Lanivet is a village and
civil parishIn England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and in some places the lowest tier of local government, below districts and counties. A civil parish can alternatively be known as a town, village, neighbourhood or community by resolution of its parish council; and in a limited number of...
in
CornwallCornwall is a county of England in the United Kingdom, forming the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain. It is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Taken with the...
,
United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
. The main village is 2½ miles south-west of
BodminBodmin is a town in Cornwall, United Kingdom, with a population of 12,778 . It was the county town of Cornwall, until the Crown Courts moved to Truro, which is also the administrative centre. It was in Triggshire and the district of North Cornwall. Its mayor is Cllr Robert "Bob" Micek...
and lies on the
Saints' WayThe Saints' Way is a long-distance footpath in Cornwall, in the United Kingdom.The footpath runs from Padstow in the north to Fowey in the south, a distance of 26 miles . The path is well marked and guide books are available....
long-distance footpath, near the half-way point.
The parish includes the hamlets of Bodwanick,
BokiddickBokiddick is a hamlet in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Its nearest village is Lanivet.Bokiddick consists of four farms....
, Lamorick, St Ingunger, Trebell, Tregullon, Tremoore, and Woodly, part of St Lawrance is also in this parish.
In the church are monuments of the Courtenays of Tremere.
Lanivet is a village and
civil parishIn England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and in some places the lowest tier of local government, below districts and counties. A civil parish can alternatively be known as a town, village, neighbourhood or community by resolution of its parish council; and in a limited number of...
in
CornwallCornwall is a county of England in the United Kingdom, forming the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain. It is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Taken with the...
,
United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
. The main village is 2½ miles south-west of
BodminBodmin is a town in Cornwall, United Kingdom, with a population of 12,778 . It was the county town of Cornwall, until the Crown Courts moved to Truro, which is also the administrative centre. It was in Triggshire and the district of North Cornwall. Its mayor is Cllr Robert "Bob" Micek...
and lies on the
Saints' WayThe Saints' Way is a long-distance footpath in Cornwall, in the United Kingdom.The footpath runs from Padstow in the north to Fowey in the south, a distance of 26 miles . The path is well marked and guide books are available....
long-distance footpath, near the half-way point.
The parish includes the hamlets of Bodwanick,
BokiddickBokiddick is a hamlet in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Its nearest village is Lanivet.Bokiddick consists of four farms....
, Lamorick, St Ingunger, Trebell, Tregullon, Tremoore, and Woodly, part of St Lawrance is also in this parish.
Notable buildings and antiquities
In the church are monuments of the Courtenays of Tremere. In the churchyard are two ancient stone crosses and a rare example of a
hogbackHogbacks are stone carved Viking sculptures from 10th-12th century England and Scotland. Their function is generally accepted as grave markers....
grave dating from
VikingA Viking is one of the Norse explorers, warriors, merchants, and pirates who raided and colonized wide areas of Europe from the late eighth to the early eleventh century. These Norsemen used their famed longships to travel as far east as Constantinople and the Volga River in Russia, and as far...
times. Langdon (1896) also records the existence of four more stone crosses in the parish. About a quarter of a mile from the church are the remains of St. Benet's, a monastery of the
BenedictineBenedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy. The most notable of these is Monte Cassino, the first monastery founded by Benedict...
order, said to have been subordinate to
Monte CassinoMonte Cassino is a rocky hill about 130 km southeast of Rome, Italy, c. 2 km to the west of the town of Cassino and 520 m altitude. St. Benedict of Nursia established his first monastery, the source of the Benedictine Order, here around 529. It was the site of Battle of Monte Cassino in...
, in Italy, or according to others,
ClairvauxClairvaux can mean the following,*Clairvaux Abbey in France.*Clairvaux Prison, France, on the site of the abbey.*Saint Bernard of Clairvaux*Clairvaux Mackillop College in Brisbane, Australia.*The Clairvaux Lakes in France....
in Burgundy.
St Ingunger, in the parish, is said to have been the residence of the
hermitA hermit is a person who lives to some greater or lesser degree in seclusion from society....
, Saint
Congar of CongresburySaint Congar , was a Welsh abbot and supposed bishop in Somerset, now in England....
, in the early 6th century.
Thomas Hardy connection
Thomas HardyThomas Hardy, OM was an English novelist and poet of the naturalist movement, although in several poems he displays elements of the previous romantic and enlightenment periods of literature, such as his fascination with the supernatural. He regarded himself primarily as a poet and composed novels...
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.