The Zimapanners - World Heritage Site

The Zimapanners

Home Background Project Summary Location Grade II description The Tregullow Office Williams Family Residences Scorrier House Tregullow House Mineral Tramway Mexico Zimapan Decline of Cornish mining World Heritage Site History Legal History General 19C Marriage settlements Measurements in early conveyances C19 Deeds 1829 Deed of Partition Two 1889 Indentures 1. Williams Bt--Holmes 2. Holmes--Conybeare 1891 Indenture Conybeare---Luard et al. 1896 Deed of Trust Conybeare---Seligman et al. [Trust] C20 Deeds 1902 Indenture Conybeare---Williams Original 1902 document 1919 Indenture 1921 Indenture Penrose---Parsons Thomas 1930 Conveyance Parsons Thomas---Marshall-Thomas 1932 Conveyance Marshall-Thomas---Fairhurst 1944 Conveyance Fairhurst---Aberdeen 1948 Conveyance Williams Trusts---Barclays 1953 Conveyance Barclays---De L'Arbre (Aberdeen) 1978 Conveyance De L'Arbre---See 1986 Conveyance Tregoning---See 1997 Mining Activity Search C21 Deeds 2008 Conveyance See---Leighs 2009 Conveyance See---Leigh (extra land) 2009 Zimapan's lay-by Interview 2010 Flood Risk Assessment Transcriptions Probate & Wills Table of Wills Social History Greenwich Hospital School The Mocambo Beach Disaster The Rise and Fall of a Victorian Solicitor Seligman banking history Zimapanners Biographies A-E Aberdeen, Maxwell Ernest Clark, Daisy May Clark, Louise Conybeare, Charles A. V. Publications Conybeare, Henry G. M. De L'Arbre de Malander, Joseph Dixon, Jessie Staniland K-O Leigh, Tony Arthur & Karen Vicki Luard, Bixby Garnham Merrall, Pamela Navarro, Julio Punel Osborne, Amelia P-T Pattisson, Jacob Howell Pattisson children Pattisson, Jacob Luard Pattisson, James Jollie Pattisson, William H. Luard See, Tsin Far Brian Seligman, Isaac Banker from Baiersdorf (full version) Sincock, Francis Peter Strauss, Florence Annie Thomas, Charles Marshall Walter Parsons Thomas U-Z Watling, Lena Williams, Charles Rule Williams, William Robert [3rd Bt] Life at Zimapan 1928 The Thomases Life at Zimapan 1955-1956 The Sincocks Life at Zimapan 1950s-1960s The Strakers The Fulfords Life at Zimapan 1978-1989 Occupancy Occupants Renovations (1979-82) Summary (renovations) Renovation work Life at Zimapan 1987-89 The Prentices Zimapan 1994-1999 Travellers at Zimapan 2009 Zimapan revisited 2009 March 2009 October 2009 House For Sale 2010 Family Trees Trees Legend Maps & Photos List of Maps Image Gallery Conybeare Seligman Pattisson Williams Dixon-Swithenbank Thomas De L'Arbre de Malander Prentice Zimapan 2009 Thorringtons 2012 Zimapan Mar 2012 Zimapan Jun 2012 Zimapan Aug 2012 Zimapan Sep 2012 Zimapan Nov 2012 Thorringtons 2013 Zimapan Nov 2013 Thorringtons 2014 Odds & Sods Biblio References Acknowledgements Blog | Misc Blog Newsletters Feedback Links Disclaimer Policy Copyright

World Heritage Site

Cornwall and Devon Mining Landscape

In 2006, the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape were designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Much of this landscape was transformed in the 18th and early 19th centuries as a result of the rapid growth of pioneering copper and tin mining.

Two-thirds of world's copper
Its deep underground mines, engine houses, foundries, new towns, smallholdings, ports and harbours, and their ancillary industries together reflect prolific innovation which, in the early 19th century, enabled the region to produce two-thirds of the world's copper supply.

Industrial Revolution
The substantial remains are a testimony to the contribution Cornwall and West Devon made to the Industrial Revolution in the rest of Britain and to the fundamental influence the area had on the mining world at large. Cornish technology embodied in engines, engine houses and mining equipment was exported around the world. Cornwall and West Devon were the heartland from which mining technology rapidly spread.

Footnote
The above text has been adapted from Brief Description/Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape on the World Heritage Centre UNESCO website.

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