Scoveston in Pembrokeshire?
I have no idea if there is any link - but one rather tenuous element
suggest to me that there might be -This is just a couple of miles from
Neyland, where the silver mined inland was shipped.....
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Keith
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-----Original Message-----
From: mining-history [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Phil Newman
Sent: 24 February 2012 09:17 AM
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Subject: Re: Cornish mining terms.
Roger,
According to William Pryce 1778 Mineralogia Cornubiensis.
Scove: 'Tin-stuff so rich and pure as it rises out of the mine, that it
has
scarce any need of being cleaned by water'
Phil
-----Original Message-----
From: mining-history [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Roger Hutchins
Sent: 24 February 2012 07:56
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Subject: Cornish mining terms.
Dear List, I seem to remember seeing the words "Scove" and "Scoven or
Scovern" in a Cornish dictionary. Scove being "tin ore" and scoven being
"Land rich in tin ore".Can anyone confirm this, and does anyone know of
any
references or place names that may have derived from this.Roger.
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