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Mining in Cornwall and Devon, the Glossary

Mining in Cornwall and Devon, in the southwest of Britain, is thought to have begun in the early-middle Bronze Age with the exploitation of cassiterite.^[1]

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History of mining in the United Kingdom
Mining in Devon
Mining in England
Tin mining

A. K. Hamilton Jenkin

Alfred Kenneth Hamilton Jenkin (29 October 1900 – 20 August 1980) was a Cornish bard and historian with a particular interest in Cornish mining, publishing The Cornish Miner, now a classic, in 1927. Mining in Cornwall and Devon and a. K. Hamilton Jenkin are history of mining in the United Kingdom and mining in Cornwall.

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A. L. Rowse

Alfred Leslie Rowse (4 December 1903 – 3 October 1997) was a British historian and writer, best known for his work on Elizabethan England and books relating to Cornwall.

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Alcohol (chemistry)

In chemistry, an alcohol is a type of organic compound that carries at least one hydroxyl functional group bound to carbon.

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Alluvium

Alluvium is loose clay, silt, sand, or gravel that has been deposited by running water in a stream bed, on a floodplain, in an alluvial fan or beach, or in similar settings.

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Anatolia

Anatolia (Anadolu), also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula or a region in Turkey, constituting most of its contemporary territory.

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And did those feet in ancient time

"And did those feet in ancient time" is a poem by William Blake from the preface to his epic Milton: A Poem in Two Books, one of a collection of writings known as the Prophetic Books.

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Arsenic

Arsenic is a chemical element with the symbol As and the atomic number 33.

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Ashburton, Devon

Ashburton is a town on the south-southeastern edge of Dartmoor in Devon, England, adjacent to the A38.

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Bal maiden

A bal maiden, from the Cornish language bal, a mine, and the English "maiden", a young or unmarried woman, was a female manual labourer working in the mining industries of Cornwall and western Devon, at the south-western extremity of Great Britain. Mining in Cornwall and Devon and bal maiden are mining in Cornwall, mining in Devon and tin mining.

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Baldhu

Baldhu (Bal Du, meaning black mine) is a village and parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Basset Mines

Basset Mines was a mining company formed in Cornwall, England, by the amalgamation of six copper and tin mining setts. Mining in Cornwall and Devon and Basset Mines are mining in Cornwall.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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Beam engine

A beam engine is a type of steam engine where a pivoted overhead beam is used to apply the force from a vertical piston to a vertical connecting rod.

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Bere Ferrers

Bere Ferrers, sometimes called Beerferris, is a village and civil parish on the Bere peninsula in West Devon in the English county of Devon.

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Bibliotheca historica

Bibliotheca historica (Βιβλιοθήκη Ἱστορική) is a work of universal history by Diodorus Siculus.

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Bigbury-on-Sea

Bigbury-on-Sea is a village in the South Hams district on the south coast of Devon, England.

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Black Death

The Black Death was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Europe from 1346 to 1353.

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Blackdown Hills

The Blackdown Hills, or Blackdowns,https://publications.naturalengland.org.uk/publication/5233925605556224 are a range of hills along the Somerset-Devon border in south-western England.

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Blackwater, Cornwall

Blackwater is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Bodmin

Bodmin (Bosvena) is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Border Morris

Border Morris is a collection of individual local dances from villages along the English side of the Wales–England border in the counties of Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Shropshire.

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Boss (architecture)

In architecture, a boss is a decorative knob on a ceiling, wall or sculpture.

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Botallack Mine

The Botallack Mine (Bostalek) is a former mine in Botallack in the west of Cornwall, UK.

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Bournonite

Bournonite, also axotomous antimony glance,Robert Jameson.

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Brendon Hills

The Brendon Hills are a range of hills in west Somerset, England.

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Brittany

Brittany (Bretagne,; Breizh,; Gallo: Bertaèyn or Bertègn) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period of Roman occupation.

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Bronze

Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals, such as phosphorus, or metalloids, such as arsenic or silicon.

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Bronze Age

The Bronze Age was a historical period lasting from approximately 3300 to 1200 BC.

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Bronze Age Britain

Bronze Age Britain is an era of British history that spanned from until.

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Burh

A burh or burg was an Anglo-Saxon fortification or fortified settlement.

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Callington

Callington (Kelliwik) is a civil parish and town in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom about north of Saltash and south of Launceston.

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Camborne

Camborne (Cambron, Kammbronn) is a town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Mining in Cornwall and Devon and Camborne are mining in Cornwall.

