Birth of Cornwall
Gone Medieval
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Cornish Independence or Not?
Part of the way that Cornwall operates today stretch back 1,500 years. However much it's become a part of England and Great Britain,. It's still very much Cornwall. And I think if there's one through thread, it's the tin trade and tin mining. As late as the 18th, 19th centuries, cousin Jack's Cornish miners are going out all over the world. But they are taking this trade that they've practised for thousands of years and taking it worldwide. That's absolutely fascinating at all of medieval Cornwall which is so often overlooked.
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