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Lanivet

The parish of Lanivet (Cornish: Lanneves) is situated in the Deanery and Hundred of Pydar. It is bounded on the north by Bodmin, on the east by Bodmin and Lanhydrock, on the south by Lanlivery and Luxulyan, and on the west by Roche and Withiel. Lanivet means the 'Church site (lann), at Neved'. Since Neved means 'a pagan sacred place', this must have been a pre-existing name. This parish is in the geographical centre of Cornwall near the A30 trunk road through Cornwall. At one time Lanivet had eleven copper mines, now all closed. It was on the old 'Saints Way', along which the early Christian saints travelled from Ireland, via Padstow.

The villages are the Churchtown, Lamorick, Gold Bank or Nanstallon, Bokiddick, Tregullon and part of St Lawrence.

Cemeteries

The Cornwall Family History Society have published Monumental Inscriptions for the Parish Church - 326 entries.

Census

Census information for this parish (1841 - 1901) is held in the Cornwall Record Office. The Cornwall Family History Society offers a census search service for its members. The Cornwall Family History Society have also published on-line census detail by surname on the FamilyHistoryonLine site.

Specific census information for this parish is available as follows:

• 1841. The 1841 Census of Lanivet (HO107/145), Enumeration Districts 3 to 5, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1851. The 1851 Census of Lanivet (HO107/1904), Enumeration Districts 3a, 3b and 3c, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1861. The 1861 Census of Lanivet (RG9/1537), Enumeration Districts 8, 9 and 10c, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1871. The 1871 Census of Lanivet (RG10/2250), Enumeration Districts 8, 9 and 10, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1881. The 1881 Census of Lanivet (RG11/2292), Enumeration Districts 8, 9 and 10, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of Lanivet (RG12/1816), Enumeration Districts 8, 9 and 10, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.

Church History

• Anglican. There are two Anglican churches within the parish:
  • The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SX0364; it is dedicated to St Nivet. It is supposed to stand in the very centre of the Cornwall land mass. The present church dates from the 15th century; it comprises a chancel, nave, and north and south aisles. The arcades each comprise six four-centred arches of St Stepherns stone, supported on pillars of the same material. There is a south porch and a priest's door, both guarded with iron gates. The tower is of three stories, is strongly buttressed and finished with battlements; it contains six bells. The church was restored in 1864, during which some relics of a previous church were found worked into the walls. A record was found on the dedication of the high altar of a former church in 1338.
    Details about the plans of the modern church are available on-line.
  • Nanstallon. There is a Mission Church to Bodmin at Nanstallon.

  The parish is now part of the Bodmin Team Ministry which is on-line.

• Non-Conformist. There were Wesleyan Methodist chapels at the Churchtown, Tretoil, and St Lawrence, and Bible Christian chapels at the Churchtown, at Mount Pleasant (to which a cemetery was attached), and at Gold Bank.

Church Records

• LDS Church Records.
  • The LDS Church batch numbers for Lanivet are: B00049, C023561, C052851/2, E023561, M023561/2/3. These are searchable by surname.
  • The IGI coverage of this parish is 1606 - 1875.
• The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1656 - 1945, Burials 1670 - 1968
  Marriages 1670 - 1965, Boyd's Marriage Index 1608 - 1812, Pallot's Marriage Index 1790 -1812.
• The Cornwall Family History Society have published on-line transcripts of:
  • Pre 1813 Marriages
  • 1813-37 Marriages
  • 1813-37 Burials
• Baptisms.
  • Baptisms in this parish 1664 to 1911 are available on-line through the OPC Search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Cornish Forefathers' Society have published on CD, baptisms 1700 to 1840 for this parish.
  • Cornwall Legacy have published on CD baptisms (1837 to 1873) of the Bodmin Bible Christian Circuit. Areas include: Bodmin, Lanivet, Roche, Luxulyan, Withiel, and St Breock. They have also published on CD baptisms (1872 to 1900) of the Bodmin Bible Christian Circuit. Areas include: Bodmin, Lanivet, Roche, Lanlivery, Luxulyan, Withiel, and Egloshayle.
  • Cornwall Legacy have also published on CD baptisms (1837 to 1900) of the Bodmin Wesleyan Circuit, including Fletchers Bridge Chapel (1896 - 1900). Areas include: Bodmin, Lanlivery, Lanivet, Roche, Luxulyan, Cardinham, St Mabyn, Withiel, Egloshayle and St Breock.
• Banns. Banns in this parish 1754 to 1812 are available on-line through the OPC Search Facility - (C-PROP).
• Marriages.
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Marriages 1608 to 1837, which is available in Book, CD or downloadable .pdf file formats.
  • Phillimore's marriages 1608 to 1812, and parish transcripts 1670 to 1912, for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • Phillimore's Marriages at Lanivet - 1608 to 1812 are available on-line from UK Genealogy Archives.
• Burials.
  • Burials in this parish 1670 to 1900 are available on-line through the OPC Search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Burials 1813 to 1837, which is available in Book format.

Civil Registration

The parish of Lanivet is in the Bodmin Registration District, and has been since 1st July 1837; there were sub-districts are Bodmin, Egloshayle, Lanlivery and St Mabyn but these have now been abolished. Parishes within the district are: Blisland, Bodmin, Bodmin Borough, Cardinham, Egloshayle, Endellion, Helland, Lanhydrock, Lanviet, Lanlivery, Lostwithiel, Luxulion, St. Kew, St. Mabyn, St. Minver Highlands, St. Minver Lowlands, St. Tudy, St. Winnow, Temple, Wadebridge, Warleggon, Withiel.

The Superintendant Registrar can be contacted at: Lyndhurst, 66 Nicholas Street, Bodmin, Cornwall, PL31 2AG. Tel: 01208 73677.

Description & Travel

• ePodunk's Cornwall page - providing general, plus some historical and genealogical information, about Cornwall and its parishes, together with links (mainly relating to general sites and services, rather than ones that are specific to Cornwall or particular parishes).

Genealogy

OPC Assistance. The On-line Parish Clerk (OPC) scheme operates a service to help family historians; the OPC page for this parish is available on-line, from where the OPC can be contacted by email.

Historical Geography

• Tremore (Tremor, Tremhor), Grid Reference 013648.

Maps

• Map of the Bodmin Registration District in which the parish lies.
• An old map of the parish of Lanivet in the 19th century is also available.
• An old map of Bodmin, Helland, Lanivet and Lanhydrock in 1835, is available from GENMAPS.

Occupations

• Apprenticeship Indentures for Lanivet (1718 - 1811) can be found in the Cornwall Record Office.
• An indenture concerning land and property in Lanivet, but naming Edmund John GLYNN of Cardinham, dated 8 November 1811, is on-line.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• Lanivet parish was part of the Bodmin Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief.
• Overseers' Accounts (1792 to 1818), Settlement Papers (1679 to 1814) and Bastardy Bonds (1621 to 1795) are available in the Cornwall Record Office.

Population

Statistics

The parish comprises 5426 acres of land.

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