Bryher, Cornwall
Historical Description
Brehar or Bryher, one of the Scilly Islands, which lies off Land's End, in Cornwall, in the NW of the group, 2½ miles NW of Hugh-Town. It is 2 miles long, rugged, wild, and high, and inhabited chiefly by fishermen. It contains some Droidical remains. Acreage, 360; population, 91.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Cornwall papers online:
- Royal Cornwall Gazette
- Cornishman
- West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser
- Lake's Falmouth Packet and Cornwall Advertiser
Visitations Heraldic
We have a copy of The Visitations of Cornwall, by Lieut.-Col. J.L. Vivian online.