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LANIVET is a township, parish and
village on the high road from Bodmin to Truro, 3 miles
south west from Bodmin station on the Great Western
railway, in the South Eastern division of the county,
hundred of Pydar, petty sessional division of Trigg,
Bodmin union and county court district, rural deanery
and archdeaconry of Bodmin, and diocese of Truro. The
church (name unknown) is an ancient building of stone,
in the Early Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel,
nave, aisles, south porch and an embattled western tower
containing 6 bells: there is an altar tomb of marble to
the Rev. Nicholas Philips B.C.L. a former rector, d.
1817, and others of that family, 1823-45; a memorial to
John Cody, rector, ob. 1485; a monument with effigy, to
John Courtney, ob. 1559, and Richard Courtney, ob. 1632,
as well as numerous monuments of modern date: the
communion plate is kept in antique pyx of “cuir boulli”,
conjectured to be of the 14th century: the church was
restored and reseated in 1864, when an organ was
erected: some ancient wall paintings were discovered
during the restoration, but it was found impossible to
preserve them: the sculptured reredos of stone is by
Harry Hems of Exeter: there are 256 sittings: in the
churchyard are two fine examples of ancient crosses; one
of these is 9 feet high, is incised with a human figure
and ornamental work, and has a mutilated head; the
other, at the west end, is 10 feet 6 inches high,
elaborately worked on each side, and the head consists
of a Maltese cross combined with a circle. The register
of baptisms dates from the year 1656; marriages, 1754;
burials, 1670. The living is a rectory, net yearly value
£422, including 42 acres of glebe, with residence, in
the gift of Rev. Frederick Bateman Paul, of Exeter, and
held since 1892 by the Rev. Frederick William Paul M.A.
of Wadham College, Oxford. There are Bible Christian
chapels in the village, at Nanstallon and at Tretoil,
and Wesleyan chapels in the village, at Nanstallon and
at St. Lawrence. The Parish Institute is a galvanised
iron structure, erected in 1891 by the Rev. F.B. Paul,
rector 1881-92; it contains reading and recreation
rooms, and is supported by members’ subscriptions. . The
rents of the parish lands amount to about £175 yearly,
of which £10 is expended in apprenticing, a portion in
medical and other charitable relief, and the rest is
applied to the support of a school. Part of the
population is engaged in mining, there being ten mines
in the parish. At Fenton Pits, by the road side, is an
ancient round-headed but mutilated cross: at St.
Ingungar is another, and at Tremoor is one placed at the
junction of the roads. St Benet’s, for a considerable
time a seat of the Courtenays, was restored and repaired
in 1854, and is now the residence of Capt. Charles Eldon
Serjeant; the house incorporates portions of a reputed
monastery of the Benedictine order, and the greater part
of the front belonged to the original fabric; the walls
are about 4 feet thick, and attached to the south end is
a building lighted by a good oriel window displaying the
arms of the Courtenay, Arundel and Archer families; to
the rear of the main building is an ivy-clad tower of
granite ashlar, with an arch 20 feet in height; the
upper part of the tower, including the battlements and
pinnacles, and also, it is said, some cloisters, were
removed by Mr. Grose, a former owner, who built a
farmhouse with the materials. Lord Robartes, Ernest P.
Peter-Hoblyn, Henry Godolphin Peter-Hoblyn, Francis John
Henwood, Thomas Grose and John Tremayne esq. of Heligan,
St. Ewe, H. Dennis esq. of Ruabon, N. Wales, and Miss
Ffrench are the chief landowners. The soil is various;
the subsoil is slate and dunstone. The chief crops are
barley and oats, and there are extensive moorlands. The
area is 5,396 acres; rateable value, £5,650; the
population in 1891 was 981. SCHOOLS A School Board of 5 members was
formed October 19th, 1875, with Bodmin extra-municipal
contributory with 2 members; G. Knight, Bodwannick,
clerk to the board. COMMERCIAL
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