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Camborne School of Mines

Camborne School of Mines (Scoll Balow Cambron), commonly abbreviated to CSM, was founded in 1888. Mining in Cornwall and Devon and Camborne School of Mines are history of Cornwall, history of mining in the United Kingdom and mining in Cornwall.

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Cape Cornwall Mine

Cape Cornwall Mine was a tin mine on Cape Cornwall, a cape at the western tip of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Caradon Hill

Caradon Hill (Bre Garn) is on Bodmin Moor in the former Caradon district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Caradon Hill transmitting station

The Caradon Hill transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility on Bodmin Moor in the civil parish of Linkinhorne, located on Caradon Hill, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Carnon Mine

Carnon Mine was a tin mine at Restronguet Creek, near the village of Devoran in Cornwall, England.

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Cassiterides

The Cassiterides (Κασσιτερίδες, meaning "Tin Islands", from κασσίτερος, kassíteros "tin") are an ancient geographical name used to refer to a group of islands whose precise location is unknown, but which was believed to be situated somewhere near the west coast of Europe.

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Cassiterite

Cassiterite is a tin oxide mineral, SnO2. Mining in Cornwall and Devon and Cassiterite are tin mining.

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Celtic art

Celtic art is associated with the peoples known as Celts; those who spoke the Celtic languages in Europe from pre-history through to the modern period, as well as the art of ancient peoples whose language is uncertain, but have cultural and stylistic similarities with speakers of Celtic languages.

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Chagford

Chagford is a market town and civil parish on the north-east edge of Dartmoor, in Devon, England, close to the River Teign and the A382, 4 miles (6 km) west of Moretonhampstead.

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Chalcolithic

The Chalcolithic (also called the Copper Age and Eneolithic) was an archaeological period characterized by the increasing use of smelted copper.

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Combe Martin

Combe Martin is a village, civil parish and former manor on the North Devon coast about east of Ilfracombe.

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Come, all ye jolly tinner boys

"Come, all ye jolly tinner boys" is a traditional folk song associated with Cornwall that was written about 1807, when Napoleon Bonaparte made threats that would affect trade in Cornwall at the time of the invasion of Poland.

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Compulsory purchase order

A compulsory purchase order (CPO) is a legal function in the United Kingdom and Ireland that allows certain bodies to obtain land or property without the consent of the owner.

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Consolidated Mines

Consolidated Mines, also known as Great Consolidated mine, but most commonly called Consols or Great Consols was a metalliferous mine about a mile ESE of the village of St Day, Cornwall, England.

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Copper

Copper is a chemical element; it has symbol Cu and atomic number 29.

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Copper Country

The Copper Country is an area in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States, including Keweenaw County, Michigan, Houghton, Baraga and Ontonagon counties as well as part of Marquette County.

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Coracle

A coracle is a small, rounded, lightweight boat of the sort traditionally used in Wales, and also in parts of the western parts of Ireland, particularly the River Boyne, and in Scotland, particularly the River Spey.

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Cornish currency

Currency, in the form of coins, has been issued in Cornwall periodically since at least the 10th century AD, while banknotes were issued into the 19th century.

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Cornish diaspora

The Cornish diaspora (keskar kernewek) consists of Cornish people and their descendants who emigrated from Cornwall, United Kingdom. Mining in Cornwall and Devon and Cornish diaspora are history of Cornwall.

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Cornish engine

A Cornish engine is a type of steam engine developed in Cornwall, England, mainly for pumping water from a mine. Mining in Cornwall and Devon and Cornish engine are mining in Cornwall.

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Cornish Foreshore Case

The Cornish Foreshore Case was an arbitration case held between 1854 and 1858 to resolve a formal dispute between the British Crown and the Duchy of Cornwall over the rights to minerals and mines under the foreshore of Cornwall in the southwest of England, most of which was owned by the duchy. Mining in Cornwall and Devon and Cornish Foreshore Case are history of Cornwall.

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Cornish Institute of Engineers

The Cornish Institute of Engineers (CIE) was founded in 1913 by the then Principal of the Camborne School of Mines, J.J. Beringer. Mining in Cornwall and Devon and Cornish Institute of Engineers are history of Cornwall.

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Cornish language

Cornish (Standard Written Form: Kernewek or Kernowek) is a Southwestern Brittonic language of the Celtic language family.

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Cornish Lithium

Cornish Lithium is a mineral exploration and development company based in Cornwall, United Kingdom.

