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    • Governance of Launceston
      • Launceston Borough/Town Council
        • Cecil Henry Robins a year as mayor
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        • List of Launceston Mayor’s
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      • Launceston and the Suffragettes
      • Launceston Members of Parliament
      • 1826 General Election
      • 1874 General Election
      • Rural District Council Meetings 1894-1910
    • Reminiscences of Launceston
      • Farmer Braddon’s Notebook
      • A memory of Lifton by Brian Keighley.
      • Eldred Broad’s Reminiscences
      • Reminiscences of Dr. Charles Gibson.
      • Memories of a Grandfather
      • Reminiscences of George Orchard
      • Reminiscences of Jack Earle
      • Reminiscences of John Ching
      • Reminiscences of John Dingley
      • Reminiscences of Richard Robbins
      • Richard Robbins 1856 Lecture
      • Richard Robbins 1884 Lecture
      • Voice from the Past
      • The Memories of Stanley Tout
      • Reminiscences of Thomas Vosper
      • Spoken Memories
      • St. Leonards Fair.
      • The curse of the Black Witch
      • 1892 Elopement Scandal
    • Launceston Cake
    • Launceston Events
      • Beating of the Bounds
      • Launceston Horse Show
      • 1931 Launceston Pageant
      • Launceston Water Fair
      • Royal Visits
    • Launceston and the Suffragettes
    • Launceston Ghost Stories
      • The Ghost of Dorothy Dinglet
      • Madford Ghost.
    • Pirates and Plague at Launceston
    • Sal Tregenna and Our L’il Village
      • A ‘Untin We Will Go.
      • All O’ A Bussell
        • All of a Bussell (Translated version)
      • BUDGETS an’ BUST-UPS
      • Carryin’ On!
      • Guy Vox
      • Jane Joins Th’ Party.
      • Jim Snell’s Catches
      • Merry Chresmus
      • Ridin’ Roun’
      • More Ridin’ Roun’
      • Showers, Snails, an’ Spring Clainin’
      • Spring.
      • Vather bin Terrable Pluff
      • Zilas an’ th’ Zider
    • Launceston, Tasmania
    • Launceston Video’s
    • 1549 Prayer Book Rebellion
    • Famous Sayings
    • The Varmer’s Cow
    • The Sawyer
    • Links
  • The Place
    • Bridges of the Launceston Area
      • Boyton Bridge
      • Druxton Bridge
      • Greystone Bridge
      • Nether Bridge
      • Polson Bridge
      • Tamar Chain Bridge
      • Trekelland Bridge
      • Yeolmbridge
    • Launceston Businesses
      • Ambrosia
      • The Banks of 13 Broad Street
      • Barriball and Sons
      • Bates Agricultural Machinery
      • The Cornish and Devon Post
        • A view from the Air.
        • Cornish and Devon Post, Saturday, September 26th, 1914
        • Launceston Weekly News, Saturday, September 8th, 1917
        • Launceston Weekly News, Saturday, September 15th, 1917
        • Launceston Weekly News, Saturday, August 31st, 1918
        • Cornish and Devon Post, Saturday May 26th, 1951
      • Dunheved Foundry
      • Dunheved Motor Works
      • Gardner’s Drapery Shop
      • Greenaways Garages
      • The Hardware Centre
      • J. B. Smith and Son
      • J. S. Eyre Mineral Water
      • Launceston Cinema
      • Launceston Abattoir
      • Launceston Banking since 1807
      • Launceston Brick Company
      • Launceston Brush Company
      • Launceston’s Early Newspapers
      • Launceston Egg Packing Station.
      • Launceston Trustee Savings Bank
      • Launceston Business Advert Gallery
      • Lewannick and Launceston District Farmers
      • Maunder and Sons
      • The Northumberland Foundry
      • Prout’s Garage
      • Spry’s of Launceston
      • Tillotsons.
      • Tottle’s Music Shop
      • Treleaven’s
