- Devon & Cornwall - Vintage Books on DVD -

A truly unique and wonderful collection of over 20 rare and out of print books covering the genealogy, social history and parish history of Devon and Cornwall.


Each book has been scanned in as a faithful reproduction of the original. The disc contains digital scans of all of the books in (Adobe) PDF format which allows each volume to be read individually.


The books will require suitable PDF software to view them, almost certainly you will already have this on your computer or device - if not we recommend Adobe Reader which is available free.


Please note that these will not play on a home CD/DVD player, they contain no video or audio files whatsoever. These are Data DVDs and can only be viewed on a PC/Laptop.


The list of just some of the titles on the DVD is shown below:


The Circle,or Historical Survey of Sixty Parishes and Towns in Cornwall – W Penaluna 1819

The Cornwall Register; containing collections relative to the Past and Present state of 209 Parishes – J Wallis 1847

The First Book of the Parish Registers of Madron in the County of Cornwall – G Bown Millett 1877

Heraldic Church Notes from Cornwall; containing all the Heraldry and genealogical particulars of every memorial in ten churches in the Deanery of East – A J Jewers

Venning’s Directory; Map & Historical Notices of East Cornwall

Parochial accounts, seventeenth century, St Neots, Cornwall – Gen Sir J H Lefroy

Parochial and Family History of the Parishes of St Teath and Temple, in the County of Cornwall – Sir J MaClean 1876

Parochial and Family History of the Parishes of St Mabyn & Michaelstow in the County of Cornwall – Sir J MaClean 1875

The Registers of the Parish of St Columb Major, Cornwall (1539-1780) – A J Jewers 1881

Cornwall Parish Registers, Marriages (8 Volumes) – W P W Phillimore (early 1900’s)

Lanivet (1608-1812), Tintagel (1588-1812), St Tudy (1560-1812), St Mabyn (1562-1812), Laneast (1680-1812), Egloskerry (1574-1812), Tremaine (1674-1812), Phillack (1572-1812)

Fowey (1568-1812), Tywardreath (1642-1812), Lostwithiel (1609-1812), Luxulyan (1594-1812), St Cleer (1678-1812)


Lelant (1679-1812), Paul (1595-1812), Zennor (1617-1812), St Hilary (1676-1812)


Bodmin (1559-1812), St Wenn (1678-1812), Lezant (1539-1812), St Goran (1668-1812)

Madron with Penzance (1674-1812), Morvah (1617-1772), Gulval, Gwinear (1560-1812)

Wendron (1560-1812), Constantine (1571-1812), St Martin in Meneage (1571-1812), Perranuthnoe (1589-1812)


Boyton (1568-1812), Linkinhorne (1576-1812), St Mellion (1558-1812), Morwinstow (1558-1812), South Petherwyn (1656-1812), Pillaton (1557-1812), Roche (1578-1812)

Launceston (St Mary Magdalene 1559-1812), St Keverne (1608-1812)

Ashburton and its Neighbourhood, or the antiquities and history of the Borough of Ashburton – C Worthy 1875


Devonshire Parishes, or the Antiquities, Heraldry and family history of twenty eight parishes in the Archdeaconry of Totnes (2 Volumes) – C Worthy 1887

History, gazetteer and directory of the County of Devon including the City of Exeter (over 1,000 pages) – W White 1878


Devonshire Parish Registers, Marriages (2 Volumes) – W P W Phillimore (early 1900’s)


Ipplepen (1612-1813), Kingskerswell (1752-1837), Werrington (1654-1812), Countisbury (1676-1757), Trontishoe (1697-1812), Martinhoe (1633-1812), Uffculme (1538-1837)


St Andrew’s, Plymouth (1581-1654)


Bonus:


Also included on the disc is over 400 Vintage photos and pictures of Devon and Somerset.


These are faithfully digitised reproductions of vintage out of print books and are free of copyright restrictions. We make every effort to maintain the original images and text.


This Disc contains .PDF files which can easily be viewed on any Windows PC or Laptop with a DVD Drive.


Mac Users - the PDF files will open perfectly with your system, you just need to access the PDFs directly from the DVD or copy them to your hard drive.


You can also print, copy and share as many pages as you want.


You will receive a Fully Printed DVD supplied in a plastic wallet.


This compilation copyright The Retrospective Place.


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