Miners Cottages Luckett Cornwall
by Richard Brookes
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Miners Cottages Luckett Cornwall
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Richard Brookes
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Photograph
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Two original miners' cottages at Luckett, Stoke Climsland, Cornwall, SW England, UK. The historically significant Grade II listed cottages are in their original nineteenth century state and are being preserved by the East Cornwall Mining History Association, a charity which needs donations to fund its work. The buildings were associated with the nearby mines at Luckett which closed in 1879. Both cottages have been unoccupied since families left to go abroad following the collapse of the local mining industry. Apparently up to 14 people occupied these buildings between long shifts. Children were often put to work at the mines. Estimates suggest that up to 40% of Cornwall's working age population emigrated in the C19th and early C20th to escape harsh living and working conditions. The local mines extracted and processed arsenic, copper, tin and gold ore. The site is within the UNESCO World Heritage Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape (no. 1215)
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February 20th, 2020
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