Redruth

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Redruth is a historic former mining town in Cornwall, England, known for its central role in the Cornish tin and copper mining industry.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Redruth canonical 41
Redruth Town Council 2
Redruth town centre 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil parish ⓘ
town ⓘ
ceremonialCounty Cornwall ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dialCode 01209 ⓘ
economicTransition from mining to service and light industry ⓘ
etymology name derived from Cornish meaning "red ford" or "red stream" ⓘ
formerIndustry copper mining ⓘ
tin mining ⓘ
governingBody Redruth Town Council ⓘ
linked to: Redruth
hasCulturalIdentity Cornish ⓘ
hasEvent Murdoch Day celebrations ⓘ
hasLandmark Mineral Tramways and mining trails ⓘ
Murdoch House ⓘ
Redruth Clock Tower ⓘ
St Euny Church ⓘ
Wheal Peevor mine site ⓘ
hasMuseum Cornish Studies Library (formerly in Redruth) ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding St Andrew’s Church, Redruth ⓘ
Wesleyan Methodist chapels ⓘ
hasRiver River Red ⓘ
hasSecondarySchool Redruth School ⓘ
heritageStatus part of Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site ⓘ
historicalActivityPeak 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
historicCounty Cornwall ⓘ
knownFor Cornish mining heritage ⓘ
role in the Cornish tin and copper mining industry ⓘ
locatedIn Cornwall ⓘ
England ⓘ
South West England ⓘ
linked to: southwest England
near Camborne ⓘ
Truro ⓘ
linked to: Truro, Cornwall
OSGridReference SW700420 ⓘ
parliamentaryConstituency Camborne and Redruth ⓘ
partOf Camborne-Redruth urban area ⓘ
linked to: Camborne
postalTown Redruth ⓘ
postcodeArea TR ⓘ
railwayLine Cornish Main Line ⓘ
railwayStation Redruth railway station ⓘ
region South West England ⓘ
linked to: southwest England
traditionalIndustry metal mining ⓘ
traditionalRegion Cornish mining district ⓘ
unitaryAuthority Cornwall Council ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (46)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

A30 road → connectsTown → Redruth ⓘ
Cornwall → containsSettlement → Redruth ⓘ
Redruth → governingBody → Redruth Town Council ⓘ
linked to: Redruth
Redruth → postalTown → Redruth ⓘ
Redruth, Cornwall → governingBody → Redruth Town Council ⓘ
linked to: Redruth
William Murdoch → residence → Redruth ⓘ
Real del Monte → hasTwinTown → Redruth ⓘ
Morwenna Banks → placeOfBirth → Redruth ⓘ
Kristin Scott Thomas → placeOfBirth → Redruth ⓘ
subject linked to: Kristin
Camborne → near → Redruth ⓘ
Mick Fleetwood → placeOfBirth → Redruth ⓘ
TR postcode area → containsSettlement → Redruth ⓘ
subject linked to: TR
D. M. Thomas → placeOfBirth → Redruth ⓘ
Murdoch House → locatedIn → Redruth ⓘ
Redruth Clock Tower → visibleFrom → Redruth town centre ⓘ
linked to: Redruth
River Red → associatedWith → Redruth ⓘ
River Red → flowsThrough → Redruth ⓘ
River Red → hasNameOrigin → Redruth ⓘ
Redruth School → locatedIn → Redruth ⓘ
Cornish Studies Library → formerLocation → Redruth ⓘ
St Euny Church → locatedIn → Redruth ⓘ
St Euny Church → associatedWith → Redruth mining community ⓘ
linked to: Redruth
St Euny Church → locatedNear → Redruth town centre ⓘ
linked to: Redruth
St Euny Church → parish → Redruth ⓘ
Carn Brea → locatedNear → Redruth ⓘ
Carn Brea → overlooks → Redruth ⓘ
Great Flat Lode → near → Redruth ⓘ
First Kernow → serviceArea → Redruth ⓘ