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Cornwall has been very aptly described as the "haven of smugglers" in view of its topographic features of "rocky coves, sheltered bays, tumultuous waves and wild and untenanted landscapes". The inn became a smugglers' stopping point while they used approximately 100 secret routes to move around their
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during early 19th century. The wreckers ensnared ships to this coast line by tricking them with use of lights which they purposefully installed on the shores of the coast. Once the ships foundered on the rocky coast they were looted by the wreckers. While such endeavours have been depicted in many
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assembled in an L-shaped fashion. It is often commonly thought that the inn takes its name from the smugglers who smuggled rum into the country from
Jamaica and stored it at the inn. However, the name of the inn is actually said to derive from the important local Trelawney family of landowners, of
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collection of smuggling artefacts that is depicted through the history of the
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671:"Jamaica Inn (1142775)"
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646:References
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398:guide book
334:astronomer
128:50°33′44″N
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1066:231975685
828:. last.fm
812:0024-3019
516:Boscastle
421:fox hunts
394:Bolventor
366:tack room
269:Rough Tor
243:Tori Amos
211:Bolventor
203:smuggling
159:1760/1776
131:4°34′01″W
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378:wreckers
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110:Cornwall
102:Location
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487:Bramber
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