Description
Grid reference: SW 99 42
Ecclesiastical parish. Archdeaconry of Cornwall. Deanery of Powder to 1875; Deanery of St Austell, 1875-present. The parish is a United Benefice with St Michael Caerhays.
Hundred of Powder. St Goran civil parish.
Chronological Sequence
Sancto Gorono, 1270; Sancti Goroni, 1291; Sancti Goronis, 1336-7; Sancti Goroni, 1349; Sanctus Goronus, 1459; Seynt Goran, 1559; St Goorran, 1563; St Goran, 1583, 1592, 1595; Goran, 1647, 1656, 1694; Goram, c.1700; Goran, 1734; Gorran, 1785, 1799; Gorran, St Gorran, 1884; St Goran, 1899; Gorran, 1980; St Goran, 2009
Forms by Earliest Occurrence
Sancto Gorono : 1270
Sancti Goroni : 1291, 1349
Sancti Goronis : 1336-7
Sanctus Goronus : 1459
Seynt/St Goran : 1559, 1583, 1592, 1595, 1899
St Goorran : 1563
Goran : 1647, 1656, 1694, 1734
Goram : c.1700
Gorran : 1785, 1799, 1884, 1980
St Gorran : 1884, 2009
References
Sancto Gorono
Appropriated1 to the Ecclesie Beati Thome Martiris de Glasneya.
Hingeston-Randolph, 1889, p95, citing from 1270
Ecclesia Sancti Goroni
In the Decanatus de Poudreshire.
Hingeston-Randolph, 1889, p468, citing from 1291
Sancti Goronis
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1315, citing from 1336-7
Sancti Goroni
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1401, citing from 1349
Sanctus Goronus
CRO, AR/4/1259, 1459 (*)
Seynt Goran
CRO, AR/4/1287, 1559 (*)
St Goorran
CRO, AR/4/1262, 1563 (*)
St Goran
RIC, Z/1/5, 1583 (*)
CRO, AR/4/1314, 1592 (*)
CRO, AR/4/1288, 1595 (*)
Goran
CRO, AR/4/1267, 1647 (*)
CRO, AR/4/1316, 1647 (*)
CRO, AR/4/1268, 1656 (*)
CRO, GRA/225/6, 1694 (*)
Goram
CRO, EL/279, c.1700 (*)
Goran
CRO, GRA/227/1, 1734 (*)
Gorran
CRO, AD1200, 1785 (*)
RIC, HP/18/7, 1799 (*)
Gorran
St Gorran
Symons, 1884
St Goran
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1626
Gorran
Youngs, 1980, p61
St Goran
The parish is a United Benefice with St Michael Caerhays.
TDD, 2009, p54