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Cornish rebellion of 1497

The Cornish rebellion of 1497 (Cornish: Rebellyans Kernow), also known as the First Cornish rebellion, was a popular uprising in the Kingdom of England, which began in Cornwall and culminated with the Battle of Deptford Bridge near London on 17 June 1497.

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Cornwall

Cornwall (Kernow;; or) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape

The Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape is a World Heritage Site which includes select mining landscapes in Cornwall and West Devon in the south west of England. Mining in Cornwall and Devon and Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape are history of Cornwall, history of mining in the United Kingdom, mining in Cornwall and mining in Devon.

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Costean

Costeaning is the process by which miners seek to discover metallic lodes.

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Cotehele

Cotehele (Kosheyl) is a medieval house with Tudor additions, situated in the parish of Calstock in the east of Cornwall, England, and now belonging to the National Trust.

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Crockern Tor

Crockern Tor is a tor in Dartmoor National Park, Devon, England.

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Crown jewels

Crown jewels are the objects of metalwork and jewellery in the regalia of a current or former monarchy.

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Dartmoor

Dartmoor is an upland area in southern Devon, South West England.

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Dartmoor tin mining

The tin mining industry on Dartmoor, Devon, England, is thought to have originated in pre-Roman times, and continued right through to the 20th century, when the last commercially worked mine (Golden Dagger Mine) closed in November 1930 (though it saw work during the Second World War). Mining in Cornwall and Devon and Dartmoor tin mining are history of mining in the United Kingdom and mining in Devon.

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Derbyshire

Derbyshire is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England.

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Devon

Devon (historically also known as Devonshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Devon Great Consols

Devon Great Consols was a copper mine near Tavistock in Devon.

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Devonport, Plymouth

Devonport, formerly named Plymouth Dock or just Dock, is a district of Plymouth in the English county of Devon, although it was, at one time, the more important settlement.

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Ding Dong mines

The Ding Dong mines lie in an old and extensive mining area in the parish of Madron, in Penwith, Cornwall, England.

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Diodorus Siculus

Diodorus Siculus or Diodorus of Sicily (Diódōros; 1st century BC) was an ancient Greek historian.

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Dolcoath mine

Dolcoath mine (Bal Dorkoth) was a copper and tin mine in Camborne, Cornwall, United Kingdom.

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Domesday Book

Domesday Book (the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of King William the Conqueror.

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Drakelands Mine

Drakelands Mine, also known as Hemerdon Mine, Hemerdon Ball Mine or Hemerdon Bal Mine is a tungsten and tin mine.

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Earl of Mount Edgcumbe

Earl of Mount Edgcumbe is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain.

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East Pool mine

East Pool mine (later known as East Pool and Agar mine), was a metalliferous mine in the Camborne and Redruth mining area, just east of the village of Pool in Cornwall.

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East Wheal Rose

East Wheal Rose was a metalliferous mine around south east of the village of St Newlyn East and is around from Newquay on the north Cornwall coast, United Kingdom.

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Eden Project

The Eden Project (Edenva) is a visitor attraction in Cornwall, England.

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Edgar Allen and Company

Edgar Allen and Company was a steel maker and engineer, which from the late 19th century was based at Imperial Steel Works, Tinsley, Sheffield, South Yorkshire.

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Edward I of England

Edward I (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England from 1272 to 1307.

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Elvan

Elvan is a name used in Cornwall and Devon for the native varieties of quartz-porphyry.

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Engineering geology

Engineering geology is the application of geology to engineering study for the purpose of assuring that the geological factors regarding the location, design, construction, operation and maintenance of engineering works are recognized and accounted for.

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European Route of Industrial Heritage

The European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH) is a tourist route of the most important industrial heritage sites in Europe.

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Exmoor

Exmoor is loosely defined as an area of hilly open moorland in west Somerset and north Devon in South West England.

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Geevor Tin Mine

Geevor Tin Mine (from Whel an Gever, meaning "mine of the goats"), formerly North Levant Mine is a tin mine in the far west of Cornwall, England, between the villages of Pendeen and Trewellard.

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Geology of Cornwall

The geology of Cornwall, England, is dominated by its granite backbone, part of the Cornubian batholith, formed during the Variscan orogeny. Mining in Cornwall and Devon and geology of Cornwall are mining in Cornwall.

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Gold rush

A gold rush or gold fever is a discovery of gold—sometimes accompanied by other precious metals and rare-earth minerals—that brings an onrush of miners seeking their fortune.

