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Did you know... that the name of the Tinner's Arms pub in Zennor, Cornwall, is derived from the tinners (tin miners) who were "important for the viability of the village" in medieval times?
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Where have you got "St. Katherine, the patron saint of tinners" from? Katherine is the patron saint of tanners, not tinners, and has nothing to do with mining. The patron saint of tinners is Saint Piran, and since he's also patron saint of Cornwall that is something in Zennor would have known, even in the 16th century. Mogism (talk) 16:21, 9 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The reference used was about Chagford, not Zennor, so I have removed it. It was linked to [1]. DuncanHill (talk) 17:01, 9 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
So we have a DYK statement, currently on the main page, that's not even true. I love Wikipedia. Mogism (talk) 17:03, 9 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Well, the tinners were important in Zennor - it's just the ref used was about somewhere else. Interestingly, the website of Chagford Church does mention Katherine as being regarded by some as the patron saint of tinners. Some foreign Devonish notion, no doubt! DuncanHill (talk) 17:07, 9 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, I know the tinners were important in Zennor - I noticed this in the first place because my Cape Cornwall Mine is sitting at T:TDYK - but it still needs a source. I'm not sure there was actually much tin mining at Zennor in the period we're talking about - in this period it was more around the Tamar and Exe valleys, the western mines were by-products of the later copper boom. Mogism (talk) 17:11, 9 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
There was some activity certainly in the Tudor period - probably mainly streaming. I'll have a dig through my books to see what I can turn up. DuncanHill (talk) 17:16, 9 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Allen Buckley, in his The Tudor Tin Industry mentions a couple of streaming works, and later there was Wheal Cleveland. Still searching! DuncanHill (talk) 17:20, 9 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I still have a big stack of books from when I was writing Bal maiden - I could probably knock off Mining in Zennor at some point if need be. At the moment my priorities are the significant individual mines that are still redlinks or sub-stubs, and something on the Falmouth Packets (it astonishes me that Wikipedia doesn't cover them yet). I think a lot of the western and northern streaming and mining operations became active much later than the 16th century, after the focus of trade shifted from the south coast ports to the Severn. Mogism (talk) 17:29, 9 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
