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Kernow
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Concerns surface about overtourism in Cornwall. In 1920! bernarddeacon.com/2026/03/07…
And finally we have the shopkeepers, merchants, hawkers and fishwives - bernarddeacon.com/2025/03/01…
Which parts of Victorian Cornwall were home to the highest numbers of dressmakers, knitters and factory girls? bernarddeacon.com/2025/02/28…
The first of three posts to complete the parish-level analysis of occupations in Cornwall from the 1861 census bernarddeacon.com/2025/02/27…
Summing up the distribution of women at the mine in 19th century Cornwall bernarddeacon.com/2025/02/09…
The geography of seafarers and boatmen in 19th century Cornwall bernarddeacon.com/2025/02/07…
Where were all the fishermen 135 years ago? bernarddeacon.com/2025/02/06…
Quantifying Cornwall's clay workers and quarrymen in the 1860s bernarddeacon.com/2025/02/05…
When almost one in three men worked at the mines bernarddeacon.com/2025/02/04…
The occupation Cornwall's coat of arms forgot - the first in a series of parish-level analyses of the occupations in the 1861 census bernarddeacon.com/2025/02/03…
Dare I say it - the perfect Christmas gift for lovers of Cornwall and/or Poldark bernarddeacon.com/the-real-w…
The 100 most common surnames in 19th century Cornwall is now complete. Is your name there? bernarddeacon.com/2024/12/01…
More maps of location of surnames in C16th/17th Cornwall now added. Is your name there? bernarddeacon.com/data-on-co…
Before the spirit had gone from our land bernarddeacon.com/2024/11/16…
The relief of poverty in Gwennap in 1800 bernarddeacon.com/2024/11/09…
a far western phenomenon - the -a surname suffix bernarddeacon.com/2024/11/03…
Cornish distinctiveness - where do surnames with an -ow suffix come from? bernarddeacon.com/2024/10/28…