Devon tin trade

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The Devon tin trade was the historic industry centered on mining, smelting, and exporting tin from Devon’s stannary districts, which played a crucial role in the region’s medieval and early modern economy.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Devon tin mining industry 1
Devon tin trade canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic mining industry ⓘ
regional economy sector ⓘ
tin industry ⓘ
administrativeDivision Devon stannaries ⓘ
linked to: Devon
basedOnNaturalResource tin ore ⓘ
commodityUse alloy manufacture ⓘ
bronze production ⓘ
pewter production ⓘ
contributedTo development of Ashburton ⓘ
development of Chagford ⓘ
development of Plympton ⓘ
development of Tavistock ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
declineFactor competition from overseas tin sources ⓘ
exhaustion of richer surface deposits ⓘ
economicImportance major component of Devon regional economy ⓘ
exportDestination English ports ⓘ
continental Europe ⓘ
flourishedInCentury 13th century ⓘ
14th century ⓘ
15th century ⓘ
16th century ⓘ
geologicalArea Dartmoor ⓘ
south-western granite massifs of England ⓘ
hadCenter Ashburton stannary ⓘ
linked to: Ashburton, Devon

Chagford stannary ⓘ
linked to: Chagford

Plympton stannary ⓘ
linked to: Plympton

Tavistock stannary ⓘ
hadInstitution stannary parliaments ⓘ
historicalPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ
involvesActivity tin exporting ⓘ
tin mining ⓘ
tin smelting ⓘ
laborType free miners ⓘ
small-scale mine owners ⓘ
legalFramework stannary law ⓘ
locatedIn Devon ⓘ
England ⓘ
South West England ⓘ
linked to: southwest England
mainProduct tin ⓘ
partOf British tin trade ⓘ
regulatedBy Devon stannary courts ⓘ
linked to: stannary courts

English Crown ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of England
relatedTo Cornish tin trade ⓘ
supportedSettlementType mining towns ⓘ
stannary towns ⓘ
taxedBy English Crown ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of England
taxType tin coinage ⓘ
usedOreType cassiterite ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

stannary law → relatedTo → Devon tin trade ⓘ
stannary districts of Devon → partOf → Devon tin mining industry ⓘ
linked to: Devon tin trade