Redruth ( , kw, Resrudh) is a town and
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
in
Cornwall
Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a Historic counties of England, historic county and Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people ...
, England. The population of Redruth was 14,018 at the 2011 census. In the same year the population of the
Camborne-Redruth urban area, which also includes
Carn Brea,
Illogan and several satellite villages, stood at 55,400
making it the largest conurbation in Cornwall. Redruth lies approximately at the junction of the
A393 and A3047 roads, on the route of the old London to
Land's End trunk road (now the
A30), and is approximately west of
Truro, east of
St Ives, north east of
Penzance and north west of
Falmouth.
Camborne and Redruth together form the largest urban area in Cornwall and before local government reorganisation were an
urban district
Urban district may refer to:
* District
* Urban area
* Quarter (urban subdivision)
* Neighbourhood
Specific subdivisions in some countries:
* Urban districts of Denmark
* Urban districts of Germany
* Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland) (his ...
.
Toponymy
The name Redruth derives from its older Cornish name, ''Rhyd-ruth''. It means Red Ford (literally fordred). The first syllable 'red' means ford. The second 'ruth' means red.
''Rhyd'' is the older form of 'Res', which is a Cornish equivalent to a ford (across a river), a common Celtic word; Old Cornish ''rid''; Welsh ''rhyd'' (Old Welsh ''rit''); Old Breton ''rit'' or ''ret'', Gaulish ''ritu-'', all from Indo-European ''*prtus'' derived word in ''-tu'' from the root *per " to cross, to go through "; Proto-Germanic ''*furdúz'' (English ford, German ''Furt''); Latin ''portus'', all related to the Celtic word.
Again, it is the ''-ruth'' (and not the ''Red-'' part of the name) which means the colour red.
Beroul's ''Roman de
Tristan
Tristan ( Latin/Brythonic: ''Drustanus''; cy, Trystan), also known as Tristram or Tristain and similar names, is the hero of the legend of Tristan and Iseult. In the legend, he is tasked with escorting the Irish princess Iseult to wed ...
'' features a location in Cornwall called ''Crois Rouge'' in Norman French or 'red cross' in English.
History
Traditionally in the
Penwith Hundred
Penwith Hundred was one of ten ancient administrative hundreds of the county of Cornwall, England, UK. The ancient hundred of Penwith was larger than the local government district of Penwith (1974–2009) which took its name. Daphne du Maurier ...
, the town has developed away from the original settlement, which was near where the present Churchtown (around
St. Euny's Church) district of Redruth stands today. This location is a steeply wooded valley, with
Carn Brea on one side and the now-called
Bullers Hill on the other. The presence of shallow
lodes of
tin and
copper
Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu (from la, cuprum) and atomic number 29. It is a soft, malleable, and ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. A freshly exposed surface of pure copper has a pink ...
lying east to west made it an advantageous site for extracting metals, including, tin,
lead
Lead is a chemical element with the symbol Pb (from the Latin ) and atomic number 82. It is a heavy metal that is denser than most common materials. Lead is soft and malleable, and also has a relatively low melting point. When freshly cut, ...
and copper. The first settlers stayed by a crossing in the river and started extracting metal ores, and this process turned the colour of the river red.
Historically, Redruth was a small
market town
A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rural ...
overshadowed by its neighbours until a boom in the demand for copper
ore during the 18th century. Copper ore had mostly been discarded by the Cornish
tin-mining industry but was now needed to make
brass
Brass is an alloy of copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn), in proportions which can be varied to achieve different mechanical, electrical, and chemical properties. It is a substitutional alloy: atoms of the two constituents may replace each other wi ...
, an essential metal in the
Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in Great Britain, continental Europe, and the United States, that occurred during the period from around 1760 to about 1820–1840. This transition included going f ...
. Surrounded by copper ore deposits, Redruth quickly became one of the largest and richest mining areas in Britain and the town's population grew markedly, although most miners' families remained poor.
