St Gluvias

St Gluvias is situated in the Deanery and Hundred of Kerrier. It is bordered by Perranarworthal and Mylor to the north, Mylor and Budock to the east, Mabe to the south and Stithians to the west. The town of Penryn lies north-west of the port of Falmouth projecting into the creeks of Falmouth harbour. Apart from the town of Penryn, the main village of the parish is Ponsanooth which had its own Wesleyan Methodist chapel, to which a cemetery was attached, and a Primitive Methodist chapel. Other villages are Treluswell, which also had its own Methodist chapel, and Burnthouse.