Ruthvoes
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50°24′29″N 4°55′21″W / 50.40813°N 4.92239°W
Ruthvoes (Cornish: Rudhfos)[1] is a village in mid Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is in the parish of St Columb Major, about two miles (3 km) south of St Columb Major town and 6+1⁄2 miles (10.5 km) east of Newquay.[2]
The village lies on the northwest edge of Goss Moor near the A30 dual carriageway trunk road. The Par to Newquay branch railway passes south of the settlement.
Ruthvoes is the location of the holy well of Saint Columba the virgin and, according to legend, is where she was beheaded.[3][4]
Notable people
Richard Bullock, miner, stockbroker; guard on the Deadwood stagecoach; born at Ruthvoes
References
- ^ Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) Archived 2013-05-15 at the Wayback Machine : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel Archived 2013-05-15 at the Wayback Machine. Cornish Language Partnership.
- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin ISBN 978-0-319-22938-5
- ^ [1] Archived 2010-08-13 at the Wayback Machine GENUKI; St Columb Major; retrieved April 2010
- ^ St Columba Way website[permanent dead link] Retrieved May 2010
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