A Book of Cornwall (Illustrated)

Cornwall is a ceremonial county and unitary authority area of England, within the United Kingdom. Cornwall is a peninsula bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of 536,000 and covers an area of 3,563 km2 (1,376 sq mi). The administrative center, and only city in Cornwall, is Truro, although the town of St Austell has the largest population.

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I. The Cornish Saints 1

II. The Holy Wells 28

III. Cornish Crosses 38

IV. Cornish Castles 44

V. Tin Mining 52

VI. Launceston 67

VII. Callington 96

VIII. Camelford 114

IX. Bude 134

X. Saltash 151

XI. Bodmin 163

XII. The Two Looes 173

XIII. Fowey 188

XIV. The Fal 200

XV. Newquay 214

XVI. The Lizard 242

XVII. Smuggling 263

XVIII. Penzance 282

XIX. The Land's End 305

XX. The Scilly Isles 329