Banknotes

Ailsborough Blowing House, Sheepstorr, West Devon, for James Henry Deacon, unissued £1, 182-, no signature or serial number, light mounting traces, otherwise a superb original extremely fine and an exceptionally rare and interesting note
Outing not listed £360-£440

Ailsborough (now called Eylebarrow) Mine, was a tine mine on Dartmoor. This blowing house, sometimes also called a blowing mill, was a building used for the smelting and processing of tin. As such, they are unique to Devon and Cornwall. They are named as such because the first stage of tin smelting required a vast set of bellows, along with a furnace and waterwheel.