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Gossan

Gossan (eiserner hut or eisenhut) is intensely oxidized, weathered or decomposed rock, usually the upper and exposed part of an ore deposit or mineral vein.

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Granite

Granite is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase.

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Gulval

Gulval (Lannystli) is a village in the civil parish of Penzance, in Cornwall, England.

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Gunnies

A gunnies, gunnis, or gunniss is the space left in a mine after the extraction by stoping of a vertical or near vertical ore-bearing lode. Mining in Cornwall and Devon and gunnies are mining in Cornwall.

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Gwennap

Gwennap (label) is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Mining in Cornwall and Devon and Gwennap are mining in Cornwall.

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Haifa

Haifa (Ḥēyfā,; Ḥayfā) is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in.

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Hayle

Hayle (Heyl, "estuary") is a port town and civil parish in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Heartlands Cornwall

Heartlands Cornwall, often known simply as Heartlands, was a World Heritage Site Gateway and visitor attraction in Pool, Cornwall, England, UK.

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Hecataeus of Miletus

Hecataeus of Miletus (Ἑκαταῖος ὁ Μιλήσιος;Named after the Greek goddess Hecate--> c. 550 – c. 476 BC), son of Hegesander, was an early Greek historian and geographer.

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Helston

Helston (label) is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Mining in Cornwall and Devon and Helston are mining in Cornwall.

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Helston coinage hall

The Helston Coinage Hall was a Tudor coinage hall created for the purposes of tin coinage out of a 13th century chapel of ease. Mining in Cornwall and Devon and Helston coinage hall are history of Cornwall and mining in Cornwall.

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Henry II of England

Henry II, also known as Henry Fitzempress and Henry Curtmantle, was King of England from 1154 until his death in 1189.

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Henry VII of England

Henry VII (28 January 1457 – 21 April 1509) was King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizure of the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death in 1509.

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Herodotus

Herodotus (Ἡρόδοτος||; BC) was a Greek historian and geographer from the Greek city of Halicarnassus, part of the Persian Empire (now Bodrum, Turkey) and a later citizen of Thurii in modern Calabria, Italy.

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Hingston Down

Hingston Down is a hill not far from Gunnislake in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Hispania

Hispania (Hispanía; Hispānia) was the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula.

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Igneous rock

Igneous rock, or magmatic rock, is one of the three main rock types, the others being sedimentary and metamorphic.

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Illogan

Illogan (pronounced il'luggan, Egloshalow) is a village and civil parish in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, two miles (3 km) northwest of Redruth.

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International Tin Council

The International Tin Council (ITC) was an organisation which acted on behalf of major tin producers and consumers to control the international tin market. Mining in Cornwall and Devon and international Tin Council are tin mining.

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Intrusive rock

Intrusive rock is formed when magma penetrates existing rock, crystallizes, and solidifies underground to form intrusions, such as batholiths, dikes, sills, laccoliths, and volcanic necks.

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Iron Age

The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age.

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Isles of Scilly

The Isles of Scilly (label, Enesek Syllan, or Enesow Syllan) are a small archipelago off the southwestern tip of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Israel

Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant, West Asia.

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John Taylor (mining engineer)

John Taylor (22 August 1779, in Norwich – 5 April 1863, in London) was a British mining engineer. Mining in Cornwall and Devon and John Taylor (mining engineer) are mining in Cornwall.

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John, King of England

John (24 December 1166 – 19 October 1216) was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216.

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Joseph of Arimathea

Joseph of Arimathea (Ἰωσὴφ ὁ ἀπὸ Ἀριμαθαίας) is a Biblical figure who assumed responsibility for the burial of Jesus after his crucifixion.

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Kaolinite

Kaolinite (also called kaolin) is a clay mineral, with the chemical composition: Al2Si2O5(OH)4.

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Keeve

Keeve and keeving are terms used in.

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Killifreth Mine

Killifreth Mine was a mine near Chacewater in Cornwall, England, producing at various periods copper, tin and arsenic.

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King Edward Mine

The King Edward Mine at Camborne, Cornwall, in the United Kingdom is a mine wholly owned by Cornwall Council.

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Kit Hill

Kit Hill (Bre Skowl), at 334 metres high, dominates the area between Callington and the River Tamar in southeast Cornwall, England, UK.

