Cambridge County Geographies

by

S. BARING-GOULD

With Maps, Diagrams, and Illustrations

Cambridge:

at the University Press 1910

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

MAPS

1. County and Shire. Meaning of the word.

2. General Characteristics.

3. Size, Shape, Boundaries.

4. Surface and General Features.

5. Watershed, Rivers.

6. Geology and Soil.

7. Natural History.

8. Around the Coast. From Morwenstow to Land's End.

9. Around the Coast. From Land's End to Rame Head.

10. The Coast—Gains and Losses.

11. The Coast—Tides, Islands, and Lighthouses.

12. Climate—Rainfall.

13. People—Race, Dialect, Population.

14. Agriculture—Main Cultivations. Stock.

15. Industries and Manufactures.

16. Minerals and Mining.

17. Fisheries.

18. Shipping and Trade.

19. History.

20. Antiquities: Prehistoric, Roman, Celtic, Saxon.

21. Architecture: (a) Ecclesiastical.

22. Architecture: (b) Military—Castles.

23. Architecture: (c) Domestic and Monastic.

24. Communications—Roads, Railways.

25. Administration and Divisions, Ancient and Modern.

26. Roll of Honour.

27. THE CHIEF TOWNS AND VILLAGES OF CORNWALL.

28. DIAGRAMS.