The Duchy also owns land around Midsomer Norton in the Somerset coalfield, which was what prompted my original question. I suspect that this many also be relevant to Duchy land in Devon and Wales.
Keith Ramsey
> On 24 Jun 2014, at 09:33, Curator <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Keith,
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> There are no coal or gas reserves that I am aware of beneath Cornwall. Mineral rights for the Duchy, where not otherwise owned, exist between the low and high water marks around the coast; below the low water mark the rights belong to the Crown. Mineral rights in Cornwall are complicated in other ways, not least that an area may have several owners, all of whom emigrated over a century ago.
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> Pete Joseph
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> British coal and gas reserves were nationalised many years ago, but does anyone know the position about such reserves under Duchy of Cornwall land? Do they belong to the Duchy, or to the Crown, as in the rest of the Country?
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> Keith Ramsey
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