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Lanlivery is a parish and village, on
the road from St Austell to Bodmin, nearly 2 miles west
from Lostwithiel station and 2 miles east from Luxulion
station on the Great Western Railway, 6 miles south from
Bodmin and 7 north-east from St. Austell, in the South
Eastern of the county, east division of the hundred of
Powder, petty sessional division of Powder Tywardreath,
Bodmin union and county court district, rural deanery of
Bodmin and archdeaconry and diocese of Truro. The church
of St. Brevita is a fine building of granite, in the
Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave of six
bays, south porch, south aisle, north transept and a
very fine embattled western tower, with pinnacles,
containing 8 bells: the east window is stained, and
there are memorial windows to Nicholas Kendall Esq., of
Pelyn J.P. and sometime M.P. for East Cornwall (1878),
the Rev. Francis John Hext Kendall, vicar of Talland
(1874), and his wife (1871), Richard Foster Esq. of
Castle (1869) and to Edwd. Richd. Foster R.N. (1869):
there are many monuments, some elaborate and costly, to
the Kendall family, including a brass, with effigy, to
Jane, daughter of Nicholas Kendall Esq. (1643): there
are some remains of a rood loft: there are 300 sittings.
The register dates from the year 1583. The living is a
vicarage, average yearly value from the tithe
rent-charge £233, with residence and 24 ½ acres of
glebe, in the gift of the trustees of the Kendall
estate, and held since 1862 by the Rev. Francis Kendall
B.A. of Worcester College, Oxford. There are Wesleyan
and Free Methodist chapels at Sweets House, a Wesleyan
chapel at Pennant, and a Free Methodist chapel at
Redmoor. Near Helman Tor, Lanlivery, is a fallen
cromlech, consisting chiefly of one huge monolith,
propped up at one end by another of smaller dimensions.
Charities of £18 are distributed yearly. Castle, the
property of Richard Foster Esq., D.L., J.P. is a mansion
of stone and granite, beautifully situated in a
well-wooded park, 1 mile south of Lostwithiel, and is at
present occupied by William Pease Esq. The trustees of
the late Nicholas Kendall (d.1888) who are lords of the
manor, Lord Robartes, the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe P.C.,
D.C.L., L.L. Jonathan Rashleigh Esq., D.L., J.P. of
Menabilly, Tywardreath, and Richard Foster Esq., M.A.,
D.L., J.P. of Llanwithan, St. Winnow, 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 6,768 acres of land and 26 of water
and foreshore; rateable value, £7,553: the population in
1891 was 1,188.
Sexton, Robert Sleep.
Letters through Lostwithiel, which is the nearest money
order and telegraph office, arrive at 7.30 a.m. WALL
LETTER BOX, at the School, cleared at 5.10 p.m. week
days only. WALL LETTER BOX, at Sweets House, cleared at
4 p.m. week days only.
SCHOOLS :-
A School board of 5 members was formed June 8, 1875;
Robert Pease, clerk to the board; Thomas Jeffery,
attendance officer.
Board (mixed), built of granite, with master’s
residence, in 1877, for 120 children; average
attendance, 60; Harry Greenwood, master; Miss Emma
Marks, assistant mist.
Infants’, Boslimmon, built in 1877, for 50 children;
average attendance, 35; Miss Fryer, mistress.
Marked thus * receive letters through Bodmin.
*Harper John, Boslimmon
Kendall Rev. Francis B.A., Vicarage
Ker Edward, The Refuge
Pease Robert, Castle
Pease William, Castle
Pease William jun, Castle
Penton Mrs., Cowbridge
Phillips James, Greadow
Sambell Benj. Joseph Wm., Restormel
Veal John Edward, Pelyn House
COMMERCIAL
Algar William, farmer, Lancrow
Beswetherick Philip, shoe maker
Bray William, farmer, Trethew
Brewer Fras., miller (water), Milltown
Burley William, gamekeeper to J.E.Veale Esq., North Hill
Carter John, basket maker, Sweets Ho
Coad Joseph, farmer, Breany
Congdon Thos. Edwin, farmer, Crewell
Dunn Richard, farmer, Strickstenton
Eddy John, farmer, Creft
Eddy Peter, farmer, Tregantle
Freeman John Sons & Co, Ltd., Granite Quarry Works
(Samuel Wm. Tregaskes manager), Colkerrow
Grigg Isaac, farmer, Trevilmick
*Harper Catherine (Mrs.), cowkeeper, Boslimmon
Harper Charles, famer, Creney
Hawkey John Rundle, farmer, Streigh
Hawkey Robert, farmer, Colley Green & Trevorry
Henwood John Rundle, blacksmith
Higgs John, farmer, Creft
Higgs Philip, farmer, Whistow
Hoar Thomas (Mrs.), farmer, Penquite
*Hocking John Henry, agricultural implement maker,
Sweets House
Jeffery Thos., blacksmith, Church Town
Keat John, miller (water), Rosenea
*Kestle Jacob, cowkeeper, Redmoor
Kittow William Hy., farmer, Trethevy
Lander John, farmer, Poldew
Lanxon Wm., farmer, Lower Demeans
Lean John Charles, farm bailiff to J. Sants esq.,
Polgasick
Lewis Thos., plasterer, Crewell Orchard
Little Mary (Mrs.), farmer, Roselath
*Littleton Thos. & Albt., farmers, Chark
*Littleton James, farmer, Woodlands
*Littleton John, farmer, auctioneer & assistant
overseer, Sweets House
Littleton Nicholas Braddon, farmer, Gallows Hill-Head
*Littleton Walter, farmer, Redmoor
*Littleton Walter, farmer, Pullington & Boslimmon
Littleton William, farmer, Ruzzah
May Albert, farmer, Coomb
*May Thomas, farmer, Creney Gate
Maynard Thomas, farmer, Barn Gate
Mitchell William, farmer, Penhale
Moffatt Thomas, farmer, Pill
*Netherton Robert, cowkeeper, Redmoor
Nicholls Robt., farmer, Higher Demeans
*Oliver Charles, farmer, Rew
*Oliver John, farmer & miller (water), Chark Mills &
Creney
Oliver Mathew, farm bailiff J. Santo esq., Penknight
Olver William George, wood ranger to the trustees of
Nicholas Kendall esq., Pelyn Tors
Peake William, farmer, Treganoon
Philip Joseph, farmer, Colkerrow
Phillips Jas., farmer, Middle Greadow
Phillips John, farmer, Higher Greadow
Phillips Joseph, Crown Inn
Phillips William, farmer, Rosenea
Reed Richard, general merchant
Rogers Albert, shoe maker
Rouse Adolphus, farmer, Powderham
Rouse Fredk. Wm., carpenter, Puddle
*Rowe John, mason, Redmoor
Rundle James, carpenter & grocer, Church Town
Rundle William Hy., farmer, Church Town
Sambell Benj. Jsph. Wm., farmer, Restormel
Sturtridge Elizh. (Mrs.), farmer, Tregantle
Tinney George, famer, Redmoor
*Tregay James, basket maker, Maudlin & Sweets House
Verran Mary (Miss), registrar of births & deaths for
Lanlivery sub district, Bodmin Union, Pelyn Tors
Ward James, farmer, Colwith
*Wellington Thos. Hy., farmer, Bodwen
Werry Thomas, farmer, Penpell
Wherry Charles, mason, Crift Down
White William Hy., farmer, Milltown
Williams Sophia (Mrs.), farmer, Blowinghouse
Wood John, deputy registrar of births & deaths,
Lanlivery sub district, Bodmin Union
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