Retew was a village near

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, England, UK, that was mostly demolished in the early 1960s when the nearby Wheal Remfrey

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quarry and waste heaps were expanded. The village was small, containing 24 houses and a factory, and stood on land owned by the quarry owners,

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. The fate of the village had been expected and the residents were rehoused by the company. There was a chapel, but the village was served by visiting mobile retailers, including a butcher, a baker and a

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van. The only part of the village remaining is Retew Hill on the St Dennis side, and a short stub of a road on the

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side, where there is still a sign pointing to the village

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