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REDRUTH , a See also:market See also:town in the See also:Camborne See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Cornwall, See also:England, 17 M. E.N.E. of See also:Penzance, on the See also:Great Western railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 10,451. It lies high, on the northward slope of the central See also:elevation of the See also:county, with See also:bare rocky See also:moors to the See also:south. It is the See also:chief See also:mining town in Cornwall, and the hulk of the See also:population is engaged in the See also:tin mines or at the numerous tin-streaming See also:works. The See also:parish See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St Uny, of which only the See also:tower is See also:ancient (Perpendicular), stands outside the town to the See also:west, at the See also:foot of a rugged See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill named See also:Cam Brea. On the See also:summit of this hill, besides a See also:monument (1836) to See also:Lord de Dunstanville and a small ancient See also:castle, various prehistoric remains are traceable. A museum attached to the See also:science and See also:art See also:schools and a miners' See also:hospital are notable institutions in Redruth. A large quantity of the tin is sold by public See also:auction at the mining See also:exchange, the sales being known as tin-ticketings. There are manufactures of safety fuses, breweries, See also:iron foundries and railway works. Tramways serve the neighbouring mines and the small See also:port of Portreath on the See also:north See also:coast.
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