Coming soon: a new edition of The Surnames of Cornwall

This month I shall be publishing a new revised and extended edition of The Surnames of Cornwall which, as of today, will be temporarily unavailable online. For the first time, this book will also be available in hardback. The updated edition includes a further 100 surnames distinctive to Cornwall, bringing the total to around 850 separate surnames with notes on their origin, meaning and geography. Several entries have been amended, revised or updated in the light of recent scholarship and the invaluable help provided by family historians since the original was published in 2019.

Some reviews of the first edition
and from the diaspora

To mark this, over the next few weeks I will be posting a series of expanded accounts of the 20 most commonly occurring surnames in Cornwall in 1861. These may not (almost invariably are not) unique to Cornwall or even in some cases more likely to be encountered in Cornwall than in some other parts over the Tamar. Nonetheless, anyone with a Cornish heritage who possesses one of these surnames can regard themselves as having a Cornish lineage as impeccable as those with surnames beginning Tre, Pol or Pen.

4 thoughts on “Coming soon: a new edition of The Surnames of Cornwall

  1. Look forward to reading it, also, maybe Eustice and it’s 200plus variants may come to surface.

    Sandra Reed-Jennings (nee Eustice)

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  2. I am very much looking forward to this new edition Bernard, the original work is invaluable to anyone with roots or interest in Kernow. I have used it to confirm research thoughts about a particular name in a certain area. Where will it be available from, please. Oll an gwella, Adrian Wilson

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    1. I’m awaiting proofs of the hard copies this week and then it depends how long it takes us to check them. I’m hoping it will be available the weekend after next but keep an eye on the website as I’ll confirm a date here as soon as I know it.

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