Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Parochial and Family History of the Parish of Blisland, in the County of Cornwall
In these circumstances it is obvious that no satisfactory history of such a county as Cornwall can now be written by any one man, however able and industrious he may be, though he might devote a long life to the work. Hals was engaged in the collection of materials for a full half-century, 1685-1736, and the result may be seen in the selections reprinted by Davies Gilbert and others.
It is by division of labour only that the object aimed at can be attained: that is by persons who may feel an interest in the subject taking each a district, and instituting a careful study and investigation of its antiquities, and an exhaustive inquiry into its history; taking care to quote original authorities, wherever practicable, for every statement of fact. A series of such district histories, whether of separate parishes or of more extended areas, will, if carefully compiled, hereafter form most valuable materials whereon to base a history of the county more comprehensive in its character than such district histories severally can be.
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