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Knocker (folklore)

The Knocker, Knacker, or Tommyknocker (US) is a mythical, subterranean, gnome-like creature in Cornish and Devon folklore.

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Land's End

Land's End (Cornish Standard Written Form or Pedn an Wlas) is a headland and tourist and holiday complex in western Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, on the Penwith peninsula about west-south-west of Penzance at the western end of the A30 road.

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Lead

Lead is a chemical element; it has symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum) and atomic number 82.

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Levant Mine and Beam Engine

Levant Mine and Beam Engine is a National Trust property at Trewellard, Pendeen, near St Just, Cornwall, England, UK.

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Liskeard

Liskeard (Lyskerrys) is an ancient stannary and market town in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Lithium-ion battery

A lithium-ion or Li-ion battery is a type of rechargeable battery that uses the reversible intercalation of Li+ ions into electronically conducting solids to store energy.

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Lode

In geology, a lode is a deposit of metalliferous ore that fills or is embedded in a fracture (or crack) in a rock formation or a vein of ore that is deposited or embedded between layers of rock.

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Lostwithiel

Lostwithiel (Lostwydhyel) is a civil parish and small town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom at the head of the estuary of the River Fowey. Mining in Cornwall and Devon and Lostwithiel are history of Cornwall.

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Lostwithiel Stannary Palace

The Stannary Palace, also known as the Duchy Palace, was a complex of buildings operated by the Dukes of Cornwall as the centre of their administration. Mining in Cornwall and Devon and Lostwithiel Stannary Palace are history of Cornwall and mining in Cornwall.

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Lydford

Lydford, sometimes spelled Lidford, is a village, once an important town, in Devon, north of Tavistock on the western fringe of Dartmoor in the West Devon district.

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Man engine

A man engine is a mechanism of reciprocating ladders and stationary platforms installed in mines to assist the miners' journeys to and from the working levels. Mining in Cornwall and Devon and man engine are mining in Cornwall.

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Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, on the east by the Levant in West Asia, and on the west almost by the Morocco–Spain border.

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Meldon Quarry

Meldon Quarry is a granite quarry in Devon, England.

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Menheniot

Menheniot (pronounced Men-en-yut; Mahynyet) is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Merrivale, Devon

Merrivale (formerly also Merivale) is a locality in western Dartmoor, in the West Devon district of Devon, England.

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Metamorphic rocks arise from the transformation of existing rock to new types of rock in a process called metamorphism.

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Metamorphism is the transformation of existing rock (the protolith) to rock with a different mineral composition or texture.

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Mexico

Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.

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Michigan

Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest region of the United States.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.

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Mine railway

A mine railway (or mine railroad, U.S.), sometimes pit railway, is a railway constructed to carry materials and workers in and out of a mine.

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Mineral Tramway Trails

The Mineral Tramways Trails are a series of public leisure trails located in mid west Cornwall.

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Mineralization (geology)

In geology, mineralization is the deposition of economically important metals in the formation of ore bodies or "lodes" by various process.

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Moorland

Moorland or moor is a type of habitat found in upland areas in temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands and montane grasslands and shrublands biomes, characterised by low-growing vegetation on acidic soils.

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Morwellham Quay

Morwellham Quay is an historic river port in Devon, England that developed to support the local mines. Mining in Cornwall and Devon and Morwellham Quay are mining in Devon.

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Motif (visual arts)

In art and iconography, a motif is an element of an image.

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Mount Batten

Mount Batten is a 24-metre (80-ft) tall outcrop of rock on a 600-metre (2000-ft) peninsula in Plymouth Sound, Devon, England, named after Sir William Batten (c.1600-1667), MP and Surveyor of the Navy; it was previously known as How Stert.

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Mount Edgcumbe Country Park

Mount Edgcumbe Country Park is listed as Grade I on the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens and is one of four designated country parks in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Mount Wellington Tin Mine

Mount Wellington Tin mine, two miles east of the village of St Day in Cornwall, in the United Kingdom, opened in 1976 and was the first new mine in the region in many years.

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Mundic

Mundic was used from the 1690s to describe a copper ore that began to be smelted at Bristol and elsewhere in southwestern Britain. Mining in Cornwall and Devon and Mundic are mining in Cornwall.

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Natural History (Pliny)

The Natural History (Naturalis Historia) is a Latin work by Pliny the Elder.

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Nebra sky disc

The Nebra sky disc (Himmelsscheibe von Nebra) is a bronze disc of around diameter and a weight of, having a blue-green patina and inlaid with gold symbols.