      • Truscott’s of Launceston
      • The Wool Depot.
      • James Wooldridge
    • Bude to Launceston Canal
    • Buildings of Launceston
      • Badash Farm
      • Belle Vue
      • The Brotherhood Hall
      • Castle Hill House
      • Chinthurst, St. Stephens Hill
      • Conservative Club
      • Craigmore
      • Drill Hall
      • Dockacre House
      • Eagle House
      • East Cornwall Bank Company
      • Edymead House
      • Hurdon Way Estate
      • Landrends
      • Launceston’s 20th Century House Developments
      • Launceston County Gaol
      • Launceston Guildhall and Town Hall
        • Hender Memorial Fountain
      • Launceston Masonic Lodge
      • Launceston Meat Market House
      • Launceston’s Workhouses.
      • Lawrence House
        • Launceston Polyphon
      • Liberal Club
      • Madford
        • Madford Ghost.
      • Manaton House
      • Newport Round House
      • Noah’s Ark Tenement.
      • No.5 Southgate Street.
      • No.20 Church Street.
      • 1 and 2, Church Street
      • Oddfellows Hall
      • Old Tree House.
      • Otho Peters Work
      • Passmore Edwards Free Library.
      • Pendruccombe House.
      • Priory House
      • Ridgegrove Mill
      • Scarne and Haye Common
      • Tamar View Terrace
      • Trebursye Manor
      • No 18/16 Western Road
      • Winsor House and Terrace.
    • Churches and Chapels of Launceston
      • St. Cuthbert Mayne Church
      • St. Mary Magdalene Church
        • Signs and Badges of St. Mary Magdalene Church
        • Bowling Green Cemetery Plan
        • St Mary Magdalene Church Sunday School
        • St. Mary Magdalene Marriage Registers 1559 -1600
        • St. Mary Magdalene Marriage Registers 1601 -1650
        • St. Mary Magdalene Marriage Registers 1651 -1700
        • St. Mary Magdalene Marriage Registers 1701 -1750
        • St. Mary Magdalene Marriage Registers 1751 -1800
        • St. Mary Magdalene Marriage Registers 1801-1812
        • The View from the Church Tower
      • St. Stephens Church and Parish
      • St. Thomas Church and Parish
        • St. Thomas the Apostle Marriages 1563-1709
        • St. Thomas the Apostle Marriages 1710-1754
        • St. Thomas the Apostle Marriages 1754-1812
        • Eliot Arms
        • The Kestle Rings
      • Baptist Church
      • Bible Christian Church
      • Congregational Church
      • Early Nonconformist days in Launceston
      • Launceston Priory
      • Launceston Salvation Army
      • The Monastery of Saints Martin and Leonard
      • St. Johns Chapel.
      • United Free Methodist Church
      • Wesleyan Methodist Church
        • Launceston Wesleyan Ministers 1784-1901
    • Coronation Park
    • Education around Launceston
      • Horwell Endowed School
      • Launceston Grammar School
      • Launceston College
        • Dunheved College’s fallen from WW1
      • National School
      • Pendruccombe House.
      • St. Josephs
    • Evolution of Launceston’s Healthcare
      • Cholera and the Launceston Outbreak
    • Gallows Bell
    • Hurdon
    • Jubilee Baths
    • Launceston Castle
      • Launceston County Gaol
      • Launceston Castle poetry
    • Launceston Livestock Market
      • St. Leonards Fair.
    • Launceston Fire Brigade
      • Launceston Fire Brigade Timeline
      • The Fires of Launceston
    • Launceston Geology
      • Mining in the Launceston area
      • Petherwin Beds
      • Quarries of the Launceston Area.
        • Bangors Slate Quarry
        • Greystone Quarry
        • Polyphant Quarry.
        • Yeolmbridge Quarry.
      • The geology of the country around Tavistock and Launceston
    • Launceston Museum
    • Lakes of Launceston
