Smitham, the Glossary
Smitham is the small lumps of ore which free miners scavenged because they were exempt from payment of lot and cope duties.[1]
Table of Contents
7 relations: Court of equity, Miner, Ore, Rhyme, Tax, Waste picker, William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire.
- History of mining in the United Kingdom
Court of equity
A court of equity, also known as an equity court or chancery court, is a court authorized to apply principles of equity rather than principles of law to cases brought before it.
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Miner
A miner is a person who extracts ore, coal, chalk, clay, or other minerals from the earth through mining.
Ore
Ore is natural rock or sediment that contains one or more valuable minerals concentrated above background levels, typically containing metals, that can be mined, treated and sold at a profit.
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Rhyme
A rhyme is a repetition of similar sounds (usually the exact same phonemes) in the final stressed syllables and any following syllables of two or more words.
Tax
A tax is a mandatory financial charge or some other type of levy imposed on a taxpayer (an individual or legal entity) by a governmental organization to collectively fund government spending, public expenditures, or as a way to regulate and reduce negative externalities.
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Waste picker
A waste picker is a person who salvages reusable or recyclable materials thrown away by others to sell or for personal consumption.
William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, (8 May 1720 – 2 October 1764), styled Lord Cavendish before 1729, and Marquess of Hartington between 1729 and 1755, was a British Whig statesman and nobleman who was briefly nominal Prime Minister of Great Britain.
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See also
History of mining in the United Kingdom
- 1926 United Kingdom general strike
- A. K. Hamilton Jenkin
- Arkengarthdale
- Beans and Bacon mine
- Black Friday (1921)
- Camborne School of Mines
- Charterhouse (Roman town)
- Corf (mining)
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
- Dartmoor tin mining
- Derbyshire lead mining history
- Durham Miners Heritage Centre
- Durham Miners' Association
- Durham Miners' Hall
- Ecton Mines
- Great County Adit
- Grime's Graves
- Grinton Smelt Mill
- Industrial archaeology of Dartmoor
- Langdale axe industry
- Leadhills
- Mines and Collieries Act 1842
- Mining Exchange
- Mining archaeology in the British Isles
- Mining in Cornwall and Devon
- Mining in Roman Britain
- Northumberland Miners' Association
- Paddy mail
- Red Friday
- Rushall, West Midlands
- Smitham
- Triple Alliance (1914)
- UK miners' strike (1984–1985)
- United Kingdom mines and quarries regulation in 1910
- Weardale