In the 1880s and 1890s the town end of Clinton Road gained a number of institutions, notably a
School of Mines and Art School in 1882–83, St. Andrew's Church (replacing the chapel in Chapel Street) in 1883 and, opposite, the Free Library, built in 1895. The
Mining Exchange
The Mining Exchange is a Grade II listed building in Redruth
Redruth ( , kw, Resrudh) is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England. The population of Redruth was 14,018 at the 2011 census. In the same year the population of the Cambo ...
was built in 1880 as a place for the trading of mineral stock. By the turn of the 20th century, Victoria Park had been laid out to commemorate the
Golden Jubilee and this part of town had taken on its present appearance – a far cry from the jumble of mining activity that had taken place there in the early 19th century. Redruth was making its transition from a market town dominated by mines and industry to a residential centre.
By the end of the 19th century, the Cornish mining industry was in decline and Britain was importing most of its copper ore. To find employment, many miners
emigrated
Emigration is the act of leaving a resident country or place of residence with the intent to settle elsewhere (to permanently leave a country). Conversely, immigration describes the movement of people into one country from another (to permanentl ...
to the newer mining industries in the Americas, Pachuca, Mexico,
Australasia
Australasia is a region that comprises Australia, New Zealand and some neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. The term is used in a number of different contexts, including geopolitically, physiogeographically, philologically, and ecologic ...
and South Africa. Cornwall's last fully operational mine,
South Crofty at
Pool between Redruth and
Camborne, closed in March 1998.
Governance
Parliamentary representation
The
Camborne and Redruth constituency was created for the
2010 general election, following a review of parliamentary representation in
Cornwall
Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a Historic counties of England, historic county and Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people ...
by the
Boundary Commission for England, which increased the number of seats in the county from five to six.
It is primarily a successor to the former
Falmouth and Camborne seat.
In the
2019 United Kingdom general election the results were:
Local government
Redruth until the late 1800s comprised the Redruth Urban District and
Redruth Rural District. The urban district was merged with that of
Camborne and parts of Redruth Rural District and
Helston Rural District (both of which were being abolished) in 1934 to form the
Camborne-Redruth Urban District. The urban district persisted until it was merged into the
Kerrier
Kerrier ( kw, Keryer) was a local government district in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It was the most southerly district in the United Kingdom, other than the Isles of Scilly. Its council was based in Camborne (). Other towns in the distr ...
district of Cornwall under the
Local Government Act 1972
The Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974. It was one of the most significant Acts of Parliament to be passed by the Heath Gov ...
.
Redruth is represented on
Cornwall Council by three wards:
Redruth Central,
Redruth North and
Redruth South.
Town Council
The composition of Redruth Town Council as of 2022:
Education
Redruth School
Redruth School is a secondary school in Redruth, Cornwall, England, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It was formed in 1976 by the merger of Redruth Grammar School and Tolgus Secondary School.
The sports fields of the school are also used as a venue ...
, a
Technology College, is a secondary school, for ages 11–16. It used to have a
sixth form
In the education systems of England, Northern Ireland, Wales, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and some other Commonwealth countries, sixth form represents the final two years of secondary education, ages 16 to 18. Pupils typically prepare for ...
, for ages 16–18, however it closed applications for new students in 2016 and officially closed in 2020 due to funding cuts.
The town used to have a coeducational independent school,
Highfields Private School, but this closed in 2012.
Primary schools within the town include Pennoweth School, Treleigh School, Treloweth Community Primary School, Trewirgie Infant School and Trewirgie Junior School.
The Curnow Community Special School caters for students with special needs.
The Passmore Edwards Free Library was built in 1894. Its architect was James Hicks who used a castellated baronial style; there is a prominent octagonal tower. The reading room was once the school of Thomas Collins, where Collins, who had been headmaster of Trewirgie School, taught local children and the children left behind by parents who had emigrated overseas.
