St Uny's Church (other)
St Uny's Church refers to churches dedicated to St Euny or Uny: *St Uny's Church, Lelant, a church in Cornwall, England * St Uny's Church, Redruth, a church in Cornwall, England See also * Uny (other) Uny or UNY, may refer to: Groups, organizations * UNY (Uny Co., Unicorn Co.), a supermarket and department store chain from Japan * Yogyakarta State University (UNY; ), Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia * Yacambú University (UNY), Barquisimeto, Venezu ...

Euny
Saint Euny or Uny (6th century) is the patron saint of the churches of Lelant and Redruth in west Cornwall, England, UK. Life William Worcester in his account of travels in Cornwall in 1478 records that St Uny, the brother of St Herygh, was buried at the parish church of St Uny near the town of Lelant, and that his feast day was 1 February. According to him Uny and Herygh (patron of St Erth) were the brothers of St Ia, patron of St Ives (St Ia was an Irish princess who evangelised part of Cornwall). This account is the first record of the spelling "Uny", no doubt because it was recorded as spoken rather than written. The correct spelling is "Euny" though the spelling "Uny" is used after the mid 16th century. As well as being the patron of Lelant and Redruth, Euny is the joint patron of Crowan. In all three churches the feast day is the Sunday nearest to 1 February, the day mentioned by William Worcester. In some 18th-century documents there is evidence that the parish of Crow ...
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St Uny's Church, Lelant
St Uny Church, Lelant, is the Church of England parish church of Lelant, Cornwall, England. It is dedicated to Saint Uny (or Euny) who is also the patron saint of Redruth. It is a Grade I listed building. History and description The church is medieval and entirely built of granite. Parts of the nave arcades are Norman, but all of the windows are Perpendicular in style. In about 1150 the church was given to Tywardreath Priory; later the priory sold it to Bishop Bronescombe of Exeter. In 1272 Bishop Bronescombe appropriated it to Crediton collegiate church and the cure of souls became a vicarage. In the late 15th and early 16th centuries, the vicars of Lelant resisted the demands of the inhabitants of Towednack and St Ives for rights of sepulture in those places. When this was conceded in 1542 the vicars moved their residence to St Ives where they remained for three centuries. An early reference to the church is in 1170, when Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, referred ...
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St Uny's Church, Redruth
Redruth ( , ) is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. According to the 2011 census, the population of Redruth was 14,018 In the same year the population of the Camborne-Redruth urban area, which also includes Carn Brea, Illogan and several outlying villages, stood at 55,400 which made 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. Toponymy The form ''Unyredruth'' (Euny being the patron saint) is recorded in 1563. Earlier forms are ''Ridruthe'' (1259), ''Rudruth'' (1283) and ''Riddruth'' (1291). The name Redruth derives from its older Cornish name, , meaning 'red ford'†...
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