St Day () is a

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and village in

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, England, United Kingdom. It is positioned between the village of

Chacewater Chacewater () is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, UK. It is situated approximately east of Redruth. The hamlets of Carnhot, Cox Hill, Creegbrawse, Hale Mills, Jolly's Bottom, Salem, Saveock, Scorrier, Todpool, Twelve ...

and the town of

Redruth Redruth ( , ) is a town and civil parishes in Cornwall, 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, ...

. The electoral ward St Day and Lanner had a population of 4,473 according to the 2011 census. St Day is in an area that was historically known for

mining Mining is the Resource extraction, extraction of valuable geological materials and minerals from the surface of the Earth. Mining is required to obtain most materials that cannot be grown through agriculture, agricultural processes, or feasib ...

, encompassing places such as Poldice, Tolcarne, Todpool, Creegbrawse and Crofthandy. The village gained significant wealth from mining activities. It holds a central position within the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape, which is a designated

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. This site includes other notable locations such as St Agnes,

, Chapel Porth and Porthtowan.

Industrial history

St Day served as a hub for the wealthiest and arguably the most renowned copper mining district globally from the 16th century to the 1830s. The population, wealth and activity in St Day declined steadily from about 1870 onwards, today the population is smaller than in 1841. It is now essentially a residential village. The

Wheal Gorland Wheal Gorland was a Wikt:metalliferous, metalliferous mine located just to the north-east of the village of St Day, Cornwall, in England, United Kingdom. It was one of the most important Cornish mines of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, ...

mine is the type locality for the minerals: chenevixite, clinoclase, cornwallite, kernowite, and

liroconite Liroconite is a complex mineral: Hydrated copper aluminium arsenate hydroxide, with the formula copper, Cu2Aluminium, Al OH)4, Arsenic, Asoxygen, O4�4(H2O). It is a vitreous monoclinic mineral, colored bright blue to green, often associated wit ...

. The population of St Day was 1,821 at the census 2011

Social

St Day Feast takes place during the summer in the village and includes, among other things, two formal street dances reminiscent of those in Helston. One of the dances is specifically for children and involves the participation of students from St Day and Carharrack Primary School. A St Day mine site has been used for short-oval

stock car racing Stock car racing is a form of Auto racing, automobile racing run on oval track racing, oval tracks and road courses. It originally used Production vehicle, production-model cars, hence the name "stock car", but is now run using cars specifical ...

for many years. Stock car drivers from Cornwall have won eleven World Championships.

Cornish wrestling

There were many

Cornish wrestling Cornish wrestling () is a form of wrestling that has been established in Cornwall for many centuries and possibly longer. It is similar to the Breton people, Breton Gouren wrestling style. It is colloquially known as "wrasslin’"Phillipps, K C: ...

tournaments for prizes during the 1800s and 1900s, including feast day.West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, 30 June 1938.The West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, 16 June 1837, p2. Tournaments were held at various venues including the: * King's Arms Inn at Fair Meadow * Market House InnRoyal Cornwall Gazette - Friday 16 August 1839. * Lion InnThe Royal Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet, and General Advertiser, 5 July 1878, p4. * Field opposite the hotelCornish Post and Mining News, 22 October 1892. * Park FieldRoyal Cornwall Gazette, 28 June 1906. See also Wrestling in Vogue.

Parish church

The parish was originally a

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of Gwennap but became independent in 1835. In the 13th century there was a chapel dedicated to the

Holy Trinity The Trinity (, from 'threefold') is the Christian doctrine concerning the nature of God, which defines one God existing in three, , consubstantial divine persons: God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ) and God the Holy Spirit, three ...

and even earlier there had been a chapel dedicated to St Day which was a great centre of pilgrimage. The saint commemorated here is probably the Breton Saint Dei. Doble, G. H. (1964) ''The Saints of Cornwall: part 3''. Truro: Dean and Chapter; , pp. 133-139 The Sans Day Carol or St. Day Carol is one of the many Cornish Christmas carols written in the 19th century. This carol and its melody were first transcribed from the singing of Thomas Beard who lived in this parish.

References

External links

St Day Civil Parish Council website

Cornwall Record Office Online Catalogue for St Day

GENUKI website; St Day
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