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PREFACE 



antiquities of Cornwall are of such extreme interest that 

 they have to a large extent absorbed the attention of the 

 antiquaries and archaeologists of the county, causing the 

 history of the county to be somewhat neglected. Cornwall 

 has nevertheless had its share of county historians, first among whom is 

 Richard Carew, of Antony, who published his quaint and entertaining 

 Survey of Cornwall in 1602. It is, however, to Dr. William Borlase 

 that we turn as the principal historian of the county. His interests at 

 first were given to natural history, but later in life he devoted most of 

 his attention to archaeology. In 1774 he published the first edition of 

 his Cornish Antiquities, which, although many of his deductions are by 

 later study shown to be erroneous, is the foundation of archaeological 

 research in the county. In his declining years he planned a parochial 

 history of Cornwall, which, however, was never published. 



The Reverend Richard Polwhele published the first part of his 

 History of Cornwall in 1803, in which he gives a general survey of the 

 county, but with little detail as to parochial history. 



In 1838 Davies Gilbert, who had changed his name from Giddy, 

 published The Parochial History of Cornwall in four volumes. This was 

 founded upon The Complete History of Cornwall by William Hals, a work 

 that was never finished, and the manuscript ' History of Cornwall ' by 

 Thomas Tonkin, which had come into the possession of Lord de 

 Dunstanville. Gilbert's work only gives notes about the parishes in the 

 county without any attempt to trace the descents of the manors. 



Many histories of separate parishes and districts in Cornwall have 

 been written, the most noteworthy of which has been the History of 

 Trigg Minor by Sir John Maclean, and the Royal Institution of Cornwall 

 has done some excellent work towards the study of the history and 

 archaeology of the county. 



The Editor wishes to express his indebtedness to the Reverend 

 Thomas Taylor, M.A., F.S.A., for his constant help ; to the Bishop of 

 Gibraltar, Mr. J. D. Enys, F.G.S., Mr. Thurstan C. Peter and Mr. Michell 

 Whitley for assistance and advice ; to Mr. I. Chalkley Gould, F.S.A., for 

 notes regarding the article on Earthworks ; to many who assisted with 

 the article on Industries, and to Mr. C. W. Dymond, the Society of 

 Antiquaries, and the Royal Institution of Cornwall for the use of 

 blocks for illustrations. 



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