The largest settlement in the parish is the coastal village of Gorran Haven, a mile to the east with a further cluster of homes at Trevarrick.
Features of interest include the bench ends and the late medieval font.
[6] Thomas Tonkin, MP and historian, is buried at the parish church.
William Nott from St Goran was a farmer who had much Cornish wrestling competition success at the end of the 1600s and was known as the "philosopher".
[7][8] Charles Dawe from St Goran was referred to by Thomas Tonkin as being without equal in the early 1700s.