stannary
Americannoun
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stannaries
plural
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a tin-mining region or district.
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a place where tin is mined or smelted.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of stannary
1425–75; late Middle English < Medieval Latin stannāria tin mine, equivalent to Late Latin stann ( um ) stannum + -āria -ary
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It was an active centre of mining, and became a stannary or coinage town.
From The Cornwall Coast by Arthur L. (Arthur Leslie) Salmon
Ashburton is one of the old stannary towns, and besides mining, it was known for its trade in woollen goods, especially serges.
From Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts by Rosalind Northcote
Henceforward the Devonshire miners were separated from the Cornish, and held stannary parliaments on the top of Crockern Tor.
From Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts by Rosalind Northcote
Through a dip in the woods presently peeped the ancient stannary town of Chagford, from the summit of its own little eminence on the eastern confines of Dartmoor.
From Children of the Mist by Eden Phillpotts
In Browne's day it was used as the stannary prison, and was denounced in an Act of Parliament as 'one of the most heinous, contagious, and detestable places in the realm.'
From Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts by Rosalind Northcote
He was made by Henry VIII. lord warden of the stannaries, and lord admiral of England and Ireland, knight of the garter, and lord privy seal.
From Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. by Thomas Cantrell Dugdale
In very early days the abbots were 'lessees of the Devonshire stannaries ... and controllers of the issues of royal mines in Devon and part of Cornwall,' says Dr. Oliver.
From Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts by Rosalind Northcote
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