Laneast, Cornwall

Historical Description

Laneast, a parish in Cornwall, on the river Inny, 7½ miles W of Launceston, the nearest station being at Egloskerry on the L. & S.W.R. It contains Tregeare, which has a post office under Egloskerry; money order and telegraph office, Egloskerry (R.S.O.) Acreage, 