Fowey is situated in the Deanery and Hundred of Powder. It is bounded on the North by the parishes of Tywardreath and St Sampson (Golant), on the East by Fowey Harbour which separates them from Lanteglos-by Fowey, on the South by the English Channel, and on the West by Tywardreath. Fowey was rated in the Domesday survey of 1086 under the parish of Tywardreath.