Lanhydrock

"LANHYDROCK, a parish in the hundred of Pyder, county Cornwall 2 miles S.E. of Bodmin, its post town. The village, which is small, is situated on the river Fowey, and near the turnpike road from Bodmin to Truro. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agriculture. The principal residence is Lanhydrock House, built in the early part of the 17th century. It is an embattled structure of granite forming three sides of a quadrangle approached under an archway and an avenue of trees nearly a mile in length. It was garrisoned for the parliament in the Civil War, and surrendered to Sir Richard Granville in 1644. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Exeter. The church, dedicated to St. Hydrock, is a small stone structure with an embattled tower. There is an ancient cross in the churchyard. There are two National schools. The Hon. Mrs. Agar is lady of the manor."