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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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Stannaries
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(from stannum, Latin for tin) Area of Devon and Cornwall in which tin was mined. From the Middle Ages until 1896 justice was dispensed there in local independent stannary courts.
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