Mining and Miners of Newton St Cyres (IA Section)

To be held by Zoom video conferencing.

A talk by Brian Please (introduced by Richard Pocock).

It can be claimed that, together, Upton Pyne and Newton St Cyres had the first commercially successful manganese mines in the world! The talk explores those early mining ventures, how and why it was done, and who did it.

Brian Please is a local historian who lives in Newton St Cyres, and is descended from families from this part of Devon.  He is member of the Newton St Cyres History Group, and discovered the remains of manganese mining in a field next to his home.

Important notes

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