Notable buildings
The Parish Church of St Uny, which is some distance from the town centre, is of
Norman foundation but was rebuilt in 1756. The patron saint is also honoured at Lelant. The tower is two centuries earlier and the whole church is built of granite. A
chapel of ease was built in the town in 1828 but it is no longer in use.
[Pevsner, N. (1970) Cornwall, 2nd ed. Penguin Books; p. 150] Other places of worship include the Wesleyan Church of 1826, the Free Methodist Church of 1864 (in grand Italianate style) and the Quaker Meeting House of 1833 (no longer in use).
The former post office in Alma Place is now
Redruth Library.
The Mining Exchange building was used as a housing advice centre (it was built in 1880 as accommodation for share brokers).
Murdoch House
The house now called Murdoch (or, sometimes Murdock) House in the middle of Cross Street was erected in the 1660s as a chapel and it afterwards became a prison.
William Murdoch
William Murdoch (sometimes spelled Murdock) (21 August 1754 – 15 November 1839) was a Scottish engineer and inventor.
Murdoch was employed by the firm of Boulton & Watt and worked for them in Cornwall, as a steam engine erector for ten yea ...
lived in it from 1782 to 1798. During this time, he worked on local tin and copper mines, erecting engines on behalf of
Boulton and Watt
Boulton & Watt was an early British engineering and manufacturing firm in the business of designing and making marine and stationary steam engines. Founded in the English West Midlands around Birmingham in 1775 as a partnership between the Eng ...
.
He fitted the house out with
gas lighting from
coal gas – this was the first house in the world with this type of lighting.
In the 19th century, the house was used as a tea room, run by a Mrs Knuckey. In 1931 Mr A. Pearce Jenkin, a leading citizen of Redruth purchased the house and gave it as a gift to the
Society of Friends (
Quakers
Quakers are people who belong to a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations known formally as the Religious Society of Friends. Members of these movements ("theFriends") are generally united by a belief in each human's abili ...
).
Murdoch House has since been fully restored and is now regularly used by the Redruth
Old Cornwall Society, as well as the Cornish-American Connection and the Redruth Story Group. Next door are
St. Rumon's Gardens.
Kresen Kernow
Kresen Kernow
Kresen Kernow ( Cornish for Cornwall Centre) in Redruth, United Kingdom is Cornwall's archive centre, home to the world's biggest collection of archive and library material related to Cornwall. Funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and ...
, on the site of
Redruth Brewery, houses the archives and collections of the former Cornwall Records Office and Cornish Studies Library. It also holds a collection of Tregellas Tapestries which depict the history of Cornwall in embroidery.
Tin Miner Statue
A
bronze sculpture of a Cornish miner by artist
David Annand standing at 6 feet 7 inches was erected in April 2008.
The sculpture was commissioned by the Redruth Public Realm Working Party's Mining Art Group in response to comments received during the consultation process, that the town did not have anything to represent the history of the men who worked down the tin and copper mines in the area.
David Annand was selected from over 70 artists who responded to an advert placed by Cornwall Arts Centre Trust, the project managers, for expressions of interest in August 2006.
21st century
Redruth is a small commercial town. It is
twinned with
Plumergat and Meriadec in Brittany, France,
Mineral Point, Wisconsin in the United States, and
Real del Monte in Mexico. A museum organised by the Old Cornwall Society is housed in the Town Council office at the bottom of the main street.
Redruth is also home to
Carn Brea, which has most historical interest. The Carn, however, is not the highest point in Redruth; it is beaten slightly by
Carnmenellis
Carnmenellis Hill (or just Carnmenellis) gives its name to the area of west Cornwall in England, between Redruth, Helston and Penryn. The hill itself is situated approximately three miles (5 km) south of Redruth.Ordnance Survey: Landran ...
, south west of the town centre.
