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Ref: PLH-03
Supplied by Penwith Local History Group. The Penwith Local History Group is a research group dedicated to exploring new aspects of the history of their district. West Cornwall Homes and Households 1550-1950, their eighth book since they began in 1992, is in some ways their most ambitious. It covers periods and subjects ranging from the medieval to the present day. The authors have consulted a wide range of records; personal observation and recording have complemented this work. Homes and Households emphasizes domestic space and the people who occupied it: who they were and how they used the space, and how these things changed over time. There is a good mix between rural people and townspeople and between the wealthy, the middling and (as far as surviving sources allow) the poor. The families of farmers, fishermen, mariners and artists are represented here, with their houses, many of which are still with us. The authors show that some houses were business speculations (Wellington Place); some were inherited (Trewinnard and Bostrase). Many had a wide range of occupiers over long periods of time, but whatever the background, as ever people who were better-off would live in houses both convenient and appropriate to their social standing. The poor, of course, lived where they could, often in densities per room that shock modern researchers. One theme draws attention to the increasing importance of central and local government in aspects of the control of housing in West Cornwall (in St Hilary, St Ives and Halsetown). The authors hope that their individual windows into the past will encourage local historians everywhere in Cornwall to look more closely at their own areas’ homes and households and to go on to discover their fascinating stories. Contents Dawn Walker, Rooms of Distinction (Furniture) Carlene Harry, Some Carnyorth Homes and Households from 1588 to the Early Twentieth Century (St Just) Glyn Richards, Myrtle Cottage, Newlyn Town Sue Nebesnuick et al, Wellington Place and Wellington Terrace: a Regency Row in Penzance Iris Green, Three Homes Condemned (St Hilary) Jean Nankervis, The Hamlet of Kerrow in Zennor Joan Howells, Bostrase (St Hilary) Sally Corbet, Households and the home community: Victorian farmers’ marriages at Rosemodress (St Buryan) Cedric Appleby, Christopher Hawkins and Trewinnard 1750-67 (St Erth) Jenny Dearlove, Industrial Village to Peaceful Hamlet: Halsetown homes 1832 – 1950 (St Ives) George Care, Sea, Sunshine and Sanitation in St Ives Pam Lomax, Master Mariners’ Homes in Nineteenth Century Newlyn (ISBN 0-9540249-5-6)
£8.00