Coordinates: 50°14′21″N 5°11′02″W / 50.23907°N 5.18399°W
| St Day | |
| Cornish: Sen Day | |
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.png)  St Day shown within Cornwall |
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| OS grid reference | |
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| Parish | St Day |
| Unitary authority | Cornwall |
| Ceremonial county | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | REDRUTH |
| Postcode district | TR16 |
| Dialling code | 01209 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| European Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | Falmouth and Camborne |
| List of places: UK • England • Cornwall | |
St Day (Cornish: Sen Day) is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, UK, situated between the village of Chacewater and the larger town of Redruth.
St Day is also located very near to the former mining area of Poldice and the associated hamlets of Todpool, Creegbrawse and Crofthandy. The region's mining activity in the 19th century afforded St Day a considerable measure of wealth during that period.
Today St Day has been singled out as a place of special interest at the heart of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site along with the exclusive beach resorts of St Agnes, Chapel Porth and Porthtowan.
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Industrial History / Significance
St Day was a boom-time market centre for the richest and perhaps most famous copper mining district in the world from the 1500s up to the 1830s. The population, wealth and activity in St Day declined steadily from about 1870 onwards, today the population is smaller than in 1841. It is now essentially a residential village.
The Wheal Gorland mine in St Day is the type locality for the minerals Chenevixite, Clinoclase, Cornwallite and Liroconite.[1]
Parish Church
The parish was originally a chapelry of Gwennap but became independent in 1835. As early as the 13th century there was a chapel of the Holy Trinity at St Day and even earlier there had been one of St Day which was a great centre of pilgrimage.[2]The saint commemorated here is probably the Breton saint Dei.[3]
External links
- Article on St Day on Cornwall Industrial Settlements Initiative website
- St Day Civil Parish Council website
- Cornwall Record Office Online Catalogue for St Day
- Genuki article on St Day
References
- ^ Wheal Gorland, St Day, Gwennap - St Day Area, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK
- ^ Cornish Church Guide (1925) Truro: Blackford; p. 54
- ^ Doble, G. H. (1964) The Saints of Cornwall: part 3. Truro: Dean and Chapter; pp. 133-139
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