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Cornwall Record Office (CRO), part of Cornwall County Council
Cornwall County Council

File:New County Hall.jpgCornwall County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom....
, is situated at Old County Hall in Truro
Truro

Truro is a City status in the United Kingdom in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, and is the centre for administration, leisure and retail in Cornwall, with a population of 20,920....
 and is the main repository for the historical archives of Cornwall
Cornwall

Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
.

Cornwall County Council was persuaded by Kenneth Hamilton Jenkin
Kenneth Hamilton Jenkin

Alfred Kenneth Hamilton Jenkin was best known as a historian with a particular interest in Cornwall mining, publishing The Cornish Miner, now a classic, in 1927....
 and others to set up Cornwall Record Office in the 1950s. Today its three and a half miles of shelving holds millions of individual historical documents, including deed
Deed

A deed is a legal instrument used to grant a right. Deeds are part of the broader category of documents under seal. Deeds can be described as contract-like, as they require the mutual agreement of more than one person....
s, leases, manorial records, parish registers, correspondence and diaries, maps
MAPS

Maps is the plural of map, a visual representation of an area.As an acronym, MAPS may refer to:* Mail Abuse Prevention System* Manx Aviation Preservation Society...
 and plans, council
County council

A County council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county. This term has slightly different meanings in different countries....
 records and photographs; many of these relating to mining
Mining in Cornwall

Mining in Cornwall first began in the early Bronze Age approximately 2,150 BC and ended with the South Crofty tin mine closing in 1998....
, fishing
Fishing

Fishing is the activity of catching fish. Fishing techniques include Fish net, Fish trap, Spearfishing, angling and Gathering seafood by hand. The term fishing may be applied to catching other aquatic animals such as different types of shellfish, squid, octopus, turtles, Edible frog and some edible marine invertebrates....
, farming and most other aspects of life in Cornwall.






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Cornwall Record Office (CRO), part of Cornwall County Council
Cornwall County Council

File:New County Hall.jpgCornwall County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom....
, is situated at Old County Hall in Truro
Truro

Truro is a City status in the United Kingdom in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, and is the centre for administration, leisure and retail in Cornwall, with a population of 20,920....
 and is the main repository for the historical archives of Cornwall
Cornwall

Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
.

Cornwall County Council was persuaded by Kenneth Hamilton Jenkin
Kenneth Hamilton Jenkin

Alfred Kenneth Hamilton Jenkin was best known as a historian with a particular interest in Cornwall mining, publishing The Cornish Miner, now a classic, in 1927....
 and others to set up Cornwall Record Office in the 1950s. Today its three and a half miles of shelving holds millions of individual historical documents, including deed
Deed

A deed is a legal instrument used to grant a right. Deeds are part of the broader category of documents under seal. Deeds can be described as contract-like, as they require the mutual agreement of more than one person....
s, leases, manorial records, parish registers, correspondence and diaries, maps
MAPS

Maps is the plural of map, a visual representation of an area.As an acronym, MAPS may refer to:* Mail Abuse Prevention System* Manx Aviation Preservation Society...
 and plans, council
County council

A County council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county. This term has slightly different meanings in different countries....
 records and photographs; many of these relating to mining
Mining in Cornwall

Mining in Cornwall first began in the early Bronze Age approximately 2,150 BC and ended with the South Crofty tin mine closing in 1998....
, fishing
Fishing

Fishing is the activity of catching fish. Fishing techniques include Fish net, Fish trap, Spearfishing, angling and Gathering seafood by hand. The term fishing may be applied to catching other aquatic animals such as different types of shellfish, squid, octopus, turtles, Edible frog and some edible marine invertebrates....
, farming and most other aspects of life in Cornwall. The documents range in date from the mid-12th century right up to the 21st century and they comprise an exceptionally valuable resource for local historians
Local history

Local history is the study of history in a geographically local context and it often concentrates on the local community. It incorporates cultural history and social history aspects of history....
, family historians
Family history

Family history is the systematic narrative and research of past events relating to a specific family, or specific families....
, ecclesiastical
Ecclesiology

Ecclesiology is the study of the Christian theology understanding of the Christian church. Specific areas of concern include the church's role in salvation, its origin, its relationship to the historical Jesus, its discipline, its eschatology, and its clergy....
 historians, mining historians and those undertaking research or academic projects.

Their online catalogue contains over a quarter of a million entries and is growing apace.

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