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    • Governance of Launceston
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        • 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

Launceston Streets and Roads.

 

Angel Hill Legal Papers.

Chapple.

Dunheved Road.

Exeter Street and Tavistock Road.

Launceston By-pass Construction.

New Road.

Northgate/Tower/Castle Street.

The Turnpikes.

Tracks, Green Lanes, Byeways & Highways.

The Walk.

Zig Zag.

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