Sport
Redruth Rugby Football Club currently play in
National League 2 South (tier 4 of rugby union in England). Players such as
Phil Vickery and
Rob Thirlby have both passed through its ranks though the club's most famous "son" must be
Richard Sharp OBE. A resident of Clinton Road with his mother and brother Nigel, he represented Redruth, Cornwall, and England, leading his country to the
Five Nations title in
1963. Redruth
football club
A football team is a group of players selected to play together in the various team sports known as football. Such teams could be selected to play in a match against an opposing team, to represent a football club, group, state or nation, an all ...
has not enjoyed as much success but still thrives in its regular fixtures. On the high street there is a
Tang Soo Do
Tang Soo Do ( Hangul: 당수도, Hanja: 唐手道 ) refers to a Korean martial art
based on Karate and may include fighting principles from subak (as described in the Kwon Bup Chong Do), as well as northern Chinese martial arts. Before the ...
(Korean Karate) and
Kickboxing Academy named ISK Martial Arts.
Duchy Hockey Club are based at Pool Academy on the outskirts of Redruth and compete in the West of England regional leagues.
Redruth Cricket Club currently consists of 4 Men's playing XIs, one women's XI and multiple youth sides. Redruth First XI play in the
Cornwall Cricket League
The Bond Timber Cornwall Cricket League Premier Division is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in Cornwall, United Kingdom and is a designated an England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) ECB Premier Leagues, Premier League.< ...
ECB Premier League, coming second in the 2019 season.
The Second XI placed second in County League One, the second division of Cornish Cricket, in the same year.
Performing arts
Actress
Kristin Scott Thomas, electronic musician
Luke Vibert
Luke Vibert (born 26 January 1973) is a British electronic musician and producer, also known for his work under several aliases such as Plug and Wagon Christ. Raised in Cornwall, Vibert began releasing projects in the 1990s across varied genr ...
,
baritone
A baritone is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voice-types. The term originates from the Greek (), meaning "heavy sounding". Composers typically write music for this voice in the ...
Benjamin Luxon, opera singer
Alan Opie
Alan Opie (born 22 March 1945 in Redruth, Cornwall, England) is an English baritone, primarily known as an opera singer.
Education
He attended Truro School and went to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University as a choral student in 196 ...
, record producer and broadcaster Tris Penna, and the co founder of and drummer with
Fleetwood Mac,
Mick Fleetwood, were all born here. The writer and comedian
Rory McGrath was born here and educated at the town's secondary school, Cornish artist
Jonathan Polkest studied art at The Redruth School of Art in Clinton Road, The musician
Aphex Twin (and friend of Vibert) grew up near Redruth. Luke Vibert has released an album called ''Chicago, Detroit, Redruth'' and has also recorded under the alias ''Kerrier District''; a reference to name of the district in which Redruth is located.
Hedluv + Passman both grew up in Redruth, and wrote the song "'druth" in tribute to the town. The traditional Cornish dance and music group,
Hevva is based in Redruth.
Scholars and philanthropists
The historians
Kenneth Hamilton Jenkin and
Charles Thomas were also born in Redruth, and the
Victorian philanthropist
John Passmore Edwards was born in the neighbouring village of Blackwater.
Town centre shopping
Key shops and other outlets within the
town centre include a multi-screen
cinema, a covered
market way, an old butter market, various
antique shop
An antique shop (or antiques shop) is a retail store specializing in the selling of antiques. Antiques shops can be located either locally or, with the advent of the Internet, found online.
An antiques shop can also be located within an ant ...
s, a second hand
book shop and two supermarkets, plus Greens Newsagents, and the local cash and carry Jims. Off the main street (
Fore Street), there are two separate specialist shopping areas, Bond Street (to the south of the
railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in Track (rail transport), tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the ...
) and Green Lane to the north.
Street landscaping
Street landscaping in Redruth includes wooden seating, with granite furniture,
signpost
Traffic signs or road signs are signs erected at the side of or above roads to give instructions or provide information to road users. The earliest signs were simple wooden or stone milestones. Later, signs with directional arms were introduce ...
s,
street lights and
litter bins, and two sets of
bronze
Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals, such as phosphorus, or metalloids suc ...
