Retallack

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{{Infobox UK place

|static_image= Spirit of the West Theme Park, Retallack, Cornwall - geograph.org.uk - 102207.jpg

|static_image_width= 250px

|static_image_caption= Spirit of the West Theme Park, Retallack

|country= England

|region= South West England

|map_type=Cornwall

|official_name= Retallack village

|cornish_name= Res'helyk

|civil_parish= St Wenn

|unitary_england= Cornwall

|lieutenancy_england =Cornwall

|os_grid_reference= SW934658

|coordinates = {{coord|50.456|-4.912|display=inline,title}}

|population =

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|post_town= St Columb

|postcode_area= TR

|postcode_district=TR9

|dial_code= 01637|

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Retallack village is near St Columb Major, in Cornwall, England, UK, and in the civil parish of St Wenn.

Most of the village was turned into a 100 acre commercial theme park called "Spirit of the West".{{cite web|last=Retallack|first=Gregory|title=Retallack Surname|url=http://pages.uoregon.edu/dogsci/doku.php?id=directory/faculty/greg/main|publisher=University of Oregon|accessdate=December 14, 2011}} The theme park opened in 1989 under the name Frontier City on what was originally a 34 acre site. The attraction was created by Malcolm Stuart Warriner, who was one of its business partners and a Western reenactor portraying the town sheriff, JB.{{cite news |title=Wild West to open up for tourists |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003596/19890216/036/0036 |newspaper=Western Evening Herald |date=16 February 1989 |page=22 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 November 2024}} The Spirit of the West closed in 2009 and was redeveloped into holiday lodges, which use the name Retallack Resort & Spa.

Outer Retallick (sic) is another village 1 km to the northwest of the village of Winnards Perch, which was destroyed to make way for a nearby highway roundabout.

Retallack is also a Cornish surname. The name can be traced back to the location near St Columb. John Retallack, listed as a local farmer living at Retallack in 1602.{{cite book|last=Carew|first=R|title=The survey of Cornwall|year=1602|publisher=John Jaggard|location=London|isbn=978-0-678-07504-3|pages=159 p}} Other Cornish localities named for this family include Retillick Farm (sic) near Roche (SW 974593), Retallack Farm near Constantine (SW 733304), and Retallack Mine near Millpool (SW 573314){{cite journal|last=Retallack|first=Gregory|title=What does the name Retallack mean?|journal=Cornwall Family History Journal|year=2000|volume=98|pages=14–15}} Other Cornish places called Retallack also exist: these are in St Hilary and Constantine. while Retallick is in Roche. Though the modern forms are the same the earlier forms show that the original meanings are different. This Retallack and the nearby Retallick have the meaning "ford by willow trees".Weatherhill, Craig (2009). A Concise Dictionary of Cornish Place-Names. Westport, Co. Mayo: Evertype. {{ISBN|9781904808220}}; pp. 59-60