Zennor Plague Stone…was positioned here at the boundary of Zennor Churchtown during outbreaks of disease. The depression in the centre was filled with vinegar. Money that changed hands between villagers & outsiders would be placed in the vinegar, and thus disinfected. The main cholera outbreaks in Cornwall struck during 1832 & 1849
Zennor Plague Stone
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