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• Faull, Lilian M. The Faulls of St. Ives; The author: 1972.
• Fitkin, J. W. The church and parish of Sancreed in the county of Cornwall;
• Folliott Stokes, A. G. From St. Ives to Land’s End; Greening, London: 1908. £10
• ———From Land’s End to the Lizard; Greening, London: 1909. £10
• ———From Devon to the St. Ives; Greening, London: 1910. £10
• Forbes, John. Sketch of the medical topography of West Penwith, comprising the district of the Landsend, in Cornwall; Worcester: c.1825
• Forfar, William Bentinck. Wizard of West Penwith, a tale of the Land’s End; W. Cornish, Penzance: 1871.
• Gendall, Christine. Porthgwarra; Churchtown Technology, St. Buryan;1999. ISBN 0 9527556 1 6
• Gerdhes, Starn. Place names of West Penwith, their meanings and historical roots; The Lizard Research and Information Centre, Helston: undated [1990s?], ISBN 1 84035 002 4. Small pamphlet.
• Green, Iris M. Penwith and Beyond; The author, St. Ives;1994. ISBN 0 9520661 1 4
• Greaney, Susan. Chysauster and Carn Euny Ancient Villages; English Heritage Guidebooks, St. Ives;2017?. ISBN 978-1-910907-13-9
• Gulval, Parish of [pub.]. Electoral register; 1914. Parliamentary electoral rolls. Transcribed and online on this site £25
• Hall, G. D. G. Three courts of the Hundred of Penwith, 1333; 1978
• Halliwell, James Orchard Rambles in Western Cornwall by the footsteps of the giants, with notes on the Celtic remains of the Land’s End district and the Islands of Scilly; No publisher: 1861. £58
• Hamilton-Jenkin, Alfred Kenneth. Mines and Miners of Cornwall in 16 volumes Vol. I—St. Ives, Vol. II—St. Agnes to Perranporth, Vol. III—Around Redruth, Vol. IV—Penzance & Mount’s Bay, Vol V—Hayle, Gwinear & Gwithian, Vol VI—Gwennap, Vol. VII—Perranporth to Newquay, Vol. VIII—Truro to the clay district, Vol. IX—Padstow, St. Columb & Bodmin, Vol. X—Camborne & Illogan, Vol. XI—Marazion, St. Hilary & Breage, Vol. XII—Liskeard, Vol XIII—Lizard, Falmouth & Mevagissey, Vol. XIV—St. Austell to Saltash, Vol. XV—Calstock, Callington & Launceston, Vol. XVI—[?]; Truro Bookshop, Truro: 1961–70. £16 each (Reprinted Forge, Bracknell:1980) The whole series has been name indexed by Michael Messenger and this can be found on the Twelveheads Press site. The Cornwall Lookup Exchange [link broken 2018] can also help with these volumes. Michael G. H. Merry has a CD-ROM for sale with the annotated maps from this series.
• Hancock & Sons [pub.]. The Lanhydrock Estates, sale particulars; Hancock & Sons, St. Austell: 1912. Includes properties in Paul, St. Just, Madron, Gulval & the borough of Penzance and includes maps.
• Hannigan, Des. Around Penzance; Frith Book Company, Salisbury: 1999. Photographs from the Francis Frith collection. ISBN: 1-85937-595-2
• ——— St. Ives photographic memories; Frith Book Company, Salisbury: 1999. Photographs from the Francis Frith collection. ISBN: 1-85937-415-8
• Harris, John. The Land’s End, Kynance Cove; 1858.
• Harris, W. Gregory. Trengwith, a chronile of clerical and social life in West Cornwall; John Lane, London: 1928.
• Hardie, Melissa. Penzance; Penzance: 2000
• Harris, Keith. Hevva! Cornish fishing in the days of sail; Dyllansow Truran, Redruth: 1983. ISBN 0 907566 65 0.
• Harris, W. Gregory. Trengwith – A chronicle of clerical and social life in West Cornwall; Epworth, London: 1928. £8
• Harvey, Percy. Mousehole alias Penthennis: Chronicle of a seafaring community; Unpublished: 1994. A copy exists in the Morrab library, Penzance.
• Harvey, W. Hugh & Symons, Ernest J. A century on the Towans, the history of West Cornwall Golf Club 1889–1989; West Cornwall Golf Club: 1989?
• Hawkins, Henry. Through West Cornwall with a Camera—An artists pilgrimage amongst miners and Methodists; Thomas Mitchell, London:1897. £38 Available in facsimile on CD-ROM from Belerion Books, Florida:2004.
• Hendon, D.J. A short history of Mousehole; The author, Mousehole: 1998. No ISBN £3 new
• Hicks. History of the borough town of St. Ives. before 1756. Unpublished manuscript, whereabouts unknown.
