Works
Peter’s papers have been deposited with Kresen Kernow HERE.
I am currently working to scan all of Peter's work and it will be available here to download in PDF form.
If you have copies of any works I don't have then please get in touch if you would allow me to create a digital version.
Almost all of Peter’s work is out of print, though books can often be bought from antiquarian booksellers.
Books
William Borlase: Antiquities Historical and Monumental in the County of Cornwall, with Introductions by Peter Pool and Charles Thomas.
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William Borlase: The Natural History of Cornwall, with an Introduction by Frank Turk and a biographical note by Peter Pool.
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1958 – Cornish for Beginners
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1963 - The Life and Progress of Henry Quick of Zennor
1963 - A Glossary of Sea Words (with Robert Morton Nance)
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1967 - The Principal Antiquities of the Land’s End District (with Charles Thomas)
Craig Weatherhill recently published "The Place Names of the Land's End Peninsula", which incorporates and updates this work. You can purchase a copy from Penwith Press CLICK HERE
1973 – The Place Names of West Penwith
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1974 – History of the Town and Borough of Penzance
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1976 - Reminiscences of Penzance by G C Boase
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1977 – A Cornish Farmer’s Diary – Second Edition 1978 (with additional Editor’s notes and the Stevens family list)
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Ann Head, James & Honor Stevens’s great-great-great-niece, has also edited the diary from the family history aspect https://diaryofjamesstevens.wordpress.com/
1981 - The Life and Progress of Henry Quick of Zennor (2nd edition, the 1st edition was published in 1963)
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1986 – William Borlase
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1990 – The Field Names of West Penwith
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The portrait of Henry Quick by Richard Thomas Pentreath (1806-1869) is on display at Kresen Kernow. The dedicatory plaque beside it reads: 'For all Cornish people who write to reflect their time and place, and whose words enliven the ages'.
The dedication is for people like Henry Quick, and the farmer James Stevens, whose diary, kept whilst farming both Foage at Zennor, and Churchtown at Sancreed, was brought to light, edited and published by Peter Pool. Indeed, Peter himself felt compelled to apply his skills and energy to studying his homeland, culture, language and geography in much the same way.
A copy of the picture will hang in Zennor Church Hall.
Cornish Works
Powesva An Myghtern (The King's Resting Place)
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An Scuber-Chymblys Dyawlak (The Develish Chimneysweep)
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Booklets
The Death of Cornish
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The Second Death of Cornish
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Penzance - A Brief History of the Town and Borough - 2nd edition 1970
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An Introduction to Cornish Place Names - 2nd (revised) edition 1971
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Daniel, Alexander 1599-1668
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Articles
A mine of information – a Cornish joke – Old Cornwall 1964
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A Practical Joke at Delabole – Old Cornwall, v5, p449
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A Smuggler’s Will – Harry Carter – Old Cornwall 1983
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A Tall Story – Old Cornwall, v5, p249
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Bodinar, William's Letter 1776 - Peter Pool and Oliver Padel - RIC Journal 1975-6
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Borlase, PASP Book Review by Paul Ashbee - Cornwall Archaeology 1988
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Borlase-Stukely Correspondence - Cornwall Archaeology 1966
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Borlase, William – Old Cornwall, v5, pp198-207
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Borlase, William, the Scholar and the Man - RIC Journal 1966
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Borlase's Account of Ludgvan - Old Cornwall 1963
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Boscreege, Gulval - Excavation of a Romano-British Hut - PASP and Vivien Russell - Cornwall Archaeology 1963
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Branwells of Penzance: transcript of a lecture given to the Friends of Penlee House in 1989.
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Cornish Language Board, Foundation of - Old Cornwall 1968
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Cornish Place Names, a Popular Dictionary of – O J Padel, reviewed PASP – Old Cornwall 1989
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Cornish, When Was it Last Spoken Traditionally? - RIC Journal 1964
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Cornish, Unified, A Plea for - Old Cornwall 1989
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Crozier, Henry and the Discovery of Chysauster - Cornwall Archaeology 1990
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Daniel, Alexander of Alverton, Autobiography (1599-1668) – RIC Journal 1977
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Davey, John of Boswednack – Old Cornwall 1992
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Field Names of the Manor of Mulfra - RIC Journal 1994
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Fisherman’s Diary 1879-1881 – Old Cornwall 1961
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Gulval, Excavation of a Menhir at Try - Cornwall Archaeology 1964
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Hawker Manuscript and Portrait – RIC Journal 1975-6
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Henderson, Charles, Ecclesiastical Antiquities of the 109 Ancient Parishes of West Cornwall - Review by PASP - Cornwall Archaeology 1962
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Lanyons of Lanyon, Madron - Old Cornwall 1964
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Lhuyd, Edward - Cornish Drawings in the British Museum - Cornwall Archaeology 1977
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Nance, Morton; Results of his Scholarship - Western Morning News April 20th 1960
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Penheleg Manuscript Old Cornwall v5 pp278-285
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Penheleg Manuscript - RIC Journal 1959
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Penheleg Manuscript, Topography of – Old Cornwall, v5, pp330-336
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Penzance Harbour Charter of 1512 – RIC Journal 1971
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Pollard, John of Newlyn, Journal 1794-5 - RIC Journal 1992
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Southgate, Mary, Obituary - Old Cornwall 1986
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St Agnes, Parish of by Thomas Tonkin – edited PASP and H L Douch – RIC Journal 1975-6
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St Just, Chapel Carn Brea - Short Notes Cornwall Archaeology 1969
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Tithings of Cornwall - RIC Journal 1981
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Witchcraft at Penzance - Old Cornwall 1964
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Zennor, Ancient Crosses and Cross-Sites - Lt Cl FC Hirst (edited PASP) - Old Cornwall 1959
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Zennor, Ancient Crosses and Cross-Sites - supplement - Old Cornwall 1964
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Zennor, Ancient Cross-Site of, Another Old Cornwall 1968
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Zennor, A Smuggler's Hiding-Place - Old Cornwall
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Zennor Bounds Revisited – Old Cornwall 1996
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Zennor, Excavations from Chapel Jane - PASP and Vivien Russell - Cornwall Archaeology 1968
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Zennor Quoit Preserved - Cornwall Archaeology 1970
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Cornish Parishes in 1753 – edited PASP
Liskeard - Old Cornwall 1966
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Creed - Old Cornwall 1965
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Egloshayle - Old Cornwall 1967
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Stratton - Old Cornwall 1966
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St Issey - Old Cornwall 1965
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St Allen - Old Cornwall 1967
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