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Devon Cornwall Notes Queries 38 (9)
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Title:
Devon Cornwall Notes Queries 38 (9)
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Series:
Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries
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38 (9)
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Journal
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Editor:
J M Draisey
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Publisher:
Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries
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Year of Publication:
2001
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BIAB (The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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Created Date:
05 Sep 2002
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Does Lamorna in Cornwall mean `Valley of Murders'?
Andrew Breeze
261 - 262
Suggests that the origin of place-name `Lamorna' might derive from the Welsh murnau (meaning deceits, injuries, conspiracies, murders etc) and puts it in the context of other places named after acts of ill repute.
The genesis of two Cornish place-names in the thirteenth century
W M M Picken
268 - 269
Discusses the evolution of the place-names Nansinyu Engeram and Nansinyu Paen.
The 1941--1943 National Farm Survey: investigating the Powderham Estate
Andrew J H Jackson
269 - 271
Notes that in 1993 the survey of farms was made available to the public at the Public Record Office. The survey provides in depth information on farm organisation and production in the early 1940's. Demonstrates the potential of the survey through its utilisation during an investigation into the Powderham Estate, Devon.
A Cornish cross, lot no. 473, going, going, gone!
A G Langdon
273 - 277
Reports a circa twelfth century AD Cornish cross which was found being auctioned in Lifton, Devon. The author has traced the cross back to a farm in the parish of St Neot, Cornwall, where it had been used as a gatepost in a hedgerow.