• Hill, Ester and Kerrow. The Penzance home of Maria Branwell, Mother of the Brontës; The Authors, [Penzance?]: 1996.
• Hirst, F.C. Excavations at Porthmeor, Cornwall, 1933–35; Oscar Blackford, Truro: 1937 Reprint from Journal of the RIC, vol 34.
• ——— Notes on two excavation sites in Zennor at Porthmeor and Trewey-Foage; West Cornwall Field (Archeological) Club, Zennor: 1936.
• Hitchens, Alfred Henry. Ludgvan Parish Church, a short history; Ludgvan PCC, 1972. Second edition 1986.
• Hocking, Mary. Safari West; Churchtown Technology, St. Buryan: 1996 ISBN 0-9527556-0-2 Accounts and yarns of the far west.
• Hollingham, M. A. St. Ives to Falmouth, definitive guide to the coastal path; Pendragon House, Perranporth: 1973.
• Holmes, Jonathan. Penzance and Newlyn in old photographs; Alan Sutton, Stroud: 1992. ISBN 0 7509 0212 4.
• ———Penwith in old photographs; Alan Sutton, Stroud: 1993. ISBN 0 7509 0428 3.
• ———St. Ives Bay; Chalford, Stroud: 1995. ISBN 0 7524 0186 6. Early photographs.
• Horsfield, F. J. Life in a Cornish Village; Truro: 1893. Pendeen
• Hoskin, James. Narrative of a voyage from England to the United States of North America ...; James Hoskin, Penzance: 1813 See below
• Hosking, James Martin. To America and back with James Hosking 1811; J. M. Hosking, St. Buryan: 1970 A reprint of the book by James Hoskin (1813 above) in facsimile and with added historical details.
• ——— Boskenna & the Paynters; The author, Penzance: 1999. ISBN 0 9501296 4 X.
• ——— People, places & past events in St. Buryan; The author, Penzance: 2002 ISBN 0950129658.
• ——— Seven Hoskings and their families by their families; The author, Penzance: 2015 ISBN 095012 968 6.
• Hudson, W. H. The Land’s End—A naturalists impression of West Cornwall; Hutchinson, London: 1908. Not recommended! £15 The 1927 edition is available in facsimile on CD-ROM from Belerion Books, Florida:2003.
• Humphry Davy School. Three score years and ten—the history of Penzance County School and Humphry Davy Grammar School, 1910–1980; The school, Penzance: 1980.£6.50
• J. J. R. John Knill, 1734–1811, a biographical sketch; W. & J. Jacobs, St. Ives: 1932? Pamphlet.
• James, Beryl. John Knill, his life and times; Dyllansow Truran, Redruth: 1982. The author was Mayor of St. Ives, 1979–80.
• Jaggard, Edwin [Ed.]. Liberalism in West Cornwall: The 1868 election papers of A. Pendarves Vivian, M.P. (New series, No. 42); Devon and Cornwall Record Society, Exeter: 2000, ISBN 0 901853 42 9.
• Jenkins, Helen. A history of St. Ives Parish Church; St. Ives PCC: 1997. ISBN 0 9531685 0 6. £5
• Jenkins, Helen. Short Tall Stories; St. Ives Printing & Publishing Company: 2010. £3
• Jennings, Henry R. Poor law administration in the C18th; Journal of the RIC 22/3 p338–49: 1928. Madron.
• ———Notes on the history of Madron, Morvah & Penzance; The author, Morvah: 1936. £20 The author was Vicar of Morvah.
• Jones, Cecil P. A little guide to the parish church of St. Uny, Lelant; 1980
• Joseph, Peter. Mining accidents in the St. Just district 1831–1914; The Trevithick Society: 1999 ISBN 0 904040 48 8. £5 new
• Kelley, Ann. Born and bred, portraits of St. Ives; Cornwall Books: 1988. ISBN 1 871060 06 0. Mainly photographs.
• Kelly, Jill. Fifty years on; Lelant Village Produce Association: 1995
• Kendall, James. Humphry Davy: ‘pilot’ of Penzance; Faber and Faber, London: 1956
• Kinsman, John. Catalogue of the books in the Penzance Public Library; Penzance: 1874
• Lach-Szyrma, W. S. A short history of Penzance, S. Michael’s Mount, S. Ives & the Land’s End district; 1878. £65
• ———Notes on the borough records of the towns of Marazion, Penzance and St. Ives; Proceedings of the British Archaeological Association: 1882. £6
• ———Newlyn and its pier; Penzance: 1884. £38
• Laity, R. P. St. Ives in the 1800’s; The author: 1973. This book is a reprint of [Matthews 1884], with extracts from his 1892 & from [Short 1914]. £15
• Langdon, Andrew. Stone crosses in West Penwith (Cornish cross series No. 4); The Federation of Old Cornwall Societies, 1997, ISBN 0 902660 25 X.
• Lanyon, Andrew. A St. Ives album; 1979.
