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OS grid reference
  
SW7742

Country
  
Post town
  
Local time
  
Tuesday 9:45 PM

Civil parish
  
Region
  
Sovereign state
  
Postcode district
  
TR3 6

Shire county
  
Baldhu

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8°C, Wind W at 31 km/h, 72% Humidity

Baldhu (Cornish: Bal Du, meaning black mine) (/bælˈdjuː/, /bɔːlˈdjuː/, or /bɔːlˈd/) is a village and parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. According to the Post Office the 2011 Census population of the village was included in the civil parish of Kea.

Map of Baldhu, Truro, UK

The parish church of Saint Michael and All Angels, designed by William White, is the burial place of Billy Bray, the revivalist preacher who was born at the nearby hamlet of Twelveheads.

Baldhu is a former mining village (the name comes from the Cornish for 'black mine') and it is situated above the Carnon Valley 3 miles (5 kilometres) west of Truro. The parish was created in 1847 out of parts of Kea and Kenwyn and the church of St Michael was built soon after.

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Baldhu Wikipedia


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