University of Exeter Press

Cornish Studies Volume 6

    • 208 Pages


    The sixth volume in the acclaimed paperback series . . . the only county series that can legitimately claim to represent the past and present of a nation.







    The sixth volume in the acclaimed paperback series . . . the only county series that can legitimately claim to represent the past and present of a nation.




    1. Introduction

    2. Genetic variation and Celtic population history, Malcolm Smith

    3. The Helston Shoemakers' Gild and a possible connection with the 1549 rebellion, Joanna Mattingly

    4. The Reverend Joseph Sherwood - a Cornish language will o' the wisp?, Matthew Spriggs

    5. The myth of objectivity - the Cornish language and the 18th-century antiquarians, Emma Mitchell

    6. Cornwall's unsung political hero - Sir John Coman Rashleigh, 1772-1874, Brian Elvins

    7. A forgotten migration stream - the Cornish movement to England and Wales in the 19th century, Bernard Deacon

    8. Cornwall, poverty and in-migration, Malcolm Williams and Tony Champion

    9. In-migration to Newquay - migrants' lifestyles and perspectives on environments, Ron Elzey

    10. Cornish regional development - evaluation, Europe and Evolution, Peter Wills

    Research Notes

    11. The verbs cowas, cavas and cafel in late modern Cornish, Richard Gendall

    12. Indirect statement in Cornish and Breton, N.J.A. Williams

    Review Articles

    13. Modern Cornish in context, Glanville Price

    14. Defending Kernewek Kemmyn, Anthony P. Grant

    15. Lamenting loss in contemporary Cornish literature, Alan M. Kent

    Book Review



    Philip Payton is Professor of Cornish and Australian Studies in the University of Exeter and Director of the Institute of Cornish Studies at the University’s Cornwall campus. He is also the author of A.L. Rowse in Cornwall: A Paradoxical Patriot and numerous other books on Cornwall and the Cornish.