's Directories for Cornwall, various dates. Topic pack. Contemporary newspapers.

Daniel Gumb

Baring-Gould, S. Cornish characters and strange events. 1909. Bond, T. Topograhical and historical sketches of the Boroughs of East and West Looe. 1823. Hawker, R S. Footprints of former men in Cornwall. 1870. Paynter, W H. Daniel Gumb: the Cornish cave-man mathematician. 1946

David Penhaligon Penhaligon, Annette. Penhaligon. [Bloomsbury, 1989. ISBN 0747505012].

Donald Healey

Healey, D. - My world of cars (P Stephens, 1989. ISBN 1852602120)

East Wheal Rose

Douch, H. L. East Wheal Rose. [Truro: D. B. Barton, 1964].

Plus for mining history researchers

Mining Journal West Briton Royal Cornwall Gazette.

Handbook of Cornish Language

Henry and Katherine Jenner, edited by D R Williams (Francis Boutle, 2004 ISBN 1903427193)

J Passmore Edwards

Best, R S - The life and good deeds of John Passmore Edwards (1981. ISBN 0-907566-18-9) Burrage, E H - J Passmore Edwards, philanthropist (1902) Edwards, J P - A few footprints (1906) MacDonald, J J - Passmore Edwards institutions (1900)

John Couch Adams

Harrison, H. M. Voyager in time and space. [Book Guild, 1994. ISBN 0863329187]. Jones, Sir Harold Spencer. John Couch Adams and the discovery of Neptune. [Cambridge University Press, 1934].

John Silk Buckingham

Buckingham, J S - Autobiography... (1855)

Keskerdh Kernow marchers set off from St.Keverne

Cornwall Marches on! Keskerdh Kernow 500 [Keskerdh Kernow, 1998. ISBM 1899526714].

Lowermoor Incident

Allen, W. M. Report for South West Water... on the possible consequences of the Lowermoor incident on the health and welfare of livestock in the area. [W. Maurice Allen, Compton Paddock Laboratories, 1988] Bielby, G. H. The Lowermoor environmental report: [Report for South West Water, 1988]. Camelford water pollution incident, Lowermoor Treatment works. (A collection of newscuttings compiled by the Cornish Studies Library). Lawrence, J. Report of an inquiry into an incident at Lowermoor Water treatment Works of South West Water Authority. [Brixham Laboratory, 1988]. Lowermoor water incident: proceedings of the conference held on 3rd February 1990 at the Postgraduate Centre, Royal Cornwall Hospital (Treliske) Truro. [Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Health Authority, 1990]. Water pollution at Lowermoor, North Cornwall: report of the Lowermoor Incident Health Advisory Group. [Cornwall and Isles of Scilly District Health Authority, 1989]. Water pollution at Lowermoor, North Cornwall: second report of the Lowermoor Incident Health Advisory Group. [HMSO, 1991].

Pentewan Railway

Lewis, M.J.T. 'The Pentewan Railway' published in Truro by Twelveheads Press, 1981, isbn 0906294045

Prayer Book Rebellion

Caraman, Phillip. 'The Western Rising 1549: the Prayer Book Rebellion' (Westcountry Books, 1994, isbn 189838603X) 'Cornwall marches on - Keskerdh Kernow 500' (Keskerdh Kernow, 1998, isbn 1899526714) Rose-Troop, Frances. 'The Western Rebellion of 1549' (Smith, Elder, 1913) Speight, H.M. 'Local government and politics in & Cornwall, 1509-49' (Univ. of Susses Ph.D Thesis, 1991) Sturt, John. 'Revolt in the West' (Devon Books, 1987, isbn 0861147766).

Ralph Allen

Peach, R. E. M. The life and times of Ralph Allen... [D. Nutt, 1895]. Rowe, Joseph Hambley. The parentage and ancestry of Ralph Allen, the 'Man of Bath'. [Reprinted from no. lvii, the Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, 1911)

Richard and John Lander

Huish, Robert. The travels of Richard and John Lander... [Saunders, 1836]. Lander, Richard and John. Journal of an expedition to explore the course and termination of the Niger. (3 vols.) [J. Murray, 1832].

Richard Trevithick

Dickinson, H. W. and Titley, A. Richard Trevithick: the engineer and the man. [Cambridge University Press, 1934]. Trevithick, Francis. Life of Richard Trevithick. (2 vols.) [Spon, 1872] Burton, A. Richard Trevithick [Aurum, 2000]

Royal Polytechnic Society

Fox, Caroline, 'The journals of Caroline Fox' edited by Wendy Monk (Elek, 1972. ISBN 0236154478) Pearson, Alan 'A study of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society' (University of Exeter MA thesis, 1973)

Samuel Foote

Cooke, William. Memoirs of Samuel Foote, esq... (3 vols.) [Richard Phillips, 1805] Fitzgerald, Percy. Samuel Foote: a biography. [Chatto and Windus, 1910]. Trefman, Simon. Sam. Foote, comedian, 1720-1777. [New York University P., 1971. ISBN 0814781535].

