RUAN (MINOR), a parish in the hundred of KERRIER, county of CORNWALL, 9 miles (S. E. byS.) from Helston, containing 293 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Cornwall, and diocese of Exeter, rated in the king's books at £4. 4. 4., and endowed with £200 royal bounty. The Rev. W. Robinson was patron in 1814. The church is dedicated to St. Rumon. There is a place of worship for Wedeyan Methodists. The parish is bounded on the east by the English channel, upon which is situated Cadgwith Cove, the resort of fishermen.