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LANLIVERY is a parish and village, on
the road from St. Austell to Bodmin, and bounded on the
east by the River Fowey, 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 division of the county, east division of the
hundred of Powder, petty sessional division of Powder
Tywardreath, Bodmin union and county court district,
rural deanery and archdeaconry of Bodmin 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, sometime M.P. for East Cornwall
(1878), the Rev. Francis John Hext Kendall, vicar of
Talland (1874), and to Edwd. (1871), Richard Foster Esq.
of Castle (1869) and to Edwd. Richard 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: the
church was restored during 1878-91, at a cost of £867,
and affords 300 sittings. The register dates from the
year 1583. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value
£192, with residence and 24 ½ acres of glebe, in the
gift of the trustees of the Kendall estate, and held
since 1862 by Rev. Francis Kendall B.A. of Worcester
College, Oxford. There are Wesleyan and Free Methodist
chapels at Sweets House, the latter erected in 1877,
with 180 sittings, a Wesleyan chapel at Pennant, and a
Free Methodist church at Redmoor, with 120 sittings.
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. Cowbridge, the property and
residence of George Hext esq. J.P. is a modern mansion
of stone situated on a hill and commands extensive views
of Fowey river and valley. Castle, the property of
Richard Foster esq. of Lanwwithan, 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, the Duchy
of Cornwall, Viscount Clifden, the Earl of Mount
Edgcumbe P.C., D.C.L., L.L. Jonathan Rashleigh esq. of
Menabilly, Tywardreath, and Richard Foster esq. of
LLanwithan, St. Winnow, are the principal landowners.
The soil is light, with a great deal of granite, and,
near the Fowey, iron-stone; subsoil, slate. The chief
crops are wheat, barley, and turnips. The area is 6,768
acres of land, 11 of water, 6 of tidal water and 10 of
foreshore; rateable value, £6,331; 280 acres, included
in the borough of Lostwithiel, were transferred to that
new parish under an Order of the Local Government Board,
dated March 25th, 1896; the population in 1901was 1,188,
including 569 in the borough of Lostwithiel.
Sexton, James Cox
Letters through Lostwithiel arrive at 7.30 a.m. Wall
letter box, at the School, cleared at 5.15 p.m.,
weekdays only. Wall letter box at Sweets House, cleared
at 4.30 p.m. weekdays only. Lostwithiel, 2 miles
distant, is the nearest money order & telegraph office.
SCHOOLS
A School Board of 5 members was formed June 8, 1875;
Robert Pease, Fore Street, Lostwithiel, clerk to the
board; Thomas Jeffery, attendance officer.
Board (mixed), built of granite, with master’s
residence, in 1877, for 120 children; average
attendance, 65; Arthur J. Yates, master; Mrs. Emma
Rundle, assistant mistress.
Board, Boslimon, built in 1877, for 50 children; average
attendance, 33; Miss Mary Brabyn Pellow, mistress.
Marked thus * receive letters through Bodmin.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS
*Harper, Walter, Boslimon
Hext, George J.P., Cowbridge
Kendall, Rev. Francis B.A., Vicarage
Ker, Edward, The Refuge
Pease, William, Castle
COMMERCIAL
Algar, William, farmer, Lancrow
*Bilkey, Samuel, cowkeeper, Redmoor
Bray, Thomas, farmer, Trethew
Brewer, Fras., miller (water), Milltown
Brown, Thomas, farmer, Roselath
*Carter, Jn., basket maker, Sweets ho
Coad, Joseph, farmer, Breany
*Cole, John Wm., farmer, Woodlands
Collins, Rd. Coppin, farmer, Powderham
Dunn, Richard, farmer, Strickstenton
Eddy, John, farmer, Creft
Eddy, Wm. Peter, farmer, Tregantle
*Edwards, Samuel, mason to Viscount Clifden, Boslimon
Freeman, John, Sons & Co. Limited, Granite Quarry Works
(Samuel William Tregaskes, manager), Colkerrow. See
advertisement
Grigg, Jas. & Thos., farmers, Trevilmick
*Harper, Catherine (Mrs.), cowkeeper, Boslimon
*Harris, Thomas, foreman to Viscount Clifden, Redmoor
Hawkey, Henry, farmer, Penhale
Henwood, Jn. Rundle, blacksmith & frmr.
Higgs, John, farmer, Creft
Higgs, Philip, farmer, Whistow
Hoar, Thomas (Mrs.), farmer, Penquite
Hoare, Benjamin, farmer, Crewell
*Jane, John, shopkeeper, Sweets House
Jeffery, Thomas, blacksmith & school attendance officer,
Church Town
*Jewell, Samuel, cowkeeper, Redmoor
Keat, Jn., miller (water), Rosenea Mill
*Kestle, Jacob, cowkeeper, Redmoor
Kittow, William Hy., farmer, Trethevy
Knight, Woodman, farmer, Penpell
Lander, Christopher, farmer, Poldew
Lanxon, Wm., farmer, Lower Demeans
Lean, John Charles, farm bailiff to J. Santo esq.,
Polgasick
*Littleton, Albert, farmer, Chark
*Littleton, John, farmer, auctioneer, & assistant
overseer, Sweets House
Littleton, Nicholas Braddon, farmer, Gallows Hill-head
Littleton, Thomas, farmer, Streigh
*Littleton, Walter, farmer, Redmoor
*Littleton, Walter, farmer, Pullington & Boslimon
*Littleton, William, farmer, Ruzzah
Loader, Henry, gamekeeper to C.A. Hanson esq. Pellyn
*Lobb, John, cowkeeper, Copse
May, Albert, farmer, Coomb
*May, Thomas, farmer, Creney Gate
Maynard, Thomas, farmer, Barn Gate
Nicholls, Hy., farmer, Higher Demeans
*Oliver, Charles, farmer, Rew
*Oliver, John, farmer & miller (water), Chark Mills &
Creney
*Oliver, John, farmer, Creney
Oliver, Mathew, farm bailiff to J. Santo esq., Penknight
Peake, William, farmer, Treganoon
Phillips, Charles, farmer, Rosenea
Phillips, James, farmer, Higher, Middle, & Lower Greadow
Phillips, Joseph, Crown Inn
Philp, John, farmer, Colkerrow
*Richards, John, painter, Redmoor
Rogers, Albert, shoe maker
Roskelley, Benjamin Sturtridge, mason, Pelyn Tors
Roskelley, Henry, mason, Pelyn Tors
Rouse, Fredk. Wm., carpenter, Puddle
*Rowe, John, mason, Redmoor
*Rowse, Timothy, farmer & mining engineer, Boslimon
Hill, Redmoor
Rundle, Rebecca (Mrs.), grocer, Church Town
Rundle, Wm. Hy., farmer, Church Town
Serpell, Ernest Geo., farmer, Restormal
Sleep, John, wood ranger to the trustees of Nicholas
Kendall esq., Church Town
Sturtridge, Elizh. (Mrs.), farmer, Tregantle
*Tinney, George, farmer, Redmoor
*Tregay, James, basket maker, Maudlin & Sweets House
Tucker, Robert, farmer, Restormal
Veall, Henry, farmer, Pill
Ward, James, farmer, Colwith
*Wellington, Thos. Hy., farmer, Bodwen
Wherry, Charles, farmer, Colley Green
Wherry, Chas., mason & frmr., Crift Down
White, William Hy., farmer, Milltown
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