Welcome to the Parish of Breage & Godolphin
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Originally called St Breock-in-Kirrier (Kerrier), St Breaca or St
Briack, the parish of 2888 hectares is now called Breage. It is
bounded on the north by Crowan, on the east by Sithney, on the west by St
Hilary and Germoe, and on the south by the sea. The parish gets its name
from St Breaca, who came from Ireland with her brother Germoe around 460 AD
and established a church here. Later the parish became a major mining area
and at in 1841, when mining was at its peak, there were over 6000 people
living here. In 1998 the parish population was 2885, 85% of whom lived in
owner occupied homes.
Tregonning Hill (596 feet) and Godolphin Hill (495 feet) are in this parish.
On the top of the former are the remains of a large Iron Age fort. It
appears to have been of great strength and was one of the largest of the
kind in Cornwall. The granite on Tregonning was of two types. One was used
for ornamental building under the name of Breage stone; the other, abounding
in talc, was worked as china clay.
Besides the churchtown, the principal villages in this parish are: Ashton,
Trew, Rinsey, Kenneggy, Hendra, Tregunno, Trescowe, Trevurvas and Herland
(where the Godolphin church stood). The fishing village of Porthleven was
partly in this parish and partly in Sithney. The two new parishes of
Godolphin and
Porthleven were created from parts of this parish in 1846.
The church has strong links with the schools of the Parish:
St Breaca C of E School --- HT Mr L Brocklehurst--- 01326 573641
Germoe Community Primary School HT Mr Ian Fellows 01736 763310
Godolphin Primary School HT Mr Tony Phillips 01736 763318
Breage & Godolphin
Mr Bevan Osborne, East Holme, Main Road, Ashton, HELSTON, Cornwall TR13 9PH
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