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  - The Ghost of Dorothy Dinglet
  - Madford Ghost.
- Pirates and Plague at Launceston
- Sal Tregenna and Our L’il Village
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  - A ‘Untin We Will Go.
  - All O’ A Bussell
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    - All of a Bussell (Translated version)
  - BUDGETS an’ BUST-UPS
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- Sheep Market Car Park.
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- Rivers of Launceston.
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The People
The Parishes
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- Altarnun
- Ashwater
- Bolventor
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  - Bronn Wennili
  - Jamaica Inn
  - Dozmary Pool
- Bradstone
- Boyton
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  - Boyton Marriage Register 1568-1804
  - Boyton Methodist Chapel
  - Boyton Bridge
  - Polapit Tamar
- Egloskerry
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  - Egloskerry Church Clock
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    - Egloskerry Marriage Registers 1574-1812
- Dunterton.
- Laneast
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  - Laneast Marriage Registers 1680 -1812
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- Lawhitton
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  - The Bennetts Arms.
  - Wishworthy and Bulsworthy
- Lewannick
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  - Lewannick 1938 P.O. Directory
  - Lewannick Marriage Registers 1675-1812
- Lewtrenchard
- Lezant
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  - Lezant 1938 P.O. Directory
  - Lezant Marriage Registers 1539-1812
  - Landue House.
- Lifton
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  - Cookworthy Knapp
  - Lifton from the Kelly’s Directory of 1902
  - Lifton Primary School
  - Lifton Roller Mill (Spry Mill)
  - A memory of Lifton by Brian Keighley.
  - Ambrosia
- Linkinhorne
- Luffincott
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  - Luffincott in 1902
- Kelly
- Milton Abbot.
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  - Milton Abbot in 1902
- North Hill
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  - North Hill Baptisms
  - North Hill Marriage Registers 1555-1748
  - Nine Stones, Eastmoor
  - Trewortha Marsh
- North Petherwin
- St. Clether.
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  - St. Clether Marriage Registers 1640-1811
- South Petherwin.
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  - South Petherwin 1901 Census
  - South Petherwin 1911 Census
  - South Petherwin 1939 Register
  - South Petherwin Headstone Inscriptions
  - South Petherwin Burials 1656-1735
  - South Petherwin Marriage Register 1656-1812
  - South Petherwin School Gallery
  - South Petherwin Baptist Chapel
  - South Petherwin Village Pump
  - Petherwin Beds
  - Trebursye Manor
- St. Giles on the Heath.
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  - St. Giles in the Heath in 1902
  - St. Giles in the Heath Burials 1663-1812
  - St. Giles in the Heath Baptisms 1653-1773
  - 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
- Stoke Climsland
- Stowford
- Trecollas Bible Christian Chapel
- Wesley Cottage
- Tremaine
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  - Tremaine Marriage Registers 1642-1812
- Treneglos.
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  - Treneglos Marriage Registers 1694-1812
- Tresmeer.
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  - Tresmeer Marriage Register 1813-1837
- Trewen.
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  - Trewen Marriages 1617-1754
  - Trewen Marriage Registers 1754-1837
- Warbstow.
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  - Warbstow Marriage Registers 1695-1812
- Werrington.
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  - Werrington in 1902
  - Werrington Baptisms 1746-1812
  - Werrington Burials 1746-1812
  - Werrington Marriage Registers 1654-1812
  - Yeolmbridge
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    - Yeolmbridge Quarry.
The Galleries
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- The People Gallery
- The School Galleries
- The Shops of Launceston Gallery
The War Years
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- The Civil War and Launceston
- Launceston Volunteer Corps
- The Napoleonic wars
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  - Launceston’s Trafalgar men
- Those that served in the 1812 war
- Launceston’s Boer War Volunteers
- Launceston and World War One
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- Launceston and World War Two
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Lakes of Launceston
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- Colliford Lake
Churches and Chapels of Launceston
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- Baptist Church
- Bible Christian Church
- Central Methodist Church War Memorial
- Congregational Church
- Early Nonconformist days in Launceston
- St. Cuthbert Mayne Church
- St. Johns Chapel.
- St. Mary Magdalene Church
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- St. Thomas the Apostle Marriages 1563-1709
- St. Thomas the Apostle Marriages 1710-1754
- St. Thomas the Apostle Marriages 1754-1812
- United Free Methodist Church
- Launceston Priory
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- Wesleyan Methodist Church
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  - Launceston Wesleyan Ministers 1784-1901
Bridges of the Launceston Area
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- Druxton Bridge
- Greystone Bridge
- Nether Bridge
- Polson Bridge
- Tamar Chain Bridge
- Trekelland Bridge
Buildings of Launceston
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- Angel Hill Legal Papers
- Belle Vue
- 1 and 2, Church Street
- Badash Farm
- Castle Hill House
- Chapple
- Chinthurst, St. Stephens Hill
- Craigmore
- Dockacre House
- Drill Hall
- Eagle House
- Edymead House
- Hurdon
- Landrends
- Launceston Masonic Lodge
- Launceston Guildhall and Town Hall
- Launceston Meat Market House
- Launceston’s Workhouses.
- Lawrence House
- Liberal Club
- Newport Round House
- Madford
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  - Madford Ghost.
- Manaton House
- No 18/16 Western Road
- No.20 Church Street.
- No.5 Southgate Street.
- Noah’s Ark Tenement.
- Oddfellows Hall
- Passmore Edwards Free Library.
- Pendruccombe House.
- Priory House
- Scarne and Haye Common
- Tamar View Terrace
- The Brotherhood Hall
- The Mills of the Launceston District.
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  - Ridgegrove Mill
- Winsor House and Terrace.
Launceston Town Centre.
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- Broad Street Reservoir
Roadford Lake
Coronation Park
Education around Launceston
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- Launceston Grammar School
- St. Josephs
Evolution of Launceston’s Healthcare
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- Leper Hospital.
Launceston Events
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- Launceston Horse Show
Launceston Geology
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- Mining in the Launceston area
- Quarries of the Launceston Area.
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Launceston Organisations.
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- Launceston Salvation Army
- Launceston St.John Ambulance Brigade.
- Launceston Town Band
- Launceston Young Farmers Club
- Launceston’s Womens Institute.
Launceston Streets and Roads.
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- Northgate and Tower Streets
Launceston Businesses
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- Barriball and Sons
- Bates Agricultural Machinery
- Chaplin’s
- Dunheved Foundry
- Dunheved Motor Works
- East Cornwall Bank Company
- Gardner’s Drapery Shop
- Greenaways Garages
- J. S. Eyre Mineral Water
- Launceston Abattoir
- Launceston Trustee Savings Bank
- Lewannick and Launceston District Farmers
- Spry’s of Launceston
- The Banks of 13 Broad Street
- The Cornish and Devon Post
- The Hardware Centre
- The Northumberland Foundry
- The Wool Depot.
- Tillotsons.
Launceston’s Public Houses
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- Angel Inn
- The Exeter Inn
- The White Hart Hotel.
Launceston Police and Crime
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- Public Executions at Launceston
- The Murder of Charlotte Dymond
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  - The Ballad of Charlotte Dymond
- The Trial of Annie Hearn
- The Trial of Emma George
- The Trial of Henry Spettigue
- The Trial of Simon Kinver
- Selina Wadge
The Coming of the railway
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- The life of the ‘Withered Arm’
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  - The Withered Arm Railway Gallery
- Railway Schemes that never made it
- The Cornwall Central Line

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