The legend says that Joseph of Armethea was uncle of Jesus of Nazareth and he was also a business man and trader in metals. The latter would have brought him to Cornwall where B.C. tin mines existed and still exist. You will see the tin mine towers in Cornwall. The legend says this is why Joseph evangelized in Cornwall where he had visited on business trips earlier. (Tin is mentioned in the Bible and there are no tin mines in the Near East.)
One Anglican Hymn that all Brits used to know as a favorite "Jerusalem" indicates there is the possibility that Joseph took his nephew Jesus on one of those journeys. William Blake's poem, based on the same legend, and famously set to music by Sir Hubert Parry as 'Jerusalem':
And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England's mountains green?
And was the holy Lamb of God
On England's pleasant pastures seen?
And did the countenance divine
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here
Among those dark satanic mills?
Here is a video of these words being sung at The Proms at Royal Albert Hall in 2008.
There are many other oral traditions that affirm that Joseph had Jesus with him. For instance one: as a confirmation of an oath.
"In the 19th century, the people of Priddy, a tin mining village just north of Glastonbury, had a saying, "As sure as our Lord was in Priddy."
This should enhance a visit to Glastonbury and Cornwall.
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