Kelly Bray () is a village in east

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, England, United Kingdom. It is situated one mile (1.6 km) north of Callington, immediately west of Kit Hill in a former mining area. Kelly Bray is in the parish of Callington and lies within the St Dominick, Harrowbarrow and Kelly Bray division on

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. The population was 3,949 at the 2011 census. Kelly Bray is first recorded ca. 1286 as Kellibregh (Cornish "Kellybregh", meaning "dappled grove"). Kelly Bray was formerly the venue for the

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until it was moved to

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. The village was the location of Callington railway station - terminus of a branch line to Plymouth via

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. The line was closed beyond Gunnislake in 1966.

Industrial history

Prior to the industrialisation in the 19th century agriculture was the main activity in the land surrounding Kelly Bray. During the 1820s and 1830s a significant capital investment enabled the development of tin copper and lead mines in the area. In 1843 the mine at Kelly Bray amalgamated with the neighbouring mines of Holmbush and Redmoor to form the Callington Mining Company employing a workforce of over 250 people. The mining activity around Kelly Bray continued until 1946. In the present day various light industrial businesses are situated in the Florence Road Business Park area of the village.

Cornish wrestling

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tournaments, for prizes have held at Kelly BrayWest Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, 2 June 1927. with a first prize of a silver cup.Western Morning News, 21 August 1926.

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