Baring-Gould begins with Cornwall’s swarm of Celtic saints, sorting them into Dumnonian princes, Irish and Welsh colonists and Breton missionaries, then turns to holy wells, wayside crosses, castles and tin mining. Later chapters tour towns such as Launceston, Callington, Camelford and Padstow, mixing history, legend and landscape.
A rambling, well-stocked companion to Cornwall by the antiquary who wrote ‘Onward, Christian Soldiers’. Download the free EPUB.