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A fact from Jamaica Inn appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 29 December 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Jamaica Inn (sign pictured) of Bodmin Moor is the setting for Daphne du Maurier's 1936 novel of the same name?

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Location of River Fowey relative to the Inn

The Location section says "a branch of the Fowey estuary is 1⁄2 mile (800 metres) west.[9]". Looking at a map, this is wrong - the river is clearly to the east. However I checked the given source, and it does indeed say that the River Fowey is to the west:

https://archive.org/details/ahandbookfortra14murrgoog/page/n12/mode/2up?q=%22jamaica+inn%22

"A trench cut through this morass bas now partially drained the lake, and gives the water a free passage to more inclined ground, where it soon joins a branch of the Fowey rising near the high road, 1/2 m. W. of the Jamaica Inn." (p n212, or p150 in the book as shown).

I was going to just correct the location but since it's backed up by a source (which happens to be wrong) I'm not sure quite what should be done there. I didn't want to replace the attributed statement with an unattributed one, but the same source doesn't work since it says the opposite!

As a side point, I'm also not sure why it says "estuary" since this is well in land and far above sea level. Should it just say river?

-- Rich_W72 (I do have an account somewhere but not logged in...)

Is haunting section relevant?

Every tourist trap automatically claims a ghost infestation as a free promotional stunt for their business; as such, it's meaningless unless the ghost has been on the premises prior to, say, the release of the film "Ghostbusters" and reality tv shows that shoot a lot of green-tinged video through night-vision lenses and purport to be "ghost hunters".

Jamaica Inn's notoriety is due to its piratical associations and its inclusion in the Hitchcock film. I think the haunting business is ephemeral and could be said about any landmark these days. Thoughts? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.140.43.221 (talk) 16:21, 18 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

THe story of the owners James and John Broad which hung a criminal in this building is real and proven, as well as that they legally got hung on the gallows themselves for this. It is their "ghosts" which are used for the haunting stories today. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.157.44.251 (talk) 06:50, 12 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Smugglers

Is there any evidence that the Inn has any real association with smugglers, rather than just in the novel and the imaginations of those with commercial interests to promote? It is over 10 miles from the sea in hostile countryside, so not likely to be a convenient base for coastal operations. The article conflates smugglers, wreckers and pirates. It explains what wreckers are but does not give any association between them and the Inn; as I understand it there is no evidence that organised wrecking ever happened, let alone for any connection with Jamaica Inn. Cyclopaedic (talk) 23:27, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I doubt there would be anything more concrete than folklore, otherwise any facts would by now probably be very easily sourced for a place this famous. Early guide-books that mention the Inn make no reference to the subject prior to the appearance of the novel, but this website about smuggling is informative about the general nature of what was going on, so the association isn't entirely without any basis. [1] I think the only wrecking association however comes directly from the novel.Mighty Antar (talk) 00:57, 18 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Hamlet?

The formal (OED) definition of a hamlet is an gathering of housing without a church. The church was built in the mid 19th century raising it from a hamlet to a village. So should we refer it to a hamlet overall, or even in the introduction which relates to the period before the building of the church. Ender's Shadow Snr (talk) 21:15, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Location of River Fowey relative to the Inn

Is haunting section relevant?

Smugglers

External links modified

Hamlet?

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