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In the Iron Age, Roman and the Sub-Roman periods, the county was the home of the Dumnonii Celtic Britons. The Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain resulted in the partial assimilation of Dumnonia into the kingdom of Wessex in the eighth and ninth centuries, and the western boundary with Cornwall was set at the Tamar by king Æthelstan in 936. (Full article...)
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While women worked in coal mines elsewhere in Britain, either on the surface or underground, bal maidens worked only on the surface. It is likely that Cornish women had worked in metal mining since antiquity, but the first records of female mine workers date from the 13th century. After the
As the Industrial Revolution began in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the Welsh metal mines declined and mining in Cornwall and Devon became viable once more. Women and girls were recruited in large numbers for work in ore processing. Women and children accounted for up to half the workers in the area's copper mines. Although machinery was capable of performing much of the work done by bal maidens, the industry grew so quickly that the number of women and girls working grew steadily even though their numbers fell as a proportion of the workforce to 15–20% by 1850. At the peak of the Cornish mining boom, in around 1860, at least 6,000 bal maidens were working at the region's mines; the actual number is likely to have been much higher. While it was not unusual for girls to become bal maidens at the age of six and to work into old age, they generally began at around age 10 or 11 and left work once they married.
From the 1860s, Cornish mines faced competition from cheap metal imports, and legislation introduced in the 1870s limited the use ofGeneral images
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Plymouth Sound from Mount Edgcumbe Country Park in Cornwall, with Drake's Island (centre) and, behind it from left to right, the Royal Citadel, the fuel tanks of Cattedown, and Mount Batten; in the background, the hills of Dartmoor. (from Plymouth)Northeastward view of
- Inter-city trains at Plymouth station, operated by Great Western Railway (from
- Bridge carrying the
- MV Pont-Aven: Brittany Ferries service to Roscoff, France and Santander, Spain in Millbay Docks (from
- The flag of the historic county of Devon (from
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Botany Bay, 1792 (from Plymouth)Black-eyed Sue and Sweet Poll of Plymouth mourning their lovers, who are soon to be transported to
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Smeaton's Tower (from Plymouth)
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The House That Moved", West Street, Exeter (from Exeter)"
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St David's Church, Exeter (from Exeter)
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River Exe flowing under three arches of the Old Exe Bridge, with houses on the bridge and on the river bank, St Edmund's Church can be seen in the top left. (from Exeter)Oil on canvas painting by an unknown artist c.1870. These houses were later demolished to make way for St Edmund's Church. The painting depicts the edge of the
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A. R. Quinton (from Plymouth)Plymouth the Promenade Pier (postcard c1925) by
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Unloading mail by hand from the Sir Francis Drake atMillbay Docks, March 1926 (from Plymouth)
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Exeter Guildhall, which dates from 1470 (from Exeter)
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Plymouth City Patriots. (from Plymouth)Plymouth Pavilions, home to the
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TheNew Palace Theatre in 2008 (from Plymouth)
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Mac Fisheries had joined the smaller shopkeepers' stalls in the market, which, before the war, along with neighbouring Goldsmith Street, was earmarked for demolition; a new Civic Centre was to be built on the site. (from Exeter)The Higher Market, Exeter, in 1943; at this time the larger firms such as
- Grade I listed Town Hall, Column and Library in Devonport (from
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Beckley Point (from Plymouth)
- The coat of arms of Devon County Council (from
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Francis Frith (from Plymouth)Plymouth Drake's Island (1860s-1880s) by
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Francis Drake (from Plymouth)Sir
- Frontispiece to Shapter's "History of the Cholera in Exeter in 1832" (from
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Devonport (from Plymouth)
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Exeter Law Courts (from Exeter)The
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Drake Circus Shopping Centre in 2006 (from Plymouth)Interior of the
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Remains of themedieval Exe Bridge, built around 1200 (from Exeter)
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Rougemont Castle (from Exeter)The gatehouse of
- Population pyramid of Exeter (district) in 2021 (from
- An illustration of Exeter in 1563, entitled Civitas Exoniae (vulgo Excester) urbs primaria in comitatu Devoniae (from
- Princesshay Shopping Centre with Exeter Cathedral in the background (from
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Olive Wharry circa 1942 of St. Sidwell's Church, Exeter, after the Blitz. In the early hours of 4th May 1942 a 250kg bomb fell directly on St Sidwells. The church tower was left standing but was so badly damaged that it was pulled down shortly after. A replacement church was built on the site. From the Royal Albert Memorial Museum's collection (63/2004/4). (from Exeter)Watercolour by
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- Geological map of Wales & Southwest England (from
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- St Michael's Church and Episcopal Building (from
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HMNB Devonport – the largest operational naval base in Western Europe. (from Plymouth)
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Westward Ho!, North Devon, looking north towards the shared estuary of the rivers Taw and Torridge (from Devon)The beach at
- County Hall, Exeter. Headquarters for Devon County Council. (from
- The Cathedral Green after a rare snowfall (from
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Prysten House, Finewell Street, 1498, is the oldest surviving house in Plymouth, and built from local Plymouth Limestone and Dartmoor granite (from Plymouth)
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Michael Fairfax and installed in 2005 (from Exeter)The Exeter Riddle Sculpture in Exeter High Street, created by artist
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Agatha Christie, best selling crime novelist (from Devon)
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Francis Frith (from Plymouth)Plymouth (1860s-1880s) by
- the 'Invincible' Spanish Armada, 1588 (from
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Mayflower Steps Memorial (from Plymouth)The
- Charter map of Sutton harbour and Plymouth in 1540 (from
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Roger Deakins, cinematographer (from Devon)
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Welfare State; a listed building since 2007 (from Plymouth)
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A.R. Quinton (from Plymouth)Plymouth the Hoe (postcard c1920) by
- Piazza Terracina, Exeter, named after
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- Elliot Terrace, Plymouth Hoe (from
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Heathland at Woodbury Common in south east Devon (from Devon)
- Laver Building, University of Exeter (from
- A portion of Exeter's city wall, formed of both Roman and medieval stones (from
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John Rocque's 1744 map of Exeter (from Exeter)
- National Armada memorial (
- Population pyramid of Plymouth (unitary authority) in 2021 (from
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- ... that Plymouth's lighthouse, Smeaton's Tower (pictured), was dismantled and then rebuilt on Plymouth Hoe as a memorial?
- ... that Devon is the third largest of the English counties and has a population of 1,109,900?
- ... that the name Devon derives from the name of the Celticpeople who inhabited the southwestern peninsula of Britain at the time of the Roman invasion?
- ... that Devon was one of the first areas of England settled following the end of the last ice age?
- ... that the St Nicholas Priory in Exeteris being restored with the same methods that were used 500 years ago?
- ... that Devon is the only county in England to have two separate coastlines?
- ... that there was no established coat of arms for Devon until 1926?
- ... that the English Riviera Geopark in Torbay is the world's only urban Geopark?
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