Originally called St Breock-in-Kerrier , St Breaca or St Briack, the parish is now just called Breage. It is situated in the Deanery and Hundred of Kerrier, and is bounded on the North by Crowan, on the East by Sithney, on the West by St Hilary and Germoe, and on the South by the ocean. The parish of Breage is named after Saint Breage and is either pronounced 'Braig', or 'Breeg' as it is now more often heard. Besides the Churchtown, the principal villages in this parish are: Ashton, Trew, Rinsey, Kenegy, Hendra, Tregunno, Trescow, Trevervas and Herland (where the Godolphin church stood). The fishing village of Porthleven was partly in this parish and partly in Sithney. The two new parishes of Godolphin and Porthleven were created from parts of this parish in 1846.