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    world. At its height the Cornish tin mining industry had around 600 steam engines working to pump out the mines (many mines reached under the sea and...
    78 KB (7,829 words) - 23:24, 1 June 2024
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    A Cornish engine is a type of steam engine developed in Cornwall, England, mainly for pumping water from a mine. It is a form of beam engine that uses...
    17 KB (2,144 words) - 13:41, 8 May 2024
  • The Cornish people or Cornish (Cornish: Kernowyon, Old English: Cornƿīelisċ) are an ethnic group native to, or associated with Cornwall and a recognised...
    117 KB (12,061 words) - 08:25, 9 June 2024
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    The Cornish diaspora (Cornish: keskar kernewek) consists of Cornish people and their descendants who emigrated from Cornwall, United Kingdom. The diaspora...
    29 KB (3,320 words) - 05:36, 19 April 2024
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    Pasty (redirect from Cornish pastie)
    from Cornish dialect "hoggan", deriving from "hogen" the Cornish word for pasty. When the pasties were ready for eating, the bal maidens at the mines would...
    56 KB (5,455 words) - 21:30, 4 June 2024
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    'Old Ground', and it was also affectionately known as The Queen of Cornish Mines. The site is north-west of Carn Brea. Dolcoath Road runs between the...
    18 KB (1,617 words) - 03:25, 2 May 2024
  • The Cornish dialect (also known as Cornish English, Anglo-Cornish or Cornu-English; Cornish: Sowsnek Kernowek) is a dialect of English spoken in Cornwall...
    39 KB (4,395 words) - 15:46, 3 May 2024
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    Camborne (category Articles containing Cornish-language text)
    Camborne School of Mines. Craig Weatherhill explains Camborne thus: "Cambron c. 1100–1816) Cambron, ?'crook-hill')" Kammbronn is Cornish for 'crooked hill'...
    39 KB (3,831 words) - 19:04, 6 June 2024
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    "East Pool and Agar Mine". Cornwall Council. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 3 August 2009. "Cornish Mines & Engines". National...
    15 KB (1,756 words) - 02:39, 14 April 2024
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    The Botallack Mine (Cornish: Bostalek)[citation needed] is a former mine in Botallack in the west of Cornwall, UK. Since 2006 it has been part of the UNESCO...
    16 KB (1,262 words) - 03:22, 22 January 2024
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    Bal maiden (category Articles containing Cornish-language text)
    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...
    61 KB (8,782 words) - 17:51, 16 April 2024
  • often incorrectly attributed to meaning a mine, but actually means a place of work; the names of most Cornish mines are prefixed with Wheal, such as Wheal...
    62 KB (6,836 words) - 21:38, 4 March 2024
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    Cornish cuisine encompasses the cooking styles, traditions and recipes associated with Cornwall and the Cornish people. It has been heavily influenced...
    23 KB (2,674 words) - 20:03, 25 May 2024
  • Cornish (Standard Written Form: Kernewek or Kernowek; [kəɾˈnuːək]) is a Southwestern Brittonic language of the Celtic language family. Along with Welsh...
    129 KB (13,374 words) - 20:42, 8 June 2024
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    uncommon in many silver mines in the United States, but rarely as distinct crystals; and it has been found in some Cornish mines. Although the red silver...
    5 KB (495 words) - 13:59, 8 April 2024
  • National Trust Insurance Chartwell Lyme Park Jail The Workhouse Southwell Cornish Mines and Engines Chance Quarry Bank Mill Woolacombe National Trust Books...
    302 KB (2,982 words) - 13:24, 31 May 2024
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    Cornwall (category Articles containing Cornish-language text)
    -wəl/; Cornish: Kernow; Cornish pronunciation: [ˈkɛrnɔʊ]; or [ˈkɛrnɔ]) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised by Cornish and Celtic...
    141 KB (13,496 words) - 20:03, 8 June 2024
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    Victorian author R. M. Ballantyne's novel Deep Down; a Tale of the Cornish Mines includes a chapter entitled "Describes 'holing to a house of water'...
    13 KB (1,649 words) - 20:22, 4 January 2024
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    William Jory Henwood (category Brazilian people of Cornish descent)
    in the working of mines and in the metalliferous deposits. He was funded by the Fox family and local gentry to survey Cornish mines. He developed a theory...
    4 KB (487 words) - 18:19, 9 January 2024
  • Estate Tatton Park Antony House Boscastle Botallack Mine Cadsonbury Carnewas & Bedruthan Steps Cornish Mines & Engines Cotehele Glendurgan Garden Godolphin...
    15 KB (1,299 words) - 16:32, 26 February 2024
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