Lanivet
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| Population | 1,961 (Civil Parish, 2011) |
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| OS grid reference | SX039642 |
| Civil parish | Lanivet |
| Unitary authority | Cornwall |
| Ceremonial county | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BODMIN |
| Postcode district | PL30 |
| Dialling code | 01208 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | North Cornwall |
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Lanivet (Cornish: Lanneves[1]) is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated approximately Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value). southwest of Bodmin,[2] and before the Bodmin by-pass was built, the A30 road between London and Land's End passed through the village. The Saints' Way long-distance footpath passes Lanivet near its half-way point.
The parish includes the hamlets of Bodwanick, Bokiddick, Lamorick, St Ingunger, Trebell, Tregullon, Tremore, and Woodly. Part of St Lawrence is also in this parish. An electoral ward of the same name surrounds Bodmin. Its population at the 2011 census was 4,241.[3]
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Notable buildings and antiquities
The church tower is built in the Perpendicular style and in 1878 had six bells. Renovations to the porch, nave and aisles were completed in that year along with the extension of the burial ground by enclosing an adjacent field.[4] Within the church are monuments of the Courtenays of Tremere.[5] In the churchyard are two ancient stone crosses and a rare example of a hogback grave dating from Viking times. Langdon (1896) also records the existence of four more stone crosses in the parish.[6][7] About a quarter of a mile from the church are the remains of St Benet's, a monastery of the Benedictine order, said to have been subordinate to Monte Cassino, in Italy, or according to others, Clairvaux in Burgundy.[citation needed] It was founded as a lazar house in 1411 and during the 15th-century a chapel with a tower and an adjacent longhouse were built. The building work was not complete by 1430; it is mentioned in a document of 1535. The tower and longhouse are mentioned by Charles Henderson as being still in existence; he refutes the idea of it as an abbey.[8] After the Reformation it became the home of the Courtenay family; the present house looks 19th-century with 15th-century windows built into the facade.[9] St Benet was restored by, its then owner, Charles Eldon Sargeant in 1878, and is described by The Cornishman newspaper as ″... a charming and picturesque place.[4]
St Ingunger, in the parish, is said to have been the residence of the hermit, Saint Congar of Congresbury, in the early 6th-century. Churches dedicated to him may also be found in Brittany and Cornwall.[10]
Industry
In the adjacent hills, tin and iron extraction ceased in (or just before) 1878, and all that was left of the industry was one or two tin-stamps.[4]
Thomas Hardy connection
Thomas Hardy came to Lanivet in August 1872 to visit the home of Emma Gifford where he was introduced to her parents at Kirland House. He wrote a poem in the same year entitled Near Lanivet.[11]
References
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- ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin ISBN 978-0-319-22938-5
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- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner(1970) Cornwall; 2nd ed. rev. by E. Radcliffe. Penguin, pp. 91
- ↑ Langdon, Arthur G. (1896) Old Cornish Crosses. Truro: J. Pollard; pp. 295, 383, 412, 419
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner Cornwall (1970)
- ↑ Charles Henderson Cornish Church Guide (1925) Truro: Blackford; p. 129-30
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner Cornwall (1970); pp. 158-59
- ↑ Gilbert Hunter Doble, (1970) The Saints of Cornwall: part 5. Truro: Dean and Chapter; pp. 3-29
- ↑ Millgate, Michael (1982) Thomas Hardy: a Biography Revisited, Oxford U.P. p. 131
External links
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