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

LANEHEAD, a village in Tavy-St. Mary parish, Devon; on the W side of Dartmoor.

Lanehead through time

Lanehead is now part of WEST DEVON District. Click here for graphs and data of how WEST DEVON has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Lanehead itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26388

Date accessed: 09th April 2026


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