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Lundy Bibliography - History and Archaeology


1647

A brief declaration of the severall passages in the treaty concerning the surrender of the garrison of Lundy, now under the command of Thomas Bushell Esq; Governor thereof for his Majestie. London.

1776

Grose, F.
The Antiquities of England and Wales. London: S Hooper. Vol 4.

1786

Boswell, H.
Historical descriptions of New and Elegant Picturesque view of the Antiquities of England and Wales. London: Alex Hogg.

1822

Lysons, D and Lysons, S.
Magna Britannia, being a concise topographical account of the several counties of Great Britain. Sixth Volume: Devonshire. London: Caddell and Davies.

1824

Chrymes, Lt RN.
Journal of the time I spent on the Island of Lundy, in the years 1752 and 1787 by a Gentleman. North Devon Magazine, 2, 51-62. Quoting 'Journal of 1787'.

1836

Steinman, G Steinman.
Some account of the Island of Lundy. Collectanea Topographica et Genaelogica, Volume 4. Reprinted Nottingham: The Offset Press, 1947. 1000 copies.

1845

Oliver, G and Jones, P (eds).
Westcote, T (fl.1624-1636) - A view of Devonshire in 1630 with a pedigree of most of its gentry. Exeter: W. Roberts. Lundy pages 343-346.

1855

Sale of an island.. Leisure Hour, 194 (13 September), 581-58.

1859

Report of the Select Committee in 1858 on harbours of refuge. Vol 2.

1865

Gosse, P H.
Land and Sea. London: Nisbet. Lundy pages 1-106. First published in 1853, Home Friend, Vols 2-3.

1871

Chanter, J R.
A history of Lundy Island descriptive and historical with notices. Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, 553-610.

1877

Chanter's (J R) Lundy Island. Academy, 12 (July-December), 214.

Chanter's monograph of Lundy Island. Athenaeum, 2602 (8 September), 296.

Chanter, J R.
Lundy Island: a Monograph, Descriptive and Historical; with Notices of its Distinguishing Features in Natural History. London: Cassell, Petter and Galpin. Reprinted 1997, Appledore: Westwell Publishing.

Heaven, A A.
Out egging: a tale of Lundy Island. After Work, 4 (5 May), 98-101.

1878

Heaven, A A.
Lundy Island. Chambers Journal, 172 (30 April), 251-53.

Heaven, A A.
Lundy Island. Social Review, 1 March, 25-6. Reprinted in British Temperance Review.

1879

Wilkins, C.
Lundy Island and the pirate de Marisco. Extract from Tales and sketches of Wales, 1st series, pages 117-18.

1880

Heaven, A A.
A summer day on Lundy Island. Unidentified periodical article.

1884

Telegraphs, Lundy Island. Post Office Circular, May, 90.

1886

'Leicestershire Lady'.
The adventures of a visit to and scenes on Lundy Island. Leamington: J Beck. ?Miss Fulshaw.

Crespi, Dr.
Lundy Island. Scientific Gossip, July.

Podmore, P S M.
A night on Lundy Island. North Walsham: E J Denny.

1889

Ilfracombe and Lundy. Gentlemans's Magazine, 267 (November), 511-25.

1895

Page, J L W.
The Coasts of Devon and Lundy Island: Their Towns, Villages, Scenery, Antiquities and Legends etc. London: Horace Cox. Lundy pages 184-243.

1897

Davenport, H S.
A visit to Lundy. The Field, 6 November.

1898

Crespi, A J H.
Lundy Island. Scottish Geographical Magazine, July.

1899

Engineering, 14 April. 'At a meeting of the Llanelly Harbour Commissioners... it was decided to petition Parliament in favour of Lundy being made a harbour of refuge for the protection of the Bristol Channel'.

Anon.
Lundy island granite quarries. The Quarry and Builders' Merchant, 4, 435-6. [original entry by Chris Webster, 02/04/2006]

1904

Griffith, J.
Edward II in Glamorgan: the story of the downfall of the first Prince of Wales. London: W H Roberts. Lundy at pages 49-57, 195-201.

Pilsbury, R L.
Visit to Lundy island. New England Magazine, 31 (October), 153-59.