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North Cornwall

North Cornwall (An Tiredh Uhel) is an area of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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North Molton

North Molton is a village, parish and former manor in North Devon, England.

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North Wales

North Wales (Gogledd Cymru) is a region of Wales, encompassing its northernmost areas.

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Office of Public Sector Information

The Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) is the body responsible for the operation of His Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) and of other public information services of the United Kingdom.

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Penair School

Penair School is a secondary academy school in Truro, Cornwall, England, for children aged 11 to 16.

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Penryn Campus

Penryn Campus (formerly Tremough Campus, Cornwall Campus and similar names) is a university campus in Penryn, Cornwall, England, UK.

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Penryn, Cornwall

Penryn (Pennrynn, meaning 'promontory') is a civil parish and town in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Penwith

Penwith (Pennwydh) is an area of Cornwall, England, located on the peninsula of the same name.

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Penzance

Penzance (Pennsans) is a town, civil parish and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Perranporth

Perranporth (label) is a seaside resort town on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Peru

Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon River.

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Pewter

Pewter is a malleable metal alloy consisting of tin (85–99%), antimony (approximately 5–10%), copper (2%), bismuth, and sometimes silver.

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Philip Payton

Philip John Payton is a British-Australian historian and Emeritus Professor of Cornish and Australian Studies at the University of Exeter and formerly Director of the Institute of Cornish Studies based at Tremough, just outside Penryn, Cornwall.

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Phoenicia

Phoenicia, or Phœnicia, was an ancient Semitic thalassocratic civilization originating in the coastal strip of the Levant region of the eastern Mediterranean, primarily located in modern Lebanon.

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Pipe rolls

The Pipe rolls, sometimes called the Great rollsBrown Governance pp.

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Plymouth

Plymouth is a port city and unitary authority in Devon, South West England.

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Plympton

Plympton is a suburb of the city of Plymouth in Devon, England.

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Poldark Mine

Poldark Mine is a tourist attraction near the town of Helston in Cornwall, England, UK.

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Porthoustock

Porthoustock (Porthewstek) is a hamlet near St Keverne in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, on the east coast of Lizard Peninsula.

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Porthtowan

Porthtowan (Cornish Standard Written Form, meaning landing place at the sand dunes) is a small village in Cornwall, England, UK, which is a popular summer tourist destination.

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Posidonius

Posidonius (Ποσειδώνιος, "of Poseidon") "of Apameia" (ὁ Ἀπαμεύς) or "of Rhodes" (ὁ Ῥόδιος), was a Greek politician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, historian, mathematician, and teacher native to Apamea, Syria.

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Prehistoric Britain

Several species of humans have intermittently occupied Great Britain for almost a million years.

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Privilege of Parliament Act 1512

The Privilege of Parliament Act 1512 or the Parliamentary Privilege Act 1512 (4 Hen. 8. c. 8), commonly known as Strode's Act, is an Act of the Parliament of England.

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Pytheas

Pytheas of Massalia (Ancient Greek: Πυθέας ὁ Μασσαλιώτης Pythéās ho Massaliōtēs; Latin: Pytheas Massiliensis; born 350 BC, 320–306 BC) was a Greek geographer, explorer and astronomer from the Greek colony of Massalia (modern-day Marseille, France).

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Redruth

Redruth (Resrudh) is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Regional development agency

In the United Kingdom, regional development agencies (RDAs) were nine non-departmental public bodies established for the purpose of development, primarily economic, of England's Government Office regions between 1998 and 2010.

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Rio Tinto (corporation)

Rio Tinto Group is a British-Australian multinational company that is the world's second largest metals and mining corporation (behind BHP).

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River Erme

The Erme is a river in south Devon, England.

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River Tamar

The Tamar (Dowr Tamar) is a river in south west England that forms most of the border between Devon (to the east) and Cornwall (to the west).

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Robert Hunt (scientist)

Robert Hunt (6 September 1807 – 17 October 1887) was a British mineralogist, as well as an antiquarian, an amateur poet, and an early pioneer of photography.

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Robert, Count of Mortain

Robert, Count of Mortain, first Earl of Cornwall of 2nd creation (–) was a Norman nobleman and the half-brother (on their mother's side) of King William the Conqueror.

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Royal Geological Society of Cornwall

The Royal Geological Society of Cornwall is a geological society originally based in Penzance, Cornwall in the United Kingdom.

