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ScorrierSt. Day
Scorrier (Skorya in Cornish) is a village in the civil parish of St Day.
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Scorrier: a mining district village on the A30, two miles north east of Redruth
Scorrier (Skorya in Cornish) is a village in the civil parish of St Day. It lies on the A30 at the junction with the A3047, which runs west to Camborne, and the B3298, which runs south to Carharrack. It is about 2 miles north east of the centre of Redruth and 3 miles south east of the coast at Porthtowan.
The Plymouth to Penzance railway line passes through the village. Scorrier had its own railway station from 1852 to 1964.
The name Scorrier is first recorded as Scoria in 1330 and comes from the Latin scoria, meaning mining waste. The village sits in the Gwennap Mining District, part of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site.
The Williams family made their fortune from tin and copper mining. John Williams the Third built Scorrier House, just south of the village, in 1778, using money from tin mining, and it was substantially enlarged in 1845. The family also owned Tregullow House, a former country house with two Cornish crosses.
A. E. Rodda and Son, the principal maker of clotted cream, is based in Scorrier.
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Where is Scorrier?
Scorrier is a village in the civil parish of St Day, on the A30 about 2 miles north east of Redruth. Porthtowan on the coast is about 3 miles to the north west.
Does Scorrier have a railway station?
No. The Plymouth to Penzance line passes through the village, but Scorrier station was open only from 1852 to 1964.
Where does the name Scorrier come from?
It is first recorded as Scoria in 1330 and comes from the Latin word for mining waste, which fits its place in the Gwennap Mining District.
What is Scorrier House?
Scorrier House, just south of the village, was built in 1778 by John Williams the Third using money from tin mining, and substantially enlarged in 1845.
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