Truro

Truro grew at the meeting of rivers that flow into the Fal estuary in Cornwall. Its sheltered port and market served a region rich in minerals, and it became one of the Cornish stannary towns where mined tin was assessed and taxed. A charter of Elizabeth I in 1589 established an elected mayor and gave the borough control over the port of Falmouth, strengthening its role in the trade of the estuary.