Mine Management Research Project

The Cornwall and West Devon Mining World Heritage Site is recognised for the outstanding survival of mining landscapes from the nominal period 1700-1914, when large-scale non-ferrous mining and related technological improvements made a key contribution to the development of a globalised industrial society. 

Part of the associative value of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining World Heritage Site relates to mining-related migration. It is estimated that between 1815 and 1915, up to 500,000 workers from Cornwall sought employment beyond the Duchy, with about half of these understood to have migrated within the UK. This legacy is illustrated through the rich industrial archaeological building remains across the UK and by the tens of thousands of people of Cornish and west Devon descent in many former industrial districts throughout Britain. 

The Mine Management Research Project records some of these migrants, specifically the skilled mine Captains, or managers, from Cornwall and west Devon which made their mark across Britain during the nineteenth century.

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Mine Management Research Project 2021 (pages 01 - 82)

Mine Management Research Project 2021 - Database Records List