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.
Parish Church
 St Gerrans is one of the four parishes of the Roseland Peninsula. The church, dedicated to St Gerent, a 9th or 10th century saint of whom little is known, was originally Norman but little of this remains. It was largely rebuilt in the 14th and 15th centuries, and again in the mid-19th century after having been devasted by a fire. It is one of the few churches in Cornwall that has a Cornish spire | |
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