      • Colliford Lake
      • Dozmary Pool
        • Tregeagles Poem
      • Roadford Lake
    • Launceston Organisations.
      • Launceston Amateur Dramatic Society
      • Launceston St.John Ambulance Brigade.
      • Launceston Town Band
      • Launceston Tradesmen’s Friendly Society
      • Launceston’s Womens Institute.
      • Launceston Young Farmers Club
    • Launceston Place Names
      • Elizabethan Place Names around Launceston.
    • Launceston Police and Crime
      • Bennetts Arms.
      • Higher Bamham Murder.
      • Langore Murder
      • Public Executions at Launceston
      • Selina Wadge
      • The Murder of Charlotte Dymond
        • The Ballad of Charlotte Dymond
      • The Trial of Annie Hearn
      • The Trial of Emma George
      • The Trial of Simon Kinver
      • The Trial of Henry Spettigue
    • Launceston Priory
      • Prior Adam De Knolle and his Black Hound.
      • Prior Stephen Tredydan.
      • The Fee of Treveniel.
      • The Nailed Skull of Launceston Priory.
    • Launceston’s Public Houses
      • Angel Inn
      • The Exeter Inn
      • Kings Arms
      • The White Hart Hotel.
    • Launceston Streets and Roads.
      • Angel Hill Legal Papers
      • Chapple
      • Dunheved Road
      • Exeter Street and Tavistock Roads
      • Launceston By-Pass Construction
      • New Road
      • Northgate and Tower Streets
      • The Turnpikes
      • Tracks, Green Lanes, Byeways & Highways
      • The Walk
      • Zig Zag of Launceston
    • Launceston Town Centre.
      • Broad Street Reservoir
    • Launceston’s Water Supply.
      • Launceston’s Water Supply Development
    • Launceston’s Workhouses.
      • Launceston Guardians 1859-1880
      • Launceston Guardians Meetings1881
      • Launceston Guardians Meetings 1882
      • Launceston Guardians Meetings 1883
      • Launceston Guardians Meetings 1884
      • Launceston Guardians Meetings 1885
      • Launceston Guardians Meetings 1886
      • Launceston Guardians Meetings 1887
      • Launceston Guardians Meetings 1888
      • Launceston Guardians Meetings 1889
      • Launceston Guardians Meetings 1890
    • Leper Hospital.
    • Miscellaneous
    • Otho Peters Work
    • Pennygillam
    • Rivers of Launceston.
      • Lowley Brook.
      • River Inney.
      • River Kensey.
      • River Lynher.
      • River Ottery.
      • River Tamar.
    • Roman Launceston
    • The Civil War and Launceston
    • Tudor Launceston
    • Sheep Market Car Park.
    • Sport and Leisure.
      • Launceston Football.
      • Launceston Golf Club
    • The Railway’s
      • The Coming of the railway
      • The North Cornwall Railway (The Withered Arm)
      • The life of the ‘Withered Arm’
      • Railway Schemes that never made it
        • 1836 Tremoutha to Launceston Line
        • The Cornwall Central Line
        • 1874 Camelford, Altarnun and Launceston railway
        • 1884 Liskeard, Caradon, Altarnun Railway
      • Closure of the Railway
      • Westcountry Pacific ‘Launceston’
      • Chaplin’s
      • Launceston Railway Gallery
      • The Russell Pollinger Railway Collection
    • The Three Gates and Town Wall.
  • The People
  • The Parishes
    • Altarnun
      • Trecollas Bible Christian Chapel
      • Wesley Cottage
      • Nine Stones, Eastmoor
    • Ashwater
    • Bolventor
      • Bronn Wennili
      • Dozmary Pool
        • Tregeagles Poem
      • Jamaica Inn
    • Boyton
      • Boyton Marriage Register 1568-1804
      • Boyton Methodist Chapel
      • Polapit Tamar
    • Bradstone
    • Broadwoodwidger
      • Sydney Moon
    • Dunterton.
    • Egloskerry
      • Egloskerry Church Clock
      • Egloskerry County Primary School