Sidney Godolphin

Dickinson, W C Sidney Godolphin, Lord Treasurer, 1702-10 (1990. ISBN 0889464693) Elliot, H The life of Sidney, Earl of Godolphin, KG... (1888) Lever, T Godolphin, his life and times (1952)

Sir Goldsworthy Gurney

Porter, D. H. 'The life and times of Sir Goldsworthy Gurney' published in Bethlehem by Lehigh University, 1998 isbn 0934223505

Sir Humphry Davy

Davy, Sir Humphry. On the safety lamp for coal mines... [Printed for R. Hunter, 1818] LUS many other Davy papers Hartley, Sir Harold. Humphry Davy. [Reprinted by E. P. Publishing, 1972. ISBN 0854097295]. Kendall, James. Humphry Davy: 'Pilot' of . [Faber, 1954]. Knight, David. Humphry Davy, science and power. [Blackwell, 1992. ISBN 0631168168]. Paris, John Ayrton. The life of Sir Humphry Davy (2 vols.) [Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley, 1831]. Treneer, Anne. The mercurial chemist: a life of Sir Humphry Davy. [Methuen, 1963].

Sir Jonathan Trelawney

Smith, M. G. 'Fighting Joshua' - a study of the career of Sir Jonathan Trelawney, bart., 1650-1721... [Redruth: Dyllansow Truran, 1985. ISBN 0907566995]

St Mary`s Church, Truro

Bullock, F W B - A History of the parish church of St. Mary, Truro, Cornwall (public. Truro, A W Jordan, 1948)

Tangye

Waterhouse, R. A hundred years of engineering craftsmanship (Tangyes Ltd, 1957)

The Blizzard of 1891

The blizzard in the West [Simpkin, Hamilton, Marshall, Kent, and Co., 1891] Carter, Clive. The blizzard of '91 [David & Charles, 1971. ISBN 0715351370] Contemporary newspapers

The Cornish Language

Ellis, Peter Berresford. The story of the Cornish language (Tor Mark Press, 1998. ISBN 0850253713). Ellis, Peter Berresford. The Cornish language and its literature (Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1974. ISBN 0710079281).

The Cornish Studies Library has a good collection of Cornish language dictionaries and grammars and published literature texts. The Eclipse, 1999

Hine, Pam Total eclipse of the sun in Cornwall and Devon.. (Yarner Press, 1998. ISBN 0953376907) Bell, Steve The RGO guide to the 1999 total eclipse of the sun (HM Nautical Almanac Office, 1997. ISBN 0905087038)

The Great County Adit

Buckley, J A The great county adit. (2001) ISBN 187167851X

The History of Glasney College

Peter, Thurstan C, The history of Glasney Collegiate Church, Cornwall. 1903. Whetter, J, The history of Glasney College. 1988. ISBN 0907018424

The Lisbon Earthquake

Borlase, William - Natural (1758) pp53/4.

The Packet Ships

Britnor, L. E. The history of the sailing Packets to the West Indies. [British West Indies Study Circle, 1973] Mudd, David. The Falmouth Packets. [Bossiney Books, 1978]. Norway, Arthur H. History of the Post-Office Packet Service between the years 1793-1815. [Macmillan, 1895]. Robinson, Howard. Carrying British mails overseas. [George Allen and Unwin, 1964].

The Royal Albert Bridge,

Binding, John. 'Brunel's Royal Albert Bridge' (Twelveheads Press, 1997. ISBN0906294398). Bowden, T. N. 'Brunel's Royal Albert Bridge, Saltash'. (Peter Watts, 1983. ISBN 0906025494). Contemporary Cornish newspapers.

The Torrey Canyon

Cowan, Edward. Oil and water, the Torrey Canyon disaster (W. Kimber, 1969. ISBN 0718302419) Gill, Crispin and others. The wreck of the Torrey Canyon (David and Charles, 1967. ISBN 0715341146) Petrow, Richard. The black tide - in the wake of the Torrey Canyon (Hodder and Stoughton, 1968. ISBN 0340029900) Contemporary Cornish newspapers. News-cuttings pack.

Walter Langley

Langle, Roger 'Walter Langley: pioneer of the Art Colony' published in Bristol by Sansom, 1997, isbn 1900178311

William Murdoch Griffiths, John. The third man: the life and times of William Murdoch. [Deutsch, 1992. ISBN 0223987789]. Taylor, John Richard. William Murdoch - mechanician, maverick and medallist. [Paper presented to Manchester District Junior Gas Association, 10th July 1991].

William Lovett

Beckerlegge, J J - William Lovett, of Newlyn (1948) [Lovett, W] Life and struggles of William Lovett (1876, repr. 1967)