1905

Birnage, A.
A clerical Robinson Crusoe: beautiful but isolated Lundy and its uncrowned king. Good Words, November, 57-61.

1906

Particulars and conditions of sale of the very romantic and historically interesting Lundy Island, 25th September, 1906. London: Osborn and Mercer.

Bastin, S L.
An island owned by a clergyman: a sketch of Lundy Island. St Paul's Exeter Parish Magazine, 202-205.

Johnson, A E.
The isle of the puffin. Wide World Magazine, 17 (July), 396-404.

Page, W.
A history of Devonshire, volume 1. London: Victoria County History.

1910

Saint Claire, A.
A short history and illustrated guide to Lundy Island. Barnstaple: Henry Pincombe.

1911

Methley, N T.
In the gates of the Atlantic: an island home. Country Home, October, 17-21.

Rhys, E.
The South Wales coast from Chepstow to Aberystwth. London: T Fisher Unwin. Lundy pages 175-182.

1913

Noyes, A.
Tales of the Mermaid Tavern. Edinburgh: William Blackwood. Lundy pages 188-216.

1915

Church plate committe: 6th report, the church plate of Lundy. Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, 47, 154-55.

1920

Jukes, H W.
Lundy Island, Descriptive and Illustrated.

1925

Chope, R P.
Lundy Island- review of L R W Loyd, Lundy, its history and natural history. Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries, 13, 361-67.

Loyd, L R W.
Lundy: Its History and Natural History. London: Longmans Green.

1926

Lundy Album: June 1926. Photograph album of 32 pages. Probably by John Kearton.

1928

Winmill, C C.
Report on Marisco Castle. Society for the Preservation of Ancient Buildings.

1931

Lundy church 1244. Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries, 16:8, 373-74.

Montague, L A D.
Flint implements on Lundy. Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries, 16, 257-59, 341.

1932

Gough, J W.
The Superlative Prodigall. A life of Thomas Bushell. Bristol: J W Arrowsmith, for University of Bristol.

1936

Nolan, J.
My adventures on Lundy. Wide World, July-August, 267-74, 395-402. Fictionalised account of visit to Lundy in 1935.

Sherie, F.
Exposures extraordinary. Pearson's Magazine, September, 232-43.

Smyrk, J W.
Lundy. Ilfracombe. Many later editions e.g. 1946 4th; 1950, 6th.

1937

Lord of Lundy. News Review, 7 January.

Leslie, M R.
Lundy's history as a pirate haven. Blue Peter, September.

1938

Caldey and Lundy: two isles of the western seas. Great Western Railway Magazine, August, 331-32.

De Montmorency, H G F E.
A memorandum explaining the claim of the Morres family to bear the name of De Montmorency. Saffron Walden: Talbot Press. A reply to a chapter in John H Round's Feudal England with illustrations.

Kearton, J.
Visit to Lundy, June 1928. Photograph album of 38 pages.

Rogers, I.
Lundy Island. Bideford.

1939

Cox, H.
Country Life, 16 December, 622-24. 10 plates.

Gade, F W.
Lundy. Ford Times, September, 564-67.

1940

Perry, R.
Lundy, Isle of Puffins. London: Lindsay Drummond. Second edition 1946.

1941

Powicke, F M.
The murder of Henry Clement and the pirates of Lundy island. History, March, 285-310. Reproduced in Ways of Mediaeval Life and Thought, 1949.

1948

Milsom, C F.
878 and all that. Northam Parish Magazine, March-August.

1955

Russell, P.
Fire beacons in Devon. Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, 87, 269.

1957

Blackwell, A E.
Shipment of convicts to Lundy. Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries, 27:8 (October), 216.

1961

Blackwell, A E.
Review of 'Bushell and Harman of Lundy'. Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries, 28:10 (July), 298.

1963

Poynter, F N L (ed).
The journal of James Yonge, 1647-1721: Plymouth surgeon. London: Longman.

1966

Ingram, H.
The historical geography of the island of Lundy in the Bristol Channel. Unpublished MSc thesis, University of London..

1967

Lundy. Current Archaeology, 5, 110.

