Baldhu Explained

Country:England
Static Image:Baldhu Church - geograph.org.uk - 377718.jpg
Static Image Caption:Parish Church of Saint Michael and All Angels
Coordinates:50.247°N -5.126°W
Official Name:Baldhu
Region:South West England
Postcode District:TR3
Postcode Area:TR
Os Grid Reference:SW7742

Baldhu (;[1] Cornish: '''Bal Du''', meaning black mine) is a village and parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.[2] It is in the civil parish of Kea.

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.[3]

Baldhu is a former mining village (the name comes from the Cornish for 'black mine') and it is situated above the Carnon Valley 3miles west of Truro.[4] The parish was created in 1847 out of parts of Kea and Kenwyn and the church of St Michael was built soon after.

Notes and References

  1. Miller, G. M. BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (Oxford UP, 1971), p. 9.
  2. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth
  3. Wright, C. Billy Bray in His Own Words; Highland Books 2004;
  4. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth