Tywardreath parish is situated in the Deanery and Hundred of Powder. It is bounded on the North by Luxulyan and Lanlivery, on the East by Golant (St Sampson) and Fowey, and on the South and West by the ocean, Par harbour and the River Par, which separates it from St Austell and St Blazey. Tywardreath has suffered from a multitude of different spellings since it appeared in the Domeday Survey of 1086 as Tiwardrai. The village of Tywardreath lies on the Pilgrim's Way and through which many pilgrims passed on their way to Fowey for onward travel to holy shrines in southern Europe and the Holy Land. Apart from Tywardreath, the villages are: Polkerris, Highway, Par, Polmear, Middleway Bridge, and Chapel Down.