In the 15th century the little church of St Just in Gorran Haven was built, together with it's quay, by the Bodrugan family.
It was Sir Henry, the last of the Bodrugans who had supported the Yorkists in the Wars of the Roses.
When the Lancastrian, Henry Tudor, triumphed, Sir Richard Edgcumbe was sent to arrest him and sieze his lands.
The story goes that Sir Henry fled on horseback and leapt off the cliffs at Chapel Point where a boat was waiting to take him into exile in Ireland.
The place is still known as 'Bodrugan's Leap'.
With the Reformation, the church of St Just fell into disuse and became a fishermen's store. Eventually it was divided into two storeys and the Wesleyan Methodists used the upper part until the present little whitewashed chapel was built in 1830.
It was not until 1885 that St Just church was restored to its proper use as a place of worship.
built in 1830
Morning Worship at Gorran Haven
is not held in the winter months.
Rev. A. John Kendall
Tel. 01726 842853