      • Egloskerry Marriage Registers 1574-1812
      • Penheale
      • Tregeare House
      • Tregeare Wesleyan Chapel
    • Kelly
    • Laneast
      • Laneast Marriage Registers 1680 -1812
      • Tregeare House
      • Tregeare Wesleyan Chapel
    • Lawhitton
      • Bennetts Arms.
      • Hexworthy House
      • Wishworthy and Bulsworthy
    • Lewannick
      • Lewannick Marriage Registers 1675-1812
      • Lewannick 1938 P.O. Directory
      • Colonel Edward Archer
      • Trelaske and the Archer Family
    • Lewtrenchard
      • Sabine Baring-Gould
    • Lezant
      • Lezant Marriage Registers 1539-1812
      • Lezant 1938 P.O. Directory
      • Landue House.
      • Reminiscences of Jack Earle
    • Lifton
      • A memory of Lifton by Brian Keighley.
      • Ambrosia
      • Lifton from the Kelly’s Directory of 1902
      • Lifton Primary School
      • Lifton Roller Mill (Spry Mill)
      • Sydenham House
    • Linkinhorne
      • Daniel Gumb
    • Luffincott
      • Luffincott in 1902
    • Milton Abbot.
      • Milton Abbot in 1902
      • The Parish Expenditure Of Milton Abbot for 1588
    • North Hill
      • North Hill Baptisms
      • North Hill Marriage Registers 1555-1748
      • The Fee of Treveniel.
      • Trewortha Marsh
      • Nine Stones, Eastmoor
    • North Petherwin
    • South Petherwin.
      • South Petherwin 1901 Census
      • South Petherwin 1911 Census
      • South Petherwin Marriage Register 1656-1812
      • South Petherwin 1939 Register
      • South Petherwin Headstone Inscriptions
      • South Petherwin School Gallery
      • Kennards House Methodist Chapel
      • Trebursye Manor
      • South Petherwin Village Pump
      • Petherwin Beds
    • St. Stephens Parish
      • St. Stephens Marriage Register 1566-1812
    • St. Thomas Parish
      • St. Thomas the Apostle Marriages 1563-1709
      • St. Thomas the Apostle Marriages 1710-1754
      • St. Thomas the Apostle Marriages 1754-1812
      • Eliot Arms
      • The Kestle Rings
    • St. Clether.
      • St. Clether Marriage Registers 1640-1811
    • St. Giles on the Heath.
      • St. Giles in the Heath Baptisms 1653-1773
      • St. Giles in the Heath Burials 1663-1812
      • St. Giles in the Heath Burials 1837-1904
      • St. Giles in the Heath Marriage Registers 1602-1812
      • St. Giles in the Heath Marriage Registers 1837-1897
      • St. Giles in the Heath in 1902
    • Stoke Climsland
    • Stowford
    • Tremaine
      • Tremaine Marriage Registers 1642-1812
    • Treneglos.
      • Treneglos Marriage Registers 1694-1812
    • Tresmeer.
      • Tresmeer Marriage Register 1813-1837
    • Trewen.
      • Trewen Marriages 1617-1754
      • Trewen Marriage Registers 1754-1837
      • Rogerus Menwynnek
    • Warbstow.
      • Warbstow Marriage Registers 1695-1812
    • Werrington.
      • Werrington Baptisms 1746-1812
      • Werrington Burials 1746-1812
      • Werrington Marriage Registers 1654-1812
      • Werrington in 1902
      • Yeolmbridge
      • Yeolmbridge Quarry.
  • The Galleries
    • Del Cooper’s 1971 walk around Launceston
    • Differing Views of Launceston Castle
    • Drawings, Sketches and Paintings of Launceston
    • Folk Dancing Gallery
    • Launceston from the Air Gallery
    • Launceston Business Advert Gallery
    • Launceston Carnival Gallery
    • Launceston Castle Gallery
    • Launceston Maps
    • Launceston Now
    • Launceston Parades Gallery
      • Keskerdh Kernow 500 Picture Gallery
    • Launceston Railway Gallery
      • Launceston Steam Railway Gallery
      • The Withered Arm Railway Gallery
    • Launcestons Streets and Roads Gallery
      • A30 through Launceston Gallery
      • Launceston By-Pass Construction
