St Day

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St Day Sen Day

Coordinates: 50.145° N 5.118° W
OS grid reference	SW730425
Parish	St Day
District	Kerrier
Shire county	Cornwall
Region	South West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ST DAY
Postcode district	TR16
Dial code	01209
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Cornwall
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Falmouth and Camborne
European Parliament	South West England

St Day (Cornish: Sen 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.

[edit] 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 there is less population than in 1841. It is now fundamentally a residential village.

[edit] References

Civil Parishes of Kerrier District
United Kingdom \| England \| Cornwall
Breage \| Budock \| Camborne \| Carharrack \| Carn Brea \| Constantine \| Crowan \| Cury \| Germoe \| Grade-Ruan \| Gunwalloe \| Gweek \| Helston \| Illogan \| Landewednack \| Lanner \| Mabe \| Manaccan \| Mawgan-in-Meneage \| Mawnan \| Mullion \| Porthleven \| Portreath \| Redruth \| St Anthony-in-Meneage \| St Day \| St Gluvias \| St Keverne \| St Martin-in-Meneage \| Sithney \| Stithians \| Wendron