Saint Austell

(ˈɔːstəl)

(Placename) a town in SW England, in S Cornwall on St Austell Bay (an inlet of the English Channel): centre for the now-declining china clay industry; the Eden Project, a rainforest environment in the world's largest greenhouse, is nearby; administratively part of St Austell with Fowey 1968-74. Pop (with Fowey): 22 658 (2001)

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This, while initially being a bit of a head-scratcher, is actually the town Saint Austell in mid-Cornwall.

From Cornwall to Cramlington - coalminers who moved miles; Thousands of workers from Cornwall headed to the North East in the 19th century to find work in the region's thriving coal mines. DAVE MORTON finds out more

3 Drawing Rooms IKON GALLERY, BIRMINGHAM PREVIEW Tremlett was born in Stickler, near Saint Austell, Cornwall, in 1945 and grew-up on his parent's farm.