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Post Office Cornwall Directory 1873

Lanlivery is a parish and village, 2 miles west from Lostwithiel, a portion of which town is in this parish; it is six miles south from Bodmin, and 7 north-east from St. Austell, in the eastern division of the county, east division of the Hundred of Powder, Bodmin union, Bodmin county court district, Powder rural deanery, Cornwall archdeaconry, and diocese of Exeter, situated on the road from St Austell to Bodmin. The church of St. Breaca is a fine old granite building, consisting of two aisles, transept, and chancel, with square tower and pinnacles. The register dates from the year 1644. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £307, with residence and 20 acres of glebe, in the gift of Nicholas Kendall esq., and held by the Rev. Francis Kendall, who is non-resident; the Rev. William John Rowland M.A. is curate in charge. There is a Free school for boys and girls; also a chapel for Wesleyans, and two for United Methodist Free Church. Charities of £16 are distributed yearly. Castle, the seat of Mrs C Foster, is a neat building, 1 ½ miles south of the town. Nicholas Kendall esq., who is lord of the manor, Lord Robartes, the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, Jonathan Rashleigh esq., and Mrs. Foster, of Castle, are the principal landowners. The soil is light, a great deal of granite; subsoil slate. The chief crops are wheat, barley, and turnips. The area is 6,790 acres; gross estimated rental, £7,916; rateable value £7,075; and the population in 1871 was 1,493.
Parish Clerk, John Verran


Letters through Bodmin. Lostwithiel is the nearest money order office.
Free School, John Verran, master; Mrs. Rachel Lucas, mistress.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS


Foster, Mrs. C., Castle
Kendall, Nicholas J.P., Pelyn
Kendall, Nicholas jun. J.P., Pelyn
Mantell, F.R., Cowbridge
Rowland, Rev. William John M.A. [curate in charge], Vicarage

COMMERCIAL


Algar, William, farmer, Hail House
Beswetherick, Philip, shoe maker
Brewer, Henry, miller, Milltown
Church, Edwin, farmer, Rosena
Coad, Jonathan, farmer, Breany
Grigg, Isaac, farmer, Trevilmick
Grose, Joseph, shoe maker, Sweets House
Hamley, John, mason, Crewell Orchard
Hawkey, Francis, farmer, Colly Green
Harper, Charles, miller, Churck Mill
Hawke, Thomas, butcher, Tanhouse
Hawken, Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Penpillick
Henwood, John, blacksmith
Hick, Charles, butcher, Sweets House
Hick, Jenifer (Mrs.), grocer
Higgs, Saml. Nicholas, farmr, Whistow
Higman, John, miller, Rock Mill
Hoar, Thomas, farmer, Penquite
Hocking, John, blacksmith, Sweets House
Jane, Thomas, farmer, Roselath
Jeffery, Thomas, blacksmith
Jones, George, farmer, Crewell
Jones, Thomas, farmer, Strickstenton
Keat, John, miller, Rosenea Mill
Lanxon, Henry, farmer, Lower Demeans
Little, Denzil, farmer, Trethew
Littleton, James, farmer, Woodland
Littleton, James, farmer & Temperance Hotel, Sweets House
Littleton, Nicholas Braddon, farmer, Polgasick
Littleton, Peter, farmer, Churck
Littleton, Walter, farmer, Pullington
May, Thomas, farmer, Coomb
Mitchell, William, farmer, Barngate
Moffatt, Thomas, farmer, Pill
Nicholls, John Wood, farmer, Poldue
Nicholls, Robt., farmer, Higher Demeans
Northey, Robert, farmer, Bodwen
Oliver, Charles, farmer, Rew
Parsons, Joseph, farmer, Penknight
Peake, William, farmer, Treganoon
Phillips, John, farmer, Higher Greadow
Phillips, Mary (Mrs.), farmer, Greadow
Phillips, Rd., farmer & butcher, Rylands
Puckey, John, mine agent, Lancrow
Richards, Richard, Crown Inn
Rowe, John, mason, Sweets House
Rowse, Fredk. Wm., carpenter, Puddle
Rundell, James, farmer, Colkerrow
Rundle, James, farmer, Penrose
Rundle, William, farmer
Runnals, Cath. (Mrs.), farmer, Ruzzah
Sambell, Benjamin Joseph William, farmer, Restormel
Sampson, Thos. Hosken, farmer, Trethevy
Santo, Philip, farmer, Penhale
Sturtridge, Charles, farmer, Trevorry
Sturtridge, Joseph, farmer, Tregantle
Tregay, Jas., basket maker, Sweets House
Treleaven, Alice (Mrs.), farmer, Tregantle
Treleaven, Wm., frmr. & lndownr, Breany
Verran, Jhn., registrar of births & deaths
Werry, William, farmer, Penpell
Wherry, Charles, mason, Crift Down
White, William Hen., farmer, Milltown
Willcock, William, miller, Pelyn
Williams, James, farmer, Streigh
Williams, John, farmer, Blowinghouse

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