Lanhydrock (,Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel . Cornish Language Partnership. meaning "church enclosure of St Hydrock") is a civil parish centred on a country estate and mansion in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish lies south of the town of BodminOrdnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin and is bounded to the north by Bodmin parish, to the south by Lanlivery parish and to the west by Lanivet parish. The population was 171 in the 2001 census.GENUKI website; Lanhydrock; retrieved May 2010 This increased to 186 in the 2011 census. The Parish Council meets every two months in Lanhydrock Memorial Hall.Cornwall Council website ; retrieved May 2010
The parish is dominated by Lanhydrock House and its estate of . Much of the present house dates back to Victorian times but some sections date from the 1620s. It is a Grade I listed building and is set in gardens with formal areas. Most of the current building dates from late Victorian times, when the estate came under the ownership of the Agar-Robartes family. Since 1953 it has been owned and managed by the National Trust.National Trust website: Lanhydrock ; retrieved May 2010
Lanhydrock ecclesiastical parish is in the Deanery and Hundred of Pydar and in the Bodmin Registration District. The parish is in the Diocese of Truro and is now part of the Bodmin Team Ministry.Church of England "A Church Near You" website; St Hydroc, Bodmin; retrieved May 2010
The parish church is dedicated to St Hydroc and stands in the grounds of Lanhydrock House. Parts date back to the late 15th century and the church has a chancel, nave, north and south aisles and three-stage battlemented tower with nine bells. Eight bells date from the late 19th century and are regularly rung. The ninth bell dates from circa 1599 and is only rung infrequently for tolling.
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