Talk:Redruth
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[edit] camborne redruth
is it worth mentioning these towns are often placed together? camborne-redruth is a fairly commonly used phrase.
[edit] South Crofty
Didn't South Crofty reopen in the end? fabiform | talk 16:59, 3 Oct 2004 (UTC)
no there's been lots of attempts but they've all either fallen through or been blocked, I love the qoute from the redevelopement officer regarding one they blocked saying 'mining wasn't appropiate for the area'! 131.111.8.98
[edit] redruth
what does the cornish name mean? I'm geussing rudh/ruth is red but what about rys, wasn't oxford called rys-something??? I always assumed it was one of those places whith an english and cornish bit meaning the same, theres quite a lot of them, we've listed quite a couple on long journeys!
A Dictionary of English Place-Names, OUP 1991, has Redruth as meaning "red ford" from the Old Cornish rid + ruth DuncanHill 00:13, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Twin Town: Plumergat
There's a stub about Plumergat on the French WP:
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumergat
Vernon White 18:09, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
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