Gerrans is a coastal civil parish and village on the Roseland Peninsula in Cornwall

Cornwall

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, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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. The village adjoins Portscatho

Portscatho

Portscatho is a coastal village on the Roseland Peninsula in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The village adjoins Gerrans on the east side of the peninsula approximately seven miles south-southeast of Truro....

 (the villages have almost merged into one but retain their identities) on the east side of the peninsula. The village is situated approximately seven miles (11 km) south-southeast of Truro

Truro

Truro is a city and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The city is the centre for administration, leisure and retail in Cornwall, with a population recorded in the 2001 census of 17,431. Truro urban statistical area, which includes parts of surrounding parishes, has a 2001 census...

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The name Gerrans derives from Gerent, an 8th century Cornish saint. The parish runs north-south along the eastern side of the Roseland peninsula. It is bounded to the south and east by the sea, to the west by St Just in Roseland

St Just in Roseland

St Just in Roseland is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated six miles south of Truro and two miles north of St Mawes....

 parish, and to the north by Philleigh

Philleigh

Philleigh is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom, one of the four in the Roseland Peninsula.-History:The Manor of Eglosrose is mentioned in the Domesday Book and the remainder of the parish was in the episcopal Manor of Tregear. The parish church is dedicated to...

 parish. The population was 933 in the 2001 census

Census

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. Trewithian

Trewithian

Trewithian is a hamlet near Portscatho in Cornwall, England, UK....

is the only settlement of any size in the parish apart from Gerrans and Portscatho.

Landmarks

Gerrans parish church (dedicated to St Gerent or Gerendus) was built in the 13th century and enlarged in the 15th century when the south and aisle and the tower topped with a spire were added. However, in 1849 everything except the tower was rebuilt (by William White of Truro) though this was done as closely as possible to the original church. The two-stage tower is buttressed, battlemented, and topped by a spire.

The manor of Tregear belonged to the Bishops of Exeter in mediaeval times and Gerent may have had a castle (Dingerein or Dinurrin) here.

A small museum, the Gerrans Parish Heritage Centre, is located in the village.

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