Description
Grid reference: SW 87 35
Ecclesiastical parish. Archdeaconry of Cornwall. Deanery of Penryn to 1848; Deanery of Powder, 1848-1915; Deanery of Carnmarth South, 1915-1948. The parish was merged with St Anthony in Roseland in 1948 to form the parish of Gerrans with St Anthony in Roseland.
Hundred of Powder. Gerrans civil parish.
Chronological Sequence
Sanctus Gerendus, 1202; Sancti Gerendi, 1291; Sancte Gerende, 1334; Sancti Gerendi, 1349, 1359, 1361-2; Gerens in Roseland, 1568; St Gerrans, c.1626; Gerrance, 1666, c.1680; Gerrans, 1710, 1884; St Gerrans, 1899; Gerrans, 1956, 1980
Forms by Earliest Occurrence
Sanctus Gerendus : 1202
Sancti Gerendi : 1291
Sancte Gerende : 1334
Sancti Gerendi : 1349, 1359, 1361-2
Gerens in Roseland : 1568
St Gerrans : c.1626, 1899
Gerrance : 1666, c.1680
Gerrans : 1710, 1884, 1956, 1980
References
Sanctus Gerendus
Henderson, 1956, p171, citing from 1202
Ecclesia Sancti Gerendi
In the Decanatus de Penren.
Hingeston-Randolph, 1889, p466, citing from 1291
Sancte Gerende
Henderson, 1956, p172, citing from 1334
Porcio curata Ecclesie Parochialis Sancti Gerendi
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1395, citing from 1349
Porcio Curata in Ecclesia Parochiali Sancti Gerendi
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1453, citing from 1359
Porcio Curata Ecclesie Sancti Gerendi
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1477, citing from 1361-2
Gerens in Roseland
RIC, HendCal 9, c.1920s, §10, citing from HP/5/1, 1568 (*)
St Gerrans
Gray, 1990, p71, citing from c.1626
Gerrance
Henderson, 1956, p174, citing from 1666
CRO, CN/1665/2, c.1680 (*)
Gerrans
RIC, HC/24/17, 1710 (*)
Symons, 1884
St Gerrans
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1626
Gerrans
Henderson, 1956, p171
Youngs, 1980, p61