Lanivet

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Lanivet () is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated approximately southwest of Bodmin,Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin 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 Bodwannick, Bokiddick, Lamorick, St Ingunger, Trebell Green, 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.

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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. Within the church are monuments of the Courtenays of Tremere.Nikolaus Pevsner(1970) Cornwall; 2nd ed., rev. by E. Radcliffe. Penguin, pp. 91 Churches, Holy Wells & Saints. In the churchyard are two ancient stone crosses and a rare example of a hogback grave dating from Viking times. A. G. Langdon (1896) also records the existence of four more stone crosses in the parish.Langdon, Arthur G. (1896) Old Cornish Crosses. Truro: J. Pollard; pp. 295, 383, 412, 419Nikolaus Pevsner Cornwall (1970) Andrew Langdon (1994) records 13 crosses: two in the churchyard and Bodwannick Cross, Reperry Cross, St Ingunger Cross, Fenton Pits Cross, Lesquite Cross, Treliggan Cross, Laninval Cross, Tremore Cross, Woodley Cross, St Benet's Cross and Lamorick Cross.Langdon, A.G. (2002) Stone Crosses in Mid Cornwall; 2nd ed. Federation of Old Cornwall Societies; pp. 43-59 One of the crosses in the churchyard is said to be located at the exact centre of Cornwall. Langdon (1896) said of Reperry Cross that only the base remained but the cross was illustrated in the Gentleman's Magazine, vol. 75 (1805).Langdon, A.G. (1896) Old Cornish Crosses. Truro: Joseph Pollard; pp. 227, 423 According to Andrew Langdon (1994) the cross disappeared after its mention in 1805; J.T. Blight noted that only the base stone remained. Charles Henderson examined the St Ingunger Cross and decided it was the lost Reperry Cross. Meanwhile a replica had been made by Sir Robert Edgcumbe and placed on the base stone. In 1926, the original cross was put in its proper place and the replica was moved to a site near Reperry Manor. After damage to the hedge in 1997 had been repaired the cross was firmly placed on top of it.

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 Abbey in Burgundy. 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.Charles Henderson. Cornish Church Guide (1925) Truro: Blackford; pp. 129–30.

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.Nikolaus Pevsner Cornwall (1970); pp. 158-59 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".

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.Gilbert Hunter Doble, (1970) The Saints of Cornwall: part 5. Truro: Dean and Chapter; pp. 3-29

Near to the village is located Lesquite Quoit, a ceremonial funerary monument built around 3500–2600 BC, one of only 20 portal surviving in the United Kingdom.

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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 Crusher.

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Cornish wrestling

There were Cornish wrestling tournaments, for prizes, held in the meadow behind the Lanivet InnThe West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, 7 May 1872, p3.Cornish Guardian, 16 September 2015. and at the "Green"Cornish Guardian, 27 April 1906. in Lanivet for centuries.The West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, 3 May 1816, p3.Cornish & Devon Post, 4 May 1901.

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Notable people

• John Courtenay of Tremere (1520/1521–1560) (now Tremore in the parish of Lanivet) was an MP and one of the family of Courtenay of Tremere.
• Emma Gifford (1840–1912) a writer and suffragist lived locally. Thomas Hardy (1840–1928) the novelist and poet, came to Lanivet in August 1872 to visit her home. He was introduced to her parents at Kirland House. He wrote a poem in the same year entitled Near Lanivet. They married in 1874. Millgate, Michael (1982) Thomas Hardy: a Biography Revisited, Oxford U.P. p. 131
• Loveday King (1935–2025), an English female professional darts player.

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External links

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