Redruth St Uny is the original church of Redruth town parish. Redruth St Uny ecclesiastical parish was created from the remaining part of the original Redruth parish in 1884, when that original parish was divided. The parish name is sometimes spelled St Euny. In the past the town of Redruth and its neighbour, Camborne served the important areas of tin mining area in South-West Cornwall. There has been a long tradition of rivalry between the two towns. In the early days of mining Redruth thought it was a cut above Camborne, because it was the place where the better classes lived. Redruth was situated in the Deanery and Hundred of Penwith. It is bounded on the North by Illogan and St Agnes, on the East by Gwennap, on the South by Gwennap and Illogan, and on the West by Illogan.