Description

Gerrans, a village and a parish in Cornwall. The village stands on the W side of a bay of its own name and near the head of St Mawes harbour, 10 1/4 miles SW by S of Tregony, and 7 1/2 SSE of Truro station on the G.W.R.; is alleged to have been founded by Gerennins, a king of Corn' wall, in the latter part of the 6th century, and has a post office under Grampound ; money order and telegraph office, Porthscatho. The parish contains also the hamlet of Porthscatho. Acreage, 2646 ; population, 790. An ancient earthwork, called Dungerein, situated N of the church, and communicating with the shore by a subterranean passage, is regarded as a vestige of a fort or palace of King Gerennius. The rocks include slate. Gerrans Bay has a semicircular outline, and measures about 2 1/4 inches across the chord. A fine specimen of a raised beach, consisting of pebbles cemented into conglomerate by oxide of iron, is on its E shore. The living of Gerrans is a rectory in the diocese of Truro; value, o£260 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Truro. The church stands on an eminence with a fine view, and contains a monument to the Hobbe family. There are Congregational and Wesleyan chapels.