Redruth
town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, UK
Redruth (Cornish: Resrudh) is a small town in Cornwall. The name of the town means "red ford"; the parish church of Redruth is dedicated to St Uny. The district of Camborne and Redruth was once very important for the mining of tin and copper. Until 1974, Camborne and Redruth were included in the Camborne-Redruth urban district. In 2001 there were 12,352 people living in Redruth.[1] The two towns with the village of Pool have more people than St Austell (Cornwall's largest settlement). In 2004, about 38,500 people were living in Camborne-Redruth.[2]
References change
- ↑ Redruth; neighbourhood statistics
- ↑ "World Gazetteer". Archived from the original on 2002-02-03. Retrieved 2002-02-03.
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