Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for St Day

St Day, eccl. dist. and vil., Gwennap par., Cornwall - dist., pop. 2342; vil., on an eminence, 2 miles E. of Redruth; P.O., T.O.; is situated in the centre of a rich mining district, containing the most productive copper mines in Cornwall.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ecclesiastical district and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Gwennap CP/AP       Cornwall AncC
Place: St Day

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