Cornish Wrestling: A History
By Mike Tripp
The Federation of Old Cornwall Societies is delighted to see Cornish Wrestling: A History, by Mike Tripp, in print.
A major study and the very first published history of Cornwall oldest and longest-surviving sport. Cornish Wrestling is distinct from other forms and in the nineteenth century it was also the most popular sport in Cornwall by far, with adherents everywhere, and tournaments with wrestlers from Brittany and Devonshire.
Now in stock in the Kernow Goth bookshop Ancient & High Crosses of Cornwall by Ann Preston-Jones, Andrew Langdon & Elisabeth Okasha
The authors are all acknowledged experts in their fields. Ancient & High Crosses of Cornwall, published by University of Exeter Press, is a book for all those interested in Cornish crosses.
An illustrated guide to one hundred of the finest early Cornish stone crosses, dating from around AD900 to 1300.’ (Blurb). This beautiful reveals just how greatly Cornwall is blessed to have so many splendid examples surviving.
The academic rigour is impressive as is the care with which the images have been taken. It is easy to ‘snap’ anything when you happen to be there, with frequently inadequate results. Each of the featured crosses has been visited by Anne Preston-Jones and Andrew Langdon at appropriate times of day (and year when overhanging trees and shrubs preclude good photography) to ensure suitable lighting which reveals the detail so well. Besides that, it makes the book visually attractive, of course.
In addition to its Introduction, there is a Historical overview, a look at Inscriptions (found on seventeen crosses), Cornish groups or schools of stone sculpture, sections on Dating, and the Function of crosses. Antiquarian study and restoration is reviewed, and a Glossary (with illustrations) is provided. Postcodes and National Grid References are shown for each of the 100 crosses described and illustrated, as are References to earlier published sources. Additionally, the book has an extensive Bibliography and a proper Index.
With the publishing of the new ‘Carols of St Ives’ coinciding with the publication of the Kernow Goth centenary book ‘A Uniquely Cornish Concept’ we offer our ‘Cornish Christmas Carol Bundle’. This bundle contains words and music to over 100 Cornish carols. (click the individual blue links to open a page for the individual titles)
- Carols of St Ives (normally £7.00 + £3.00 p&p – UK)
- Strike Sound the Padstow Carols (normally £6.00 + £2.50 p&p – UK)
- Carols of the Stratton Hundred North Cornwall (normally £6.00 + £2.50 p&p – UK)
Individually these would be priced at £19.00 plus individual postage and package. Buying our ‘Cornish Christmas Carol Bundle’ at just £14.00 would save £5.00 net of any additional postage costs, which is just £4.00 for all three titles.
Women writers and Georgian Cornwall - by Charlotte Mackenzie
This book explores the lives of women writers connected with Cornwall during the Georgian era. All were published authors. Cornwall influenced the writing of the Brontës through their mother’s Cornish relations. Many of the Brontës’ completed novels were set in the Georgian era. The lives and writing of twelve women who are less well known than the Brontës are rediscovered here. Individual chapters focus on Catherine Phillips, Elizabeth Trefusis, Anne Batten Cristall, Eliza Fenwick, Thomasin Dennis, and Charlotte Champion Pascoe. Alongside consideration of the published writing and lives of Dorothy Enys, Blanche Lean, Jane Taylor, Ann Thomas, Jane Louisa Willyams, and Anna Maria Wood. The purpose of this book is to unforget these women’s lives and writing, and what it can tell us about Cornwall’s history, culture, and literary traditions.
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Cap'n Harry - by Henry James Purches
Reproduced from an autobiographical manuscript by Henry James 'Harry' Purches (1886-1975), a Master Mariner of Par, this booklet reveals the days of his youth, early manhood, and the very beginning of his life at sea. Sadly, it was never completed, but nevertheless reveals something of the challenges faced by young men of his day starting out.
27 pages, illustrated
Published by: Par Old Cornwall Society.
No ISBN.
Price: £4.50
The Surnames of Cornwall - by Bernard Deacon
"Cornwall has a distinctive stock of surnames. This book is an essential resource for anyone wishing to trace their family history or discover the meaning of their surname." Explains over 700 names.
Softback.
Published by: CoSERG.
ISBN: 978-0-9513918-5-3.
194 pages.
Price: £9.00
Trusting Fully Trusting - compiled by Dick Cole and Ann Reynolds
Subtitled, "Remembering the men of Fraddon, Indian Queens, St Columb Road and Summercourt who lost their lives in the First World War", this is a well-researched and superbly presented book, which won Gorsedh Kernow's Holyer an Gof Award for books of 2018.
Numerous photographs.
Hardback. Published by St Enoder Parish Council.
ISBN: 978-1-5272-3270-9.
263 pages. Illustrations.
Price: £12.00