We drove past the main roundabout on the way to Truro, which now has two large examples of Tudor ironmongery on it. |
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The City of Truro will arrive under its own power, while locomotive 50033, Glorious a diesel-electric will arrive as a permanent exhibit at the museum. |
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In 1877 Truro was granted city status and the police force was renamed accordingly to Truro City Police. |
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The Truro area has an oceanic climate similar to the remainder of Cornwall. |
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Truro grew as a centre of trade from its port and then as a stannary town for the tin mining industry. |
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The earliest records and archaeological findings of a permanent settlement in the Truro area originate from Norman times. |
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Reginald FitzRoy confirmed c1170 in a charter to the burgesses of Truro the privileges which had been granted by Richard de Lucy. |
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During the Civil War in the 17th century, Truro raised a sizeable force to fight for the king and a royalist mint was set up. |
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The dispute was settled in 1709 with control of the River Fal divided between Truro and Falmouth. |
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Throughout those prosperous times Truro remained a social centre, and many notable people hailed from it. |
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The river valleys form a bowl surrounding the city on the north, east and west and open to the Truro River in the south. |
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As Truro has grown, it has incorporated a number of other settlements as suburbs or unofficial districts. |
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The Duchy Hospital in Truro run by Ramsay Health Care UK is the only private hospital in the County. |
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The steam locomotive, the City of Truro, was built in 1903 and still runs on UK mainline and preserved railways. |
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There is also a boat link to Falmouth along the Rivers Truro and Fal, four times daily, tide permitting. |
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The old parish church of Truro was St Mary's, incorporated into the cathedral in the later 19th century. |
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The former Truro Girls Grammar School was converted into a Sainsbury's supermarket. |
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This line was extended westwards through Exeter and Plymouth to reach Truro and Penzance, the most westerly railway station in England. |
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With the exception of the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall is governed by a unitary authority, Cornwall Council, based in Truro. |
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The lutenist, lutarist, composer and festival director Ben Salfield lives in Truro. |
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In 2014, half of the men's GB team fenced for Truro Fencing Club, and 3 Truro fencers appeared at the 2012 Olympics. |
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Daffodils also feature in celebrations in Truro, most likely due to their 'gold' colour. |
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This replaced the previous oldest recipe, dated 1746, held by the Cornwall Records Office in Truro, Cornwall. |
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Vyvyan built a mint in Truro and became its Master until 1646 when it was captured by parliamentarians. |
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The project received Cornwall Council approval in March 2012, but the Truro Council challenged it in court. |
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The Championship side moved to Truro in 2005 in a bid to reach the Premiership and was renamed the Cornish Pirates. |
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The majority of the station's programming is produced and broadcast from Truro. |
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Another good example of a tidal bore may be viewed on the Salmon River in the town of Truro. |
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They include Truro, Windsor, Parrsboro, Great Village, Bass River, Five Islands, Economy, Wolfville, Walton, and Kingsport. |
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Enjoy the foodie heaven of Padstow, the hussle and bussle of Newquay, the traditional town of Wadebridge or the city of Truro. |
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The cities of Bristol, Plymouth, Bath, Salisbury and Truro can all be reached within 2 hours. |
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Major employers in the city include the Royal Cornwall Hospital, Cornwall Council, and Truro College. |
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There are about 22,000 jobs available in Truro, compared to only 9,500 economically active people living in the city. |
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Truro has various chain stores, speciality shops and markets, which reflect its historic tradition as a market town. |
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Truro is also known for the Hall for Cornwall, a performing arts and entertainment venue. |
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Truro is also noted for its parks and open spaces, including Victoria Gardens, Boscawen Park and Daubuz Moors. |
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Truro celebrates the Christmas season with its Winter Festival, which includes a paper lantern parade known as the City of Lights Procession. |
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Students at the local college in Truro have created large lanterns, complementing the work of the core artists team. |
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Cornwall County Cricket Club play some of their home fixtures at Boscawen Park, which is also the home ground of Truro Cricket Club. |
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The town of Truro in the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada is named after Truro, as is the town of Truro in the US state of Massachusetts. |
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Connecting to the main line at Truro station is the Maritime Line, a branch line to Falmouth in the south. |
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The line was extended to the Truro River at Newham in 1855 Then Truro Road Station closed and Newham served as the terminus. |
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Since then, flood defences have been constructed around the city, including an emergency dam at New Mill on the River Kenwyn and a tidal barrier on the Truro River. |
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He was educated at Truro School and at the University of East Anglia where he was one of the first 87 students admitted, and where he founded the Dramatic Society. |
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The oldest church in Truro is at Kenwyn, on the northern side of the city. |
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The sisterhood was founded by the Bishop of Truro, George Howard Wilkinson, in 1883 and closed in 2001 when the two surviving nuns moved into care homes. |
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The son of Jonathan Hornblower the Elder and the brother of Jabez Carter Hornblower, two fellow pioneers, the young Hornblower was educated at Truro Grammar School. |
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The long and varied history of the Truro City Police concluded on 28 February 1921 when the constables were forcibly merged with the Cornwall Constabulary. |
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Though Walpole was no admirer of the schools he had attended there, the cathedral cities of Truro, Canterbury and Durham made a strong impression on him. |
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In April, Truro prepares to partake in the Britain in Bloom competition, with many floral displays and hanging baskets dotted around the city throughout the summer. |
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Cornwall's only city, and the home of the council headquarters, is Truro. |
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A team from Truro visits annually to play against a combined team. |
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And while some Francophiles might snobbishly recommend a fancy French Rhone with escargots, I suggest a local Truro Vineyards chardonnay to accompany our region's moon snail. |
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It also considers Planning issues and has been crucially involved in creating the Truro and Kenwyn Neighbourhood Plan in association with Cornwall Council. |
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Traditionally the status was afforded to towns with diocesan cathedrals and so there are smaller cities like Wells, Ely, Ripon, Truro and Chichester. |
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Martins and Sackville as well as the Nova Scotia towns of Amherst, Parrsboro, Truro, Windsor, Wolfville, Annapolis Royal, and Digby are also on the bay. |
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The Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway maintains railway connections between the port of Sydney to the Canadian National Railway in Truro. |
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Others include Humphry Davy, educated in Truro and the inventor of the miner's safety lamp, and Samuel Foote, an actor and playwright from Boscawen Street. |
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In September 1643 the town was captured by the Cornish Royalist Army led by Prince Maurice leading to Vyvyan moving his nearby mint in Truro to the now recaptured town. |
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