 It is in the civil parish of Lanreath

The name Herodsfoot derives from the Cornish 'Nanshiryarth' and means 'the foot of the stream at Heriard'.The name 'Heriard' was changed to Heriod in the 17th century and then to Herod in the 18th century.Bartholomew's map of 1879 in Black's "Guide to Cornwall" of that year has "Herras Foot" but this had become "Herodsfoot" by editions of around 1900.