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* Legend suggests that '''King Arthur''' of the Britons was killed in battle on the river Camblam in Cornwall. | * Legend suggests that '''King Arthur''' of the Britons was killed in battle on the river Camblam in Cornwall. | ||
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}} __NOTOC__ [[Image:England-cornwall.png|thumb|right]] '''Cornwall''' (Cornish: ''Kernow'') is a county of [[England]] and is located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain. It is also one of the Celtic nations. | }} __NOTOC__ [[Image:England-cornwall.png|thumb|right|England-cornwall.png]] '''Cornwall''' (Cornish: ''Kernow'') is a county of [[England]] and is located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain. It is also one of the Celtic nations. | ||
The area was first inhabited by Neolithic and then Bronze Age peoples, and later, in the Iron Age, by Celtic peoples. Cornwall is a part of the Brythonic area of Britain and became detached from [[Wales]] after the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Deorham Battle of Deorham], becoming a separate Celtic nation. It often came into conflict with the expanding Saxon kingdom of Wessex, to its east, before King Athelstan of Wessex (924-939) set the boundary between England and Cornwall at the '''River Tamar'''. | The area was first inhabited by Neolithic and then Bronze Age peoples, and later, in the Iron Age, by Celtic peoples. Cornwall is a part of the Brythonic area of Britain and became detached from [[Wales]] after the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Deorham Battle of Deorham], becoming a separate Celtic nation. It often came into conflict with the expanding Saxon kingdom of Wessex, to its east, before King Athelstan of Wessex (924-939) set the boundary between England and Cornwall at the '''River Tamar'''. | ||
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[[Image:Cornwall flag.jpg|thumb|150px]] | [[Image:Cornwall flag.jpg|thumb|150px|Cornwall flag.jpg]] | ||
'''Browse by Topic:''' [[:Category:Cornwall|All pages for Cornwall]] | '''Browse by Topic:''' [[:Category:Cornwall|All pages for Cornwall]] | ||
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=== Research Tools === | === Research Tools === | ||
The Cornwall Online Parish Clerk Project found at [http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ cornwall-opc.org] is a resource of volunteers willing to help researchers by email, free of charge. Most of Cornwall's parishes now have Online Parish | The Cornwall Online Parish Clerk Project found at [http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ cornwall-opc.org] is a resource of volunteers willing to help researchers by email, free of charge. Most of Cornwall's parishes now have an Online Parish Clerk. Transcribed information from many parishes can be searched at the [http://www.cornwall-opc-database.org Cornwall OPC Database] website. | ||
=== Jurisdictions === | === Jurisdictions === | ||