Baldhu

Baldhu
Baldhu

 Baldhu shown within Cornwall
OS grid reference SW7742
Shire county Cornwall
Region South West
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Devon and Cornwall
Fire Cornwall
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
List of places: UK • England • Cornwall

Baldhu ( /bælˈdjuː/, /bɔːlˈdjuː/, or /bɔːlˈduː/)[1] is a village and parish in Cornwall, United Kingdom.[2]

The parish church is the burial place of Billy Bray, the revivalist preacher who was born at nearby Twelveheads.[3]

Baldhu is a former mining village (the name comes from the Cornish for 'black mine') and it is situated above the Carnon Valley 3 miles (5 kilometres) west of Truro[4]. The parish was created in 1847 out of parts of Kea and Kenwyn and the church of St Michael built soon after (architect William White).

References

  1. ^ Miller, G. M. BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (Oxford UP, 1971), p. 9.
  2. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth ISBN 9780319231494
  3. ^ Wright, C. Billy Bray in His Own Words; Highland Books 2004; ISBN 1897913737
  4. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth ISBN 9780319231494

External links

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