The village is now a suburb on the northern edge of Penryn which is two miles (3.2 km) northwest of Falmouth.

[1] Until 1 April 2021 there was civil parish was called St Gluvias which doesn't include the suburb but it was renamed to Ponsanooth.

[3] Gluvias of Cornwall was the son of Gwynllyw the warrior, King of Gwentlog, and a nephew of St Petroc.

The church was founded in the 6th century and the parish was in the Middle Ages sometimes called Behethlan or Bohelland.

[5] It was rebuilt by J. P. St Aubyn in 1883 although the medieval tower survived and is built of blocks of granite.