GORRAN, a parish in the eastern division of the
hundred of POWDER, county of CORNWALL, 5 miles
(E. S. E.) from Tregoney, containing 1203 inhabitants
The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Cornwall,
and diocese of Exeter, rated in the king's books at £20,
and in the patronage of the Bishop of Exeter. There
is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. . The vicarage-
house, called Polgarran, was the residence of Mr.
Anthony Wills, who, with his six sons, joined thePrince
of Orange (afterwards William III.), on his landing in
England; one of the sons became, a distinguished general
in the reign of George I. At Port East, on the
coast of the English channel, a great quantity of pilchards
is cured for exportation.