GERRANS PARISH HERITAGE CENTRE

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Display Boards

The Heritage Centre boasts a number of interesting display boards depicting life in the parish and its surrounds. Below are some examples of boards currently on display.

Coastguard — There was a Preventive service in Gerrans in 1820 with Coastguards formed in 1822. In 1912 the horse drawn Portscatho Rocket Brigade called out to a German barque ashore on Porthcurnick beach.

Farming display — Reference to farming in the parish is first noted in 1646 and acreage of Gerrans recorded between 1680-1760. Also a picture of the horsedrawn engine at Treloan

Pilchard Fishing in Gerrans Bay — In 1626 there were 18 seiners in Gerrans and the last great catch was in 1908 with 5,402,000 fish caught.

Education — Bishop of Exeter's application for school masters licence between 1692-1708. A purpose built school in 1854 destroyed by fire in 1982.

Non-conformism — Wesleyan, Bible Christian and Independant Methodist chapels were built over a period from 1799.

Wartime memories — Life in the village continued during the Great War albeit with women doing the work of men now serving in the forces and is depicted in many press cuttings