THE PARISH OF

LANREATH

is located in the Hundred of West, next to the parishes of Duloe, Pelynt, and St. Veep. The church was dedicated to St. Sancredus in 1321; there are still some very ancient remnants existing of earlier times in the current church, including a few original bench ends. The Grylls and Buller families have existed in the parish since before the church was dedicated. Court, long the seat of the Grylls family, and barton of the manor of Lanreath, is situated near the church; while the manor of Botelett is equally historic. Fursdon, Trewen, and Trecan are also located in the parish, along with the only village, the Churchtown, which has 3 fairs each year. A National School was established in the Churchtown in 1868.

Herodsfoot was created from the Northern portion of the parish in 1851. There was a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel at Mount Pleasant, and a Bible Christian chapel at Burze.

The remains of a Roman road still exist; a large barrow extends from Tregarrick in Pelynt, past Tresawson and Pelventon in this parish, 7 miles in all, to Looe . It once stood seven feet high, and twenty feet wide at a medium. This gave rise to a popular local saying "A giant, having nothing to do, Made a great hedge from Leerin to Looe." It's commonly called "Giant's Hedge".
 

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