1968

Lundy: the archaeology of an island that has been the haunt of pirates, smugglers and saints. Current Archaeology, 8, 196.

1969

Thomas, C.
Lundy 1969. Current Archaeology, 16, 138-42.

1972

Gardner, K S.
The Archaeology of Lundy: A Field Guide. Landmark Trust.

1974

Thomas, J.
Lundy and Thomas Benson. Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries, 33, 2.

1976

Thomas, J.
Some notes on the administration of Lundy. Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, 108, 31-6.

1977

Schmitz, CJ.
The granite quarries and mineral mines of Lundy. Bristol Industrial Archaeology Society Journal, 10, 23-6.

1978

Thomas, J.
A history of Lundy from 1390 to 1775. Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, 110, 113-154.

1979

Thomas, J.
Two Lundy notes. Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries, 34, 120-21.

1980

Bartlett, A.
A report of geophysical survey on Lundy Island.. Ancient Monuments Laboratory survey 20/78. Date of fieldwork 4-9 May, 4-6 September.

1981

Orkneyinga Saga: The History of the Earls of Orkney. Harmondsworth: Peguin. ISBN 0140443835.

The loss of HMS Montague, Lundy 1906. Atworth: G M and R C Davis. ISBN 0950739103.

Dunmore, S.
The Castle in the Isle of Lundy. Report for the Department of the Environment.

1982

Dunmore, S.
The castle in the isle of Lundy. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society, 40, 153-62.

1984

Hippesley Coxe, A D.
A book about smuggling in the West Country, 1700-1850. Padstow: Tabb House. ISBN 0907018327.

1985

Langham, A F.
The Pirates of Lundy. Reigate: privately published.

1986

Langham, M.
The Heaven family of Lundy 1836-1916. Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, 118, 93-121.

1989

Smith, G.
Smuggling in the Bristol Channel 1700-1850. Newbury: Countryside Books. ISBN 1853060445.

Thackray, C.
The National Trust Archaeological Survey: Lundy Island, Devon. Cirencester: National Trust. 2 volumes, limited circulation.

1990

1851 Census Surname Index 2: Abbotsham - Lundy. Plymouth: Devon Family History Society. ISBN 1871822041.

1992

Marshall, G.
Another IA enigma. Bulletin of the Association for Industrial Archaeology, 19:3, 3. [original entry by Chris Webster, 02/04/2006]

1993

Farrah, R W E.
The megalithic astronomy of Lundy: evidence for the remains of a solar calendar. Archaeoastronomy, 18, S69-S72.

1994

Schofield, A J.
Lithic artefacts from test-pit excavations on Lundy: evidence for Mesolithic and Bronze age occupation. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 60, 423-431.

Ternstrom, M.
The Castle on the Island of Lundy: 750 years, 1244-1994. Cheltenham: privately published. ISBN 0952306204.

Thomas, C.
And Shall These Mute Stones Speak? Post-Roman Inscriptions in Western Britain. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 0708311601.

1995

Heath, R.
A Key to Stonehenge: A Holistic Look at the Relationships Between Stonehenge and the Sun, Moon and Earth, Together with the Geographic Siting of the Monument. St Dogmaels: Bluestone Press. ISBN 0952615118.

1997

Lundy Island, historic landscape survey 1990-1996. Archaeology Review, 1996-7, 71-3. London: English Heritage.

1998

Gardner, K S and Ternstrom, M S.
The giants' graves. A nineteenth-century discovery of human remains on the island of Lundy. Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, 129, 51-77.

Gardner, K S and Ternstrom, M S.
The Giants Graves: a nineteenth century discovery of human remains on the United Kingdom island of Lundy. Viking Heritage, 4, 8-9.

Ternstrom, M.
The ownership of Lundy by Sir Richard Grenville and his descendants, 1577-1775. Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, 130, 65-80.

2005

Allan, J and Blaylock, S.
Medieval pottery and other finds from Pigs Paradise, Lundy. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society, 63, 65-91. [original entry by Chris Webster, 15/05/2006]

2007

Peter Rothwell and Myrtle Ternstron.
The Lundy Granite Company: An Industrial Adventure. Appledore: Westwell Publishing. [original entry by Chris Webster, 17/07/2007]