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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, 1823-1845: 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 an 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, 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; the marriages, 1754; burials
1679. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £365,
including 42 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift
of R.M.Paul esq.and Colonel Paul, and held since 1904 by
the Rev. Edward Stanley Beale Windsor M.A. of Selwyn
College, Cambridge. There are United Methodist 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
1881-1892; it contains reading and recreation rooms, and
is supported by members’ subscriptions. The rents of the
parish lands, amounting to about £175 yearly, are
expended principally on education. Part of the
population is engaged in mining, there being 10 mines in
the parish, but of these only two are at present being
worked. At Fenton Pits, by the road side, is an ancient
round-headed but mutilated cross: at St. Ingunger is
another, and at Tremoore 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 in the residence of Col. Sir William
Eldon Serjeant C.B., F.R.G.S.; 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. W.P.Dennis esq. of
Pendine, Wrexham, N. Wales, and Sir Robert Pearce-Edgcumbe,
of Quay House, Newquay, who is also lord of the manor of
Reperry, are the chief landowners. The soil is various;
the subsoil is slate and dunstone. The chief crops are
barley and oats, and there are also moorlands. The area
is 5,426 acres; rateable value, £5,572; population in
1911, 970.
BOKIDDICK, 2 miles south-east, and NANSTALLON, 2 miles
north-west, with a “halt” on the Bodmin and Wadebridge
rail motor car branch of the London and South Western
railway are hamlets in this parish.
Parish Clerk, Sampson Downing
Cornwall Constabulary, William John Crocker, constable.
Post and Telegraph Office – Mrs. Mary Jane Marshall,
sub-post mistress. Letters arrive from Bodmin at
7.55a.m.; dispatched at 4.50p.m.; no delivery on
Sundays. The nearest money order office is at Higher
Bore Street, Bodmin, 3 miles distant.
Post Office, Nanstallon – Joseph Draydon sub-postmaster.
Letters from Bodmin arrive at 7.30a.m., dispatched at
4.55p.m weekdays only. The nearest money order office is
at Higher Bore Street, Bodmin, 3 miles distant.
PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
Nanstallon (mixed), built in 1877 for 70 children;
average attendance, 63: Richard A. Martin, master.
Village Green, built in 1906 for 120 children, (mixed &
infants); it replaces the endowed, built in 1609 &
rebuilt in 1855; average attendance 100; Arthur J.
Yates, master; William H. Harris, assistant master.
Marked * thus receive letters through Bodmin.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS
Barnes, John, Stephengelly
Bennett, William, The Nook
Downing, Albert William, Lamorrick
Greenwood, John Thomas, Bank House, Nanstallow
Grose, Joseph, Nanstallow
Hearn, Sydney, Rose Hill
*Henwood, Francis John, Tremore
Hore, Thomas, Laninval
Keat, Jeremiah
Marshall, John, Rose Hill
Morris, Mrs., Church Town
*Retallick, James, Higher Woodley
Runnalls, William, Rose Hill
Serjeant Col. Sir William Charles Eldon C.B., F.R.G.S.,
St Benet’s Abbey
Windsor, Rev. Edward Stanley Beale M.A., Rectory
COMMERCIAL
*Barber, John Kempthorne, auctioneer, Woodside, Hooper’s
Bridge
Bate Brothers, coach builders
Bews, Richard, farmer, Penburthen
Bickham, Joseph, farmer, Cork
Bray, Wm. Henry, farmer, Bokiddick
Brenton, Martin, Lanivet Inn
Burden, Wm. Edwd., farmer, Treningle
Chapman, Lot, farmer, Tregullan
Chapman, William Steven, farmer, Tremore Valley
Clemo, William, farmer, Clann
Coad, Walter, farmer, Rosewarrick
Dowling, Sampson, parish clerk & clerk to trustees of
local charity & to Bodmin sub-committee of Cornwall
Local Pension Committee
Draydon, Mabel, (Mrs.) shopkeeper, Nanstallon
Fisher, William, farmer, Church Town
Geach, William, boot & shoe maker
Hambly, John, farmer, Tretoil
Harvey, John, farmer, Sanders Hill
Hawke, Clifford, farmer, Lamorrick
Hearne, Sydney, (Mrs.), teacher of music, Rose Hill
Hendy, Louisa Jane, (Miss), farmer, Fenton Pitts
Hendy, Nicholas Henry, farmer, Bodwannick
*Henwood, Fras. Jn., yeoman, Tremore
Hick, Charles & William, farmers, Fenton & Lesquite
Hill, John, tailor
Hillside Syndicate Ltd, (Thomas Williams resident
manager), tin mine, Mulberry, Ruthern
Honey, E. & Sons, carpenters, Walmer Ho
Hooper, John, farmer, Tremabyn
Hore, Albert, farmer, Newton
Hore, Thomas, farmer, Laninval
Hugo, Harry, mason, Nanstallon
Jacobs, Thos. Yelland, farmer, Coldwell
Jane, Wm. Williams, farmer, Bokiddick
Knight, Richard & George, farmers, Tremeer
Knight, Ernest, farmer, Higher Rosewarrick
Knight, Paul, farmer, Tretoil
Lobb, James, blacksmith
Lobb, John Searle, farmer, Bokiddick
Lyne, Geo. Coad, farmer, St. Ingunger
Lyne, Sidney Geo., farmer, Bodwannick
Marshall, Mary Jane (Mrs.), shopkeeper and Post Office
Marshall, Thos., insur. agt., Rose Hill
Marshall, William Edward, shopkeeper
Masters, Harry, farmer, Red Tye
*Masters, Nehemiah, farmer, Lr. Hill Head
Matthews, Thomas, farmer, Lamorrick
Matthews, William, farmer, Lanet
May, Barnabus, farmer, Tregullon
Merrifield, Abel, farmer, Barrington
*Morris, James, farmer, Cadwin
Mutton, Arthur, farmer, Foxhole
Nute, Neville, miller, (water)
Parish Institute (Sml. Retallick, sec)
*Pedlar, Walter, farmer, assistant over-seer and clerk
to Parish Council, Low Woodley
Pentray, Tom, carpenter
Phillips, Percy, farmer, Trekillick
Phillips, William Jn., farmer, Bokiddick
Prosper, Wheal Tin Mining Co (Thos. Tremewan, resident
agent)
Rawe, John, farmer, Lower Tredenham
*Retallick, Edwin, frmr., Hr. Woodley
Retallick, John Henry, farmer, Treliggon & Mena
Rickard, Edwin, farmer, Lower Cadwin
Roach, Wm., stonemason, Lamorrick
Rundle, Sydney, farmer, Hr. Tredenham
Sandry, Peter, miller (water), Hooper’s Bridge
Searle, Hart, farmer, Mulberry
Stanley, Thomas, farmer, Tremayle
Stickland, James Hy., farmer, Reperry
Strout, Digory, farmer, Tremore
*Thomas, William, farmer, Cadwin
Tinney, Joseph, farmer, Penvivian
Tinney, William, builder & contractor, undertaker &
dealer in timber, linseed & machine oils, petroleum,
paints &c. Rose Cottage (postal address, Lanhydrock,
Bodwin)
Tonkyn, John Jas., farmer, Lamorrick
Tonkyn, William John, carpenter
Tremewan, Thos., resident mine agent
Verran, Thomas, blacksmith
Vivian, Geo. Arth., frmr, Ryan Parks
Wendon, Thomas, boot & shoe maker, Fenton Pitts
Whell, John, farmer, Mulberry, Nanstallon
Williams, Thos., resident man., Hillside Syndicate Ltd,
Mulberry, Ruthern
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