In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Fivelanes like this:

FIVE-LANES, a village in Alternun parish, Cornwall; 7½ miles SW of Launceston. It lies amidst a moorish desolate tract; and has two annual fairs.

Fivelanes through time

Fivelanes is now part of CORNWALL Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CORNWALL has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Fivelanes itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Fivelanes in Cornwall | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26372

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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