Grade–Ruan is a civil parish on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom approximately ten miles (16 km) south of Falmouth.[1]
It is a rural parish bounded to the east by St Keverne parish and by the sea; to the west by Mullion and Cury parishes; and to the south by Landewednack parish.
Grade–Ruan civil parish encompasses part of Goonhilly Downs and the major settlements are Ruan Minor, Ruan Major and Cadgwith. The parish was formed in 1934 because falling population necessitated merging the ecclesiastical parishes of Grade, Ruan Major and Ruan Minor. All three were in the Deanery and Hundred of Kerrier.[2] Formerly, Cadgwith was partly in Grade parish and partly in Ruan Minor parish.
The population of Grade–Ruan has increased steadily; it was 677 in 1961, 835 in 1981 and 1070 in 2001.[3] There is a school in the parish, Grade Ruan CE Primary School, which is situated in Ruan Minor.
The parish churches of the three former parishes are St Grada at Grade, and the churches of Ruan Major and Ruan Minor, the latter dedicated to St Rumonus. All three have towers though Ruan Minor Church is very small. Ruan Major Church was greatly altered by Edmund Sedding in 1867 and is now a ruin.
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