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Sacred space

A sacred space, sacred ground, sacred place, sacred temple, holy ground, holy place or holy site is a location which is deemed to be sacred or hallowed.

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Saint Piran

Piran or Pyran (Peran; Piranus), died c. 480,. Oecumenical Patriarchate, Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain. Mining in Cornwall and Devon and Saint Piran are tin mining.

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Scorrier House

Scorrier House, located near the village of Scorrier, Cornwall, England, UK, is a country house and the seat of the Williams family.

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Scotland

Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Sedimentary rock

Sedimentary rocks are types of rock that are formed by the accumulation or deposition of mineral or organic particles at Earth's surface, followed by cementation.

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Silver

Silver is a chemical element; it has symbol Ag (derived from Proto-Indo-European ''*h₂erǵ'')) and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and reflectivity of any metal. The metal is found in the Earth's crust in the pure, free elemental form ("native silver"), as an alloy with gold and other metals, and in minerals such as argentite and chlorargyrite.

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South Crofty

South Crofty is a metalliferous tin and copper mine located in the village of Pool, Cornwall, England.

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South Terras mine

South Terras Mine is a disused uranium and radium mine near Grampound Road and St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall.

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South West England

South West England, or the South West of England, is one of the nine official regions of England in the United Kingdom.

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Southern Railway (UK)

The Southern Railway (SR), sometimes shortened to 'Southern', was a British railway company established in the 1923 Grouping.

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Sparkwell

Sparkwell is a small village and civil parish in the South Hams district of Devon.

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St Agnes Mining District

The St Agnes Mining District is that part of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape UNESCO World Heritage Site surrounding the village of St Agnes, Cornwall, UK.

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St Austell

Saint Austell (label) is a town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, south of Bodmin and west of the border with Devon.

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St Day

St Day (Sen Day) is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Mining in Cornwall and Devon and St Day are mining in Cornwall.

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St Endellion

St Endellion (Sen Endelyn) is a civil parish and hamlet in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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St Hilary, Cornwall

St Hilary is a civil parish and village in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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St Just in Penwith

St Just (Lan(n)ust), also known as St Just in Penwith, is a town and civil parish in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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St Michael's Mount

St Michael's Mount (Karrek Loos yn Koos, meaning "hoar rock in woodland") is a tidal island in Mount's Bay, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Stained glass

Stained glass is coloured glass as a material or works created from it.

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Stamp mill

A stamp mill (or stamp battery or stamping mill) is a type of mill machine that crushes material by pounding rather than grinding, either for further processing or for extraction of metallic ores.

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Stannary

A stannary was an administrative division established under stannary law in the English counties of Cornwall and Devon to manage the collection of tin coinage, which was the duty payable on the metal tin smelted from the ore cassiterite mined in the region.

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Stannary law

Stannary law (derived from the stannum for tin) is the body of English law that governs tin mining in Cornwall and Devon; although no longer of much practical relevance, the stannary law remains part of the law of the United Kingdom and is arguably the oldest law incorporated into the English legal system. Mining in Cornwall and Devon and stannary law are history of Cornwall, mining in Cornwall, mining in Devon and tin mining.

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Steam engine

A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid.

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Stone carving

Stone carving is an activity where pieces of rough natural stone are shaped by the controlled removal of stone.

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Stoping

Stoping is the process of extracting the desired ore or other mineral from an underground mine, leaving behind an open space known as a stope.

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Strabo

StraboStrabo (meaning "squinty", as in strabismus) was a term employed by the Romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed.

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Tavistock

Tavistock is an ancient stannary and market town in West Devon, England.

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Three hares

The three hares (or three rabbits) is a circular motif appearing in sacred sites from East Asia, the Middle East and the churches of Devon, England (as the "Tinners' Rabbits"), and historical synagogues in Europe. Mining in Cornwall and Devon and three hares are tin mining.

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Timaeus (historian)

Timaeus of Tauromenium (Τιμαῖος; born 356 or 350 BC; died) was an ancient Greek historian.

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Tin

Tin is a chemical element; it has symbol Sn and atomic number 50.

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Tin coinage

In Devon and Cornwall, tin coinage was a tax on refined tin, payable to the Duchy of Cornwall and administered in the Stannary Towns. Mining in Cornwall and Devon and tin coinage are mining in Cornwall, mining in Devon and tin mining.

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Tin mining

Tin mining began early in the Bronze Age, as bronze is a copper-tin alloy.

