The Humphrey Millet Grylls Monument, Helston
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The Humphrey Millet Grylls Monument, Helston
Image: © Stephen McKay Taken: 30 Mar 2010
This granite monument at the foot of Coinagehall Street was erected in 1834 in memory of Humphrey Millet Grylls, a local banker and solicitor, who donated funds that kept the Wheal Vor copper mine in production, thus saving 1,200 jobs. Closure of the mine would have been devastating for the town's economy. It is said that Grylls' funeral procession was two miles long when he died at the age of 45.
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50.100107
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