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Gorran Haven

Field	Value
country	England
map_type	Cornwall
official_name	Gorran Haven
cornish_name	Porthust
coordinates
population	1,271
population_ref	(Parish, 2001)
static_image	Gorran Haven-by-Natalia-McKenzie.jpg
static_image_width	240px
static_image_caption	Gorran Haven
civil_parish	St Goran
unitary_england	Cornwall
lieutenancy_england	Cornwall
region	South West England
constituency_westminster	St Austell and Newquay
post_town	ST. AUSTELL
postcode_district	PL26
postcode_area	PL
dial_code	01726
os_grid_reference	SX009414

Gorran Haven () is a fishing village, in the civil parish of St Goran, on the south coast of Cornwall, England, UK. It is about 2 mi south of Mevagissey and lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).

Overview

Gorran Haven, Cornwall at low tide on a summer afternoon.

The village lies in a cove between two sandy beaches.

Gorran Haven was an ancient fishing harbour; its first pier was built in the 15th century. In the 18th and 19th centuries it became a port handling merchandise brought from Fowey by barges and lighters. The pier was rebuilt in the 1820s and reconstructed in 1888. There are two churches in the village, Haven Church (previously Mount Zion), and St Just Church. St Just Church had been used as a fish cellar for over a century. In 1812 the Congregationalists of Mevagissey moved into the Haven using St Just as their Meeting House and referring to it as the old Chapel Cellar. Haven Church is a non-denominational church.

The Cinema Museum in London holds home movies of the village in the 1950s. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OJqSWnOFAn6RJ24jtwb21Z4Hv5svJjbp/edit#gid=2059894427

Notable residents

Sir Richard Dearlove (1945– ), civil servant, was born in and spent his early childhood in the village.
Charles William Peach (1800–1886), naturalist and geologist, lived in the village and worked in the surrounding landscape, there is a plaque to his memory in the village.
Ben Peach (1842–1926), son of Charles, geologist, was born in the village.
Colin Wilson (1931–2013), author, lived in the village for over 50 years.

References

link. (15 May 2013 : [http://www.magakernow.org.uk/idoc.ashx?docid=79ba408d-7c02-499e-8cd6-b18dd48de58d&version=-1 List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel] {{webarchive). link. (2013-05-15 . [[Cornish Language Partnership]].)
(2009). "Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 ''Truro & Falmouth (Roseland Peninsula)''". Ordnance Survey.
"Great Perhaver Beach". Cornwall Beach Guide.
"Vault Beach (Gorran Haven)". Cornwall Beach Guide.
(1972). "The industrial archaeology of Cornwall". David and Charles.
"Haven Church - Who we are".
Oldroyd, David. (23 September 2004). "Peach, Charles William".
Oldroyd, David. "Peach, Benjamin Neeve (1842–1926)".
Ezard, John. (9 December 2013). "Colin Wilson obituary". The Guardian.
Lachman, Gary. (2016). "[[Beyond the Robot]]". TarcherPerigee.

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