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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, 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
tow 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, 1679. the
living is a rectory, net yearly value £405, 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, but of
these only one is at present being worked. 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. Viscount Clifden, Henry Godolphin
Peter-Hoblyn esq. of Colquite, Francis John Henwood esq.
John Tremayne esq. of Heligan, St. Ewe, H. Dennis esq.
of Ruabon, N. Wales, and Miss Ffrench are the chief
landowners. The soli is various; the subsoil is slate
and dunstone. The chief crops are barley and oats, and
there are extensive moorlands. The area is 5.425 acres;
rateable value, £5,560; the population in 1901 was 884. SCHOOLS A School Board of 5 members was formed October 19, 1875,
with Bodmin extra-municipal contributory with 2 members;
G. Knight, Bodwannick, clerk to the board. COMMERCIAL Baron, John, farmer, Stephengelly |
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