    • Launceston Then and Now
    • Launceston Then Facebook Group Galleries
      • Facebook Gallery One
      • Fcebook Gallery Two
      • Facebook Gallery Three
      • Facebook Gallery Four
    • Launceston Weather Gallery
    • Newport Picture Gallery
    • Other areas near Launceston.
      • Brentor Church
    • The People Gallery
    • The Photo’s of Nick Hairs
      • The Bridges of the Tamar
    • Politics around Launceston.
    • The School Galleries
      • Egloskerry County Primary School
      • National V.P. School Gallery
      • Pennygillam Secondary School Gallery
      • South Petherwin School Gallery
      • St. Stephens School Gallery
      • Tregadillett Primary School Gallery
      • Trekenner Primary School Gallery
      • Windmill Primary School Gallery
    • The Shops and Businesses of Launceston Gallery
    • Southgate Gallery
    • Transport around Launceston
    • The View from the Church Tower
  • The War Years
    • Launceston and World War One
      • Dunheved College’s fallen from WW1
      • Launceston’s fallen from World War One
        • The Brighton Family
        • Douglas Cavey
        • War Memorial Dedication Wreaths
      • Launceston’s Servicemen of WW1
        • Harold Broad
        • Cecil Westlake 1897-1949
      • St. Stephen the Martyr Church War Memorial
      • Central Methodist Church War Memorial
      • Constitutional Club, Launceston War Memorial
      • Women and the Land Army
        • Women’s Volunteer Force News Clippings
          • Mary Francis Vivian Lobb
      • Marion Nicolls
      • The Cornish and Devon Post during WW1
      • Launceston through the First World War 1914-1915
      • Trigg Major Magazine extracts during the First World War
      • Launceston through the First World War 1916
      • Launceston through the First World War 1917
      • Launceston through the First World War 1918
      • The Wounded and Awarded of WW1
      • Vicars at War
      • Escape from Germany
      • The German Spy Case
      • World War One Tribunals
      • Launceston WW1 100
        • Launceston WW1 100 Event Memories
    • Launceston and World War Two
      • Launceston and World War Two 1940
      • Launceston and World War Two 1941.
      • Launceston and World War Two 1942.
      • Launceston and World War Two 1943.
      • Launceston and World War Two 1944.
      • Launceston and World War Two 1945.
      • Launceston’s fallen from World War Two
      • World War Two Timeline for the Fallen of Launceston District
      • An Evacuee’s Story
      • Launceston’s Home Guards
      • John Guylor Horne
      • Alfred Walter Hicks
      • Stan Mincher
      • Zofia Kossack
      • A.T.S’ Part in the Invasion
      • Second World War Civilian Personnel
      • Battle of Launceston Court-Martial
      • Twenty Three days at Sea
      • WW2 Plane Crashes around Launceston
    • War Memorials from the locality of North Cornwall
    • Launceston’s Boer War Volunteers
    • Launceston Volunteer Corps
    • The Napoleonic wars
      • Launceston’s Trafalgar men
      • Captain Samuel Burgess
  • Launceston Genealogy
    • 1939 Register for Launceston Urban
    • 1939 Register for Lezant
    • Borough of Launceston Directory 1938

The Parishes

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Altarnun

Ashwater

Bolventor

Boyton

Bradstone

Broadwoodwidger

Dunterton

Egloskerry

Kelly

Laneast

Lawhitton

Lewannick

Lezant

Lifton

Luffincott

Milton Abbot

North Hill

North Petherwin

St. Stephens Parish

St. Thomas Parish

South Petherwin

St. Clether

St. Giles on the Heath

Stowford

Treneglos

Tresmeer

Trewen

Warbstow

Werrington

 

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