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Tin sources and trade during antiquity

Tin is an essential metal in the creation of tin-bronzes, and its acquisition was an important part of ancient cultures from the Bronze Age onward. Mining in Cornwall and Devon and tin sources and trade during antiquity are tin mining.

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Tinner's Arms

The Tinner's Arms is a Grade II-listed traditional Cornish pub in Zennor, Cornwall.

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Tracery

Tracery is an architectural device by which windows (or screens, panels, and vaults) are divided into sections of various proportions by stone bars or ribs of moulding.

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Trematon Castle

Trematon Castle (Kastel Tremen) is situated near Saltash in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Trevithick Society

The Trevithick Society is a registered charity named for Richard Trevithick, a Cornish engineer who contributed to the use of high pressure steam engines for transportation and mining applications.

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Truro

Truro (Cornish Standard Written Form) is a cathedral city and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Tungsten

Tungsten (also called wolfram) is a chemical element; it has symbol W and atomic number 74.

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Turkey

Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.

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Twelveheads

Twelveheads (Dewdhek Stamp) is a hamlet east of St Day in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Type locality (geology)

Type locality, also called type area, is the locality where a particular rock type, stratigraphic unit or mineral species is first identified.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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University of Exeter

The University of Exeter is a research university in the West Country of England, with its main campus in Exeter, Devon.

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Veneti (Gaul)

The Venetī (Gaulish: Uenetoi) were a Gallic tribe dwelling in Armorica, in the southern part of the Brittany Peninsula, during the Iron Age and the Roman period.

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Vug

A vug, vugh, or vugg is a small- to medium-sized cavity inside rock.

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Wadebridge

Wadebridge (Ponswad) is a town and civil parish in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Welcome Stranger

The Welcome Stranger is an alluvial gold nugget which is the biggest ever discovered, and was unearthed by Cornish miners John Deason and Richard Oates on 5February 1869, 9 miles north-west of Dunolly, Australia. Mining in Cornwall and Devon and Welcome Stranger are mining in Cornwall.

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Wendron

Wendron (Egloswendron (village), Pluw Wendron (parish); historically St. Wendron) is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Mining in Cornwall and Devon and Wendron are mining in Cornwall.

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West Country

The West Country (An Tir West) is a loosely defined area within southwest England, usually taken to include the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Bristol, with some considering it to extend to all or parts of Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Herefordshire.

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West Devon

West Devon is a local government district with borough status in Devon, England.

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Wheal Busy

Wheal Busy, sometimes called Great Wheal Busy and in its early years known as Chacewater Mine, was a metalliferous mine halfway between Redruth and Truro in the Gwennap mining area of Cornwall, England.

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Wheal Gorland

Wheal Gorland was a metalliferous mine located just to the north-east of the village of St Day, Cornwall, in England, United Kingdom.

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Wheal Jane

Wheal Jane is a disused tin mine near Baldhu and Chacewater in West Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Mining in Cornwall and Devon and Wheal Jane are history of Cornwall.

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Wheal Owles

Wheal Owles was a tin mine in the parish of St Just in Cornwall, UK and the site of a disaster in 1893 when twenty miners lost their lives.

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Wheal Peevor

Wheal Peevor was a metalliferous mine located on North Downs about 1.5 miles north-east of Redruth, Cornwall, England.

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Wheal Prosper

Wheal Prosper was a tin mine in Cornwall, England, a short distance from the hamlet of Rinsey and about west of Porthleven.

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Wheal Rose

Wheal Rose is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, in the Redruth and St Agnes parishes.

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Wheal Trewavas

Wheal Trewavas was a copper mine in Cornwall, England, about west of Porthleven.

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Wheal Vor

Wheal Vor was a metalliferous mine about north west of Helston and north of the village of Breage in the west of Cornwall, England, UK.

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Widecombe in the Moor

Widecombe in the Moor is a village and large civil parish in Dartmoor National Park in Devon, England.

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William Jory Henwood

William Jory Henwood FRS (16 January 18055 August 1875), was a Cornish mining geologist.

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Williams family of Caerhays, Burncoose and Scorrier

The Williams family of Caerhays, Burncoose and Scorrier were owners of mines and smelting works for several generations during the Cornish Industrial Revolution.

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Wood carving

Wood carving is a form of woodworking by means of a cutting tool (knife) in one hand or a chisel by two hands or with one hand on a chisel and one hand on a mallet, resulting in a wooden figure or figurine, or in the sculptural ornamentation of a wooden object.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining_in_Cornwall_and_Devon

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