'dogs', which were cast from the boots of former tin miners by sculptor David Kemp. The town has a burgundy colour theme, which is in the
Public Realm regeneration work to highlight the town's name. A project to light various
public buildings
A building, or edifice, is an enclosed structure with a roof and walls standing more or less permanently in one place, such as a house or factory (although there's also portable buildings). Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and f ...
around the town with
LED coloured lights has already commenced. Some of the buildings opposite the railway station and the St Rumon's Gardens have now (April 2008) been completed.
Environment awards
On 7 November 2007, Redruth jointly won (with
Luton
Luton () is a town and unitary authority with borough status, in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 census, the Luton built-up area subdivision had a population of 211,228 and its built-up area, including the adjacent towns of Dunstable an ...
) the annual UK town centre environment awards, which are run by the BCSC (a retail property consortium). The judges praised the cast bronze 'dogs' and also liked the large amount of work that had been done to the town in terms of landscaping the central area (mainly Fore St & the opeways).
Heartlands visitor park
Just outside the town is a European funded visitor attraction, themed on the Robinson Shaft Mine, it offers parking, an adventure play ground for older children and a pleasant restaurant. At times the last working
Cornish pumping engine can be seen working. The museum is an Anchor point on the
European Route of Industrial Heritage
The European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH) is a tourist route of the most important industrial heritage sites in Europe. This is a tourism industry information initiative to present a network of industrial heritage sites across Europe. The ...
.
Miscellany
It is home to Cornwall's first ILR Radio Station,
Pirate FM. On 20 June 2008, the town held its first regular
Farmers' Market in Market Place: the Market will now be held every Friday throughout the year.
Transport
Redruth is an important transport hub. The
railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in Track (rail transport), tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the ...
is a
railhead
In the UK, railheading refers to the practice of travelling further than necessary to reach a rail service, typically by car. The phenomenon is common among commuters seeking a more convenient journey. Reasons for railheading include, but are ...
for both
Helston
Helston ( kw, Hellys) is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated at the northern end of the Lizard Peninsula approximately east of Penzance and south-west of Falmouth.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map ...
and the
Lizard, and there are frequent buses connecting the three places. The railway station is served by trains from
Paddington
Paddington is an area within the City of Westminster, in Central London. First a medieval parish then a metropolitan borough, it was integrated with Westminster and Greater London in 1965. Three important landmarks of the district are Padd ...
, as well as the
Midlands and the
North
North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography.
Etymology
The word ''north ...
. Redruth is next to the main
A30 road and thus has access to the main route out of the county as well as routes to the
far West Far West may refer to:
Places
* Western Canada, or the West
** British Columbia Coast
* Western United States, or Far West
** West Coast of the United States
* American frontier, or Far West, Old West, or Wild West
* Far West (Taixi), a term us ...
,
North Cornwall,
South East Cornwall
South East Cornwall is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Sheryll Murray, a Conservative.
Boundaries
1983–2010: The District of Caradon, the Borough of Restormel wards of Fowey, Lostwit ...
and
Plymouth. Another road, the A393, bisects the town in a north–south direction, and links the A30 with the port of
Falmouth. A third road, the A3047, links Redruth with
Camborne, some four miles () to the west.
The Barncoose by-pass connects between the Redruth Community Hospital and the Barncoose
Industrial Estate. It is intended to reduce
HGV traffic using the main Camborne road and provide a direct access to the Industrial Estate. It did, however, provoke some controversy, as some residents in Barncoose lost their parking spaces to make way for the new road. It was extended further towards Camborne in 2016.
Notable people
*
Svetlana Alliluyeva, Daughter of Russian dictator
Joseph Stalin
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*
Peter Bayley (1944–2018), scholar of French literature, born and educated in Redruth.
