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'''Lanlivery''' is a village and parish of ], in ], United Kingdom.
{{Infobox UK place
|country = England
|map_type= Cornwall
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|static_image= The Crown Inn - geograph.org.uk - 1237703.jpg
|static_image_caption= The Crown Inn, Lanlivery
|official_name= Lanlivery
|cornish_name= Lannlyvri
|population= 519
|population_ref= (United Kingdom Census 2011 including Boslymon)
|civil_parish= Lanlivery
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|lieutenancy_england = ]
|region= South West England
|constituency_westminster= ]
|post_town= LOSTWITHIEL
|postcode_district = PL22
|postcode_area= PL
|post_town1= BODMIN
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'''Lanlivery''' ({{langx|kw|Lannlyvri}})<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515091028/http://www.magakernow.org.uk/default.aspx?page=520 |date=15 May 2013 }} : {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515071635/http://www.magakernow.org.uk/idoc.ashx?docid=79ba408d-7c02-499e-8cd6-b18dd48de58d&version=-1 |date=2013-05-15 }}. ].</ref> is a village and ] in ], England, United Kingdom. The village is about {{convert|1+1/2|mi|km}} west of ] and five miles (8&nbsp;km) south of ].<ref>Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 ''Newquay & Bodmin'' {{ISBN|978-0-319-22938-5}}</ref> The ] runs past Lanlivery.<ref>; Lanlivery. Retrieved April 2010.</ref> ], ] and ] nature reserves lie within the parish.
==History of Lanlivery==
===Founding and Early Years===


===Civil War=== ==Other settlements==
Other settlements in the parish of Lanlivery include ], ], ] and Tangier (now a suburb of Lostwithiel). The manor of '''Penkneth''' or Penknight was one of the original 17 ] of the ]. (The seal of the borough of Lostwithiel was a shield charged with a castle rising from water between two thistles, in the water two fish, with the legend "Sigillum burgi de Lostwithyel et Penknight in Cornubia".<ref>{{cite book|last=Pascoe|first=W. H.|title=A Cornish Armory|page=133|year=1979|publisher=Lodenek Press|location=Padstow, Cornwall|isbn=0-902899-76-7}}</ref>) At Pelyn is a 17th-century house which was formerly the seat of the family of Kendall. It was originally E-shaped but only one side survives and the centre was completely redone in the early Victorian period.<ref>Pevsner, N. (1970) ''Cornwall''; 2nd ed., revised by E. Radcliffe. Harmondsworth: Penguin: ; p. 132</ref>
Between ] and ] Lanlivery was destroyed and rebuilt a total of three times during the ]. During this period the village was briefly overrun by ] from the ] led by ]. However, the village regrouped and took back the village in a coup lead by who later became king. After the close of the war the village officially closed its bounderies for 3 years eventually reopening them to counter ].


==Parish church==
===The great Pie fight of June 1973===
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In 1973 Lanlivery was destroyed once again in the wake of the 1938th annual pie week. Tension between the great pie making Beef farmers of the northren terirory and the great Sausage making Clan of the southern teritory was brewing, during the fetivitys the great food contest held and run by the gwillums was won by the pie makers this eventualy created an argument over foul play in the judgeing, by the following year this had turned in to a full on disput, and when the contest was won for a 2nd year by the pie makers this caused a civil dispute, the entire village plaza was savaged by steak,kindey,pork and chicken during this it was said that over hafe of the village live stock was either killed stolen or raped (mostly raped), and that the adverage body weight of a landliveryen rose by over 2 stone. During the conflict King Bonney was overthrown as king to become mayor, eventualy becoming head councler and finaly grave keeper. To prevent further conflict pie week was rennamed to feast week as it has been known ever since. It was followed in 1974 by the great ].
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The ] or ], a saint of whom nothing is known. Evidence for this dedication is found in the will of a vicar of Lanlivery dated 1539.<ref>''The Cornish Church Guide'' (1925) Truro: Blackford; p. 131</ref> The building was originally cruciform but was enlarged in the 15th century by the addition of a magnificent tower and the south aisle. The churches of Lostwithiel and Luxulyan were originally chapelries dependent on Lanlivery.<ref>''The Cornish Church Guide'' (1925) Truro: Blackford; p. 131</ref> "One of the great churches of Cornwall" according to ].<ref>Betjeman, J. (ed.) (1968) ''Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches: the South''. London: Collins; p. 148</ref>


There is a holy well dedicated to St Bryvyth in woodland just outside the village.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=8139 |title=St Bryvyth's Well Holy Well or Sacred Spring: The Megalithic Portal and Megalith Map |website=Megalithic.co.uk |access-date=2015-12-27}}</ref>
===Wind Turbine Controversy===
Dont ask


There are four stone crosses in the parish: Trethew Cross consists of a crosshead which was found in 1900 and a separate base; Trevorry or Sandyway Cross was found in 1936; Menawink Cross is a cross with a mutilated head which was found c. 1990 and erected shortly thereafter on the opposite side of the road; Crewel Cross was first reported in 1870 built into a stile (in 1900 the two separate parts were joined together and erected on a base).<ref>Langdon, A. G. (2002) ''Stone Crosses in Mid Cornwall''; 2nd ed. Federation of Old Cornwall Societies; pp. 50-52</ref> Two stone crosses from Lanlivery were removed in the 1840s and turned into monuments: one was taken to Boconnoc and one to St Winnow.<ref>Langdon, A. G. (2005) ''Stone Crosses in East Cornwall''; 2nd ed. Federation of Old Cornwall Societies; pp. 24 & 71</ref>
==People Of Lanlivery==
Lanlivery is noted for being one of the few localities to host a class system consisting of four ] (Upper, Middle, Lower and Working). Although largely out lawed by king bonney for their part in supporting the phillips', the remaining 'mconalls are the family holding the wealth of lanlivery mainly through their involvement in the church.


