Pool Basset Institute, near Redruth, Cornwall

This institute was opened in 1878 for the miners of the Basset group of tin working sites. The Basset family owned many of the mineral extraction sites in the area around Camborne and Redruth.

Location

Cornwall Pool

Period

Victorian (1837 - 1901)

Tags

mining institute education philanthropy tin Victorian (1837 - 1901)