*
Mick Fleetwood (born 1947), drummer and co-founder of the band
Fleetwood Mac['Susan Fleetwood; Obituary,' '']The Times
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'' (2 October 1995), p. 23
*
Stephen Frost (born 1955), actor, writer and comedian
*
John Gray (1817–), member of the
Wisconsin State Assembly
The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin.
Representatives are elected for two-year terms, e ...
*
Harold Hayman
Frank Harold Hayman (12 December 1894 – 4 February 1966) was a British Labour Party politician born in Redruth, Cornwall.
He joined the staff of Cornwall County Council in 1913, working as a clerk, and became a District Education Officer fo ...
(1894–1966), Labour MP
*
Hedluv + Passman, inventors of Casio Rap
*
Richard D. James (born 1971), musician and DJ, also known as Aphex Twin, attended
Redruth School
Redruth School is a secondary school in Redruth, Cornwall, England, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It was formed in 1976 by the merger of Redruth Grammar School and Tolgus Secondary School.
The sports fields of the school are also used as a venue ...
*
Benjamin Luxon (born 1937), baritone and narrator
*
Rory McGrath (born 1956), actor, writer and comedian
*
David Menhennet (1928–2016), former Librarian of the
House of Commons Library
*
JG Montgomery
JG Montgomery is an Australian/ English author. He was born in Redruth, Cornwall, England and lives in Canberra, Australia.
He is the son of a Royal Australian Air Force officer and defence attaché
Defense or defence may refer to:
Tacti ...
, Australian based writer and musician
*
Henry Roach
Henry Roach (1808 – 6 October 1889) was a miner from Cornwall who was Captain of the Burra copper mine in Burra, South Australia for many years.
In this position he almost always employed Cornishmen as his assistants, and most of the miners we ...
(1808–1889), captain of the Burra mine in South Australia from 1847 to 1867.
*
Ben Salfield
Benjamin Dieter Salfield (born 11 December 1971) is an English lutenist, guitarist, composer, teacher, promoter and politician.
Early life
Ben Salfield was born in Barton-under-Needwood, Staffordshire, UK. His father, a German Jewish refugee, ...
(born 1971), lutenist and lutarist
*
D. M. Thomas
Donald Michael Thomas (born 27 January 1935), is a British poet, translator, novelist, editor, biographer and playwright. His work has been translated into 30 languages.
Working primarily as a poet throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Thomas's 1981 ...
(born 1935), poet, novelist, translator
*
Kristin Scott Thomas (born 1960), actress
*
Charles Thomas (1928–2016), historian and archaeologist
*
Luke Vibert
Luke Vibert (born 26 January 1973) is a British electronic musician and producer, also known for his work under several aliases such as Plug and Wagon Christ. Raised in Cornwall, Vibert began releasing projects in the 1990s across varied genr ...
(born 1973), musician and electronic music producer
*
E. Florence Whitlock
Ellen Florence Williams Whitlock (10 November 1889 – 13 October 1978) was a British composer, conductor and educator who was known professionally as E. Florence Whitlock.
Biography
Whitlock was born in Redruth, Cornwall, England. She studied ...
(1889-1978), composer
Twinning
Redruth is
twinned with:
*
Plumergat et Meriadec,
Brittany
Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period ...
, France
*
Mineral Point, Wisconsin, United States
*
Real del Monte, Hidalgo, Mexico
In popular culture
*Thomas Redruth is a character in R. L. Stevenson's ''
Treasure Island''.
*Redruth is Elli's hometown in
Last Night In Soho.
See also
*
Carn Brea
*
Kresen Kernow
Kresen Kernow ( Cornish for Cornwall Centre) in Redruth, United Kingdom is Cornwall's archive centre, home to the world's biggest collection of archive and library material related to Cornwall. Funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and ...
*
Cornwall College
*New Redruth, a district of
Johannesburg
Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu language, Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a Megacity#List of megacities, megacity, and is List of urban areas by p ...
*
Pirate FM
References
External links
*
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Civil parishes in Cornwall
Cornish Killas
European Route of Industrial Heritage Anchor Points
Towns in Cornwall