==Buildings== ==References==
{{Reflist}}
Some notible buildings include:
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Powderham Castle (Not a castle, for castles that are a castle see ])
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Churchtowm farm, disabled adventure holiday farm, home to a large majority of Lanlivery's inhabitants. There has been some dispute in local towns asking whether it's "something in the water" which leads to this surge in mental illness in the locality.


==External link== ==External links==
{{Commons category|Lanlivery}}
* http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/Lanlivery/index.html
* {{cite web|url=http://crocat.cornwall.gov.uk/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Overview.tcl&dsqSearch=((text)='lanlivery') |publisher=Cornwall Record Office |title=Online Catalogue for Lanlivery}}


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Latest revision as of 12:03, 17 November 2024

Human settlement in England
Lanlivery
The Crown Inn, Lanlivery
Lanlivery is located in CornwallLanliveryLanliveryLocation within Cornwall
Population519 (United Kingdom Census 2011 including Boslymon)
OS grid referenceSX079591
Civil parish
  • Lanlivery
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLOSTWITHIEL
Postcode districtPL22
Post townBODMIN
Postcode districtPL30
Dialling code01208
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireCornwall
AmbulanceSouth Western
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Cornwall
50°24′00″N 4°42′14″W / 50.400°N 4.704°W / 50.400; -4.704

Lanlivery (Cornish: Lannlyvri) is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is about 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) west of Lostwithiel and five miles (8 km) south of Bodmin. The Saints' Way runs past Lanlivery. Helman Tor, Red Moor and Breney Common nature reserves lie within the parish.

Other settlements

Other settlements in the parish of Lanlivery include Redmoor, Sweetshouse, Milltown and Tangier (now a suburb of Lostwithiel). The manor of Penkneth or Penknight was one of the original 17 Antiqua maneria of the Duchy of Cornwall. (The seal of the borough of Lostwithiel was a shield charged with a castle rising from water between two thistles, in the water two fish, with the legend "Sigillum burgi de Lostwithyel et Penknight in Cornubia".) At Pelyn is a 17th-century house which was formerly the seat of the family of Kendall. It was originally E-shaped but only one side survives and the centre was completely redone in the early Victorian period.

Parish church

Lanlivery parish church
Sandyway Cross
Lanlivery Board School

The parish church is dedicated to St Brevita or Bryvyth, a saint of whom nothing is known. Evidence for this dedication is found in the will of a vicar of Lanlivery dated 1539. The building was originally cruciform but was enlarged in the 15th century by the addition of a magnificent tower and the south aisle. The churches of Lostwithiel and Luxulyan were originally chapelries dependent on Lanlivery. "One of the great churches of Cornwall" according to John Betjeman.

There is a holy well dedicated to St Bryvyth in woodland just outside the village.

There are four stone crosses in the parish: Trethew Cross consists of a crosshead which was found in 1900 and a separate base; Trevorry or Sandyway Cross was found in 1936; Menawink Cross is a cross with a mutilated head which was found c. 1990 and erected shortly thereafter on the opposite side of the road; Crewel Cross was first reported in 1870 built into a stile (in 1900 the two separate parts were joined together and erected on a base). Two stone crosses from Lanlivery were removed in the 1840s and turned into monuments: one was taken to Boconnoc and one to St Winnow.

References

  1. Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) Archived 15 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel Archived 2013-05-15 at the Wayback Machine. Cornish Language Partnership.
  2. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin ISBN 978-0-319-22938-5
  3. GENUKI website; Lanlivery. Retrieved April 2010.
  4. Pascoe, W. H. (1979). A Cornish Armory. Padstow, Cornwall: Lodenek Press. p. 133. ISBN 0-902899-76-7.
  5. Pevsner, N. (1970) Cornwall; 2nd ed., revised by E. Radcliffe. Harmondsworth: Penguin: ; p. 132
  6. The Cornish Church Guide (1925) Truro: Blackford; p. 131
  7. The Cornish Church Guide (1925) Truro: Blackford; p. 131
  8. Betjeman, J. (ed.) (1968) Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches: the South. London: Collins; p. 148
  9. "St Bryvyth's Well Holy Well or Sacred Spring: The Megalithic Portal and Megalith Map". Megalithic.co.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  10. Langdon, A. G. (2002) Stone Crosses in Mid Cornwall; 2nd ed. Federation of Old Cornwall Societies; pp. 50-52
  11. Langdon, A. G. (2005) Stone Crosses in East Cornwall; 2nd ed. Federation of Old Cornwall Societies; pp. 24 & 71

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