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PEOPLE AND PLACES IN SANCREED PARISH - Jim Hosking
Famous artists and farmers, ghosts, golfers, and the Queen of the Gypsies, this fascinating history of the parish of Sancreed contains a variety of subjects, drawing on stories, legends and personal memoirs. An invaluable contribution to the chronicling of West Cornwall's rich history, but even if you have never been to Sancreed, the many and varied human stories are of universal interest.
Written and published by the well named Cornish Bard "Ystorer Trevow" - the "Historian of Villages", J.M Hosking. £9

ICONIC CORNWALL by Sarah Chapman with photography by David Chapman £12.95

This book beautifully portrays those places that fascinate, intrigue and inspire. They range from castles through tin mines to harbours, gardens and churches. Spectacular.

Philip Payton
- CORNWALL, A HISTORY
- THE CORNISH OVERSEAS
- CORNWALL'S HISTORY - AN INTRODUCTION
- CORNWALL SINCE THE WAR (ED.)
- CORNISH STUDIES (ED.)

Bernard Deacon
- CORNWALL - A CONCISE HISTORY

PASTIES by Lindsey Bareham. Scrumptious at £10.99
The author of the popular FISH STORE (memories and recipes from Mousehole) covers the history of one of the West Country's most famous exports. A host of pasty recipes starting with the CLASSIC CORNISH through to PUDDING PASTIES, this book is a delightfully produced hardback with fine drawings and photographs throughout.

CORNISH PIONEERS - AND THE ODD VILLAIN £12.99
Rob Richards provides us with a celebration of the achievements of ordinary people who have contributed greatly to the society of their time. The book provides an insight into the lives of some of the Cornish men and women who have helped shape the history of the county.

THE BOOK OF SENNEN £19.99
REFLECTIONS OF OLD CORNWALL - Reg Watkiss' collection of archive photographs now priced £9.99

Lily Polgrean Grose's MOUSEHOLE CHILDHOOD 1928-1950 (£7.50) which gives a warmhearted account of life in the fishing village and Diana Ayres' THE LOBSTER POT (£7.99) - a beautifully illustrated history of the hotel and restaurant are both recently published.

M.Smelt
A.L Rowse
- TUDOR CORNWALL

V.Acton & D.Carter
- OPERATION CORNWALL:The Fal, The HelforD and D-DAY

G.Smith
- DEVON AND CORNWALL AIRFIEDS INE THE SECOND WORLD WAR

Halsgrove
- CORNWALL AT WAR

CORNWALL'S FALLEN - THE ROAD TO THE SOMME £14.99
Nick Thornicroft looks at the battle of the Somme through the experiences of the Cornish soldier.

G.WAKEHAM
- RNAS CULDROSE

H. White
- ONE AND ALL:A history of the Cornwall Light Infantry 1702-1959

E.V Thompson
- FOR VALOUR:West Country VC's

Clive Carter
- THE PORT OF PENZANCE, A HISTORY

Margaret Perry
- PENZANCE, A HISTORY

M.Sagar-Fenton
- ABOUT PENZANCE, NEWLYN & MOUSEHOLE
- ABOUT MOUNT'S BAY

Penwith Local History Group
- WEST CORNWALL IN THE 2OTH CENTURY

William Henry Paynter
- THE CORNISH WITCH-FINDER

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