THE EARLY HISTORY
OF
CALSTOCK PARISH
by Patrick E. Coleman

First published in 1997, this booklet was the natural consequence of the research which was undertaken for the booklet on the place names of the parish. As soon as place names are studied, certain facts begin to emerge about the pattern of their history. However, even more questions also begin to pose themselves. In the booklet an attempt is made to answer these, and to build them up into a pattern of the parish's history from the end of the last Ice Age until Mediaeval times.

We have a wealth of written records dealing with aspects of the parish's history from about 1300 AD onwards, so that this date seems to be the natural end for this booklet. It may be purchased for £3.00 including postage and packing in the UK and £4 overseas. Cheques can only be accepted in Sterling pounds. All profits go to support the archive.

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CONTENTS

· 10,000 BC. The end of the Ice Age
· 8,000 BC. First inhabitants of the Stone Age
· 4,000 BC. The Late Stone Age
· 2,000 BC. The Bronze Age
· 800 BC. The arrival of the Iron Age Celts
· 43 AD. The coming of the Romans
· 400 AD. Post-Roman Calstock
· Celtic Organisation
· 700 AD. The coming of the Saxons
· 836 AD. The Battle of Hingston Down
· Saxon settlement
· 1066 AD. Norman Calstock
· Calstock Manor in 1300
· 1337 Creation of the Duchy of Cornwall
· Maps and Illustrations
· The Harrowbarrow beaker
· Map of pre-Celtic Calstock
· Map of Celtic Calstock