ST DAY

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'St Day' () is a town and civil parish in the Kerrier district of 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
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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.

External links



Article on St Day on Historic Cornwall website

St Day Parish website

Cornwall Record Office Online Catalogue for St Day

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