Baldhu
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Coordinates: 50°14′49″N 5°07′34″W / 50.247°N 05.126°W
| 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 |
Baldhu (Cornish: Bal Du, meaning black mine) (/bælˈdjuː/, /bɔːlˈdjuː/, or /bɔːlˈduː/)[1] is a village and parish in Cornwall, United Kingdom.[2]
The parish church of Saint Michael and All Angels, designed by William White, is the burial place of Billy Bray, the revivalist preacher who was born at the nearby hamlet of 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 was built soon after.
References
- ↑ Miller, G. M. BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (Oxford UP, 1971), p. 9.
- ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth ISBN 978-0-319-23149-4
- ↑ Wright, C. Billy Bray in His Own Words; Highland Books 2004; ISBN 1-897913-73-7
- ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth ISBN 978-0-319-23149-4
External links
Parish Church of Saint Michael and All Angels
Baldhu Chapel, built in 1889 as Baldhu Wesleyan Chapel
Media related to Baldhu at Wikimedia Commons
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