St Day, Cornwall

Description
Day, St, a village and an ecclesiastical parish in Gwennap parish, Cornwall. The village stands on an eminence, 1 1/2 mile from Scorrier Gate station on the G.W.R., and 2 1/2 miles E by N of Redruth; commands a view of a wondrous mining region around it; and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Scorrier. There is an institute and a free library. A fair is held on " Feast Monday," which is three weeks after Whit Monday, and a market on Saturdays. There is a velvet-cutting factory and safety fuse works. Some years ago as much as £30,000 per month was paid in miners' wages within a radius of 1 1/4 mile from St Day. There is not now a single mine worked in the parish of Gwennap. The parish was constituted in 1835. Population, 2292. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Truro; value, £250. Patron, the Vicar of Gwennap. The church was built in 1828. A chancel was added in 1891. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels. A chapel once stood here which was a great resort of pilgrims.