• Langsworthy, David. The bal-maidens & children on the dressing floors of Levant Mine: The author: 2002.
• Larn, Richard & Mills, G. Edwin. Shipwrecks at Land’s End; The authors, 1970.
• Lawman, Jean. A Natural History of Land’s End; :2002 ISBN 1-873951-29-9.£11 new
• Laws, Peter. The industries of Penzance; 1978.
• Lea, Hugh. The mine of ill omen; Hodder and Stoughton, London:1939. Fiction based around St. Ives and Geevor mine, St. Just.
• Leach, Nicholas. Sennen Cove lifeboats: 150 years of lifesaving; Tempus: 2003 ISBN 0752431110. £17 new
• Lewington, Sue. Looking westward, St. Ives to Land’s End; Truran Press, Mount Hawke: 2001 ISBM 185022157X Watercolours.
• Leeds, E. Thurlow. Excavations at Chun Castle, Penwith (2 reports); Archaeologia 76 & 81: 1926 & 1931. £12 the pair
• Lewis, Wendy. About Land’s End; Bossiney Books, Bodmin, 1989, ISBN 0 948158 57 3.
• Lomax, Pamela. Newlyn: When the Artists Came; Shears and Hogg, Wheal Betsy, Chywoone Hill, Newlyn TR18 5AP, 2021 ISBN 978-0-9540249-7-0
• Madron Women’s Institute [pub.]. Madron Daniel School 1710–1976; Madron Women’s Institute: 1976. ISBN 0 950630306
• Manser, M. F. St. Just-in-Penwith church guide; 1987.
• Marsden. The centenary of the church of St. John the Baptist, Pendeen; : 1954
• Marsden, J. G. Flint hunting at Porthcurno; 1917.
• Matheson, G. E. Crooked Streets of St. Ives; James Lanham, St. Ives: c1950. Poetry, with drawings by F. J. Roskruge.
• Matthews, John Hobson. A guide to St. Ives and its surroundings—scenery curiosities antiquities history and traditions; James Wearne, St. Ives:1884. See [Laity 1973] above. The text from this book has been transcribed and is online on this site. Later editions (up to 1909) were called Martin Cock’s guide
• ———A history of the parishes of St. Ives, Lelant, Towednack and Zennor; Elliot Stock, London:1892. £250 Some of the text from this book has been transcribed and is online on this site It is available in facsimile on CD-ROM from the Archive CD Books Project. This book, with a forward by Charles Thomas, extra material from the author’s own copy and a biography of the author, has been re-published by the St. Ives Trust and Library: 2004.
• Maxwell, I. S. Historical Atlas of West Penwith; 1976.
• Michell, John. The old stones of Land’s End; Elephant Press, St. Germans: 1973/74. £20
• ———A short life at the Land’s End; The author, Bath: 1977. £12 The life of J. T. Blight F.S.A., Artist of Penzance
• Millett, George Bown. Penzance: past and present; Beare & Son, Penzance: 1876 & 1880. £60 The first part is available in facsimile on CD-ROM from Belerion Books, Florida:2004. Often in the form of the two lectures bound together. The whole of the first lecture and the chapel plan and map from the second has been transcribed and is online on this site
• ———The first book of the parish registers of Madron; Beare, Penzance: 1877. £64 Available in PDF format on CD-ROM from the Archive CD Books Project together with the Gulval book below. £8.50 Also published separately in facsimile on CD-ROM by Cornish Roots [link broken], Redruth: 2001.£15. Also available online in facsimile at the American Libraries Internet Archive
• ———& Bolitho, William. The parish registers of Gulval alias Lanisley 1598–1812; Beare, Penzance: 1893. £60 Reprinted in facsimile Heritage Books, Bowie, Maryland: 1995. ISBN 0-7884-0273-0. £24 Available in PDF format on CD-ROM from the Archive CD Books Project together with the Madron book above. £8.50
• Mitchell, Edward. Earl Cowley’s Estates, sale particulars; Edward Mitchell, Penzance & Lelant: 1919.£65 Abstract.
• Mitchell, Susie. Recollections of Lamorna; Headland, Penzance: 1977 £4
• Morris, Roland. Museum of Nautical Art, Chapel Street, Penzance; 1971.Pamphlet.
• Morris, William. The Osbornes of Zennor;
• Mound, Peter. Pen Sans—the holy headland—1000 years of faith and fortune—St Mary’s Penzance; The author, Penzance: 1998
• Murrish, Peter. Prisoners of our age; St. Ives Archive Study Centre: 1997 An account of the second world war and its aftermath as it affected St. Ives and a young Cornish boy. £6.50 new
• Murt, Eddie. Downlong days—A St. Ives miscellany; St. Ives Printing & Publishing: 1994. ISBN 0 948385 17 0. An excellent description of life in the early C20^th.