Baldhu

Baldhu (/bælˈdjuː, bɔːl-/;^[1] Cornish: Baldu, meaning black mine) is a village and parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.^[2] It is in the civil parish of Kea.

Baldhu Cornish: Baldu
Parish Church of Saint Michael and All Angels
Baldhu Location within Cornwall
OS grid reference	SW7742
Civil parish	Kea
Shire county	Cornwall
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Truro
Postcode district	TR3
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Cornwall
Ambulance	South Western
List of places UK England Cornwall 50.247°N 05.126°W / 50.247; -05.126

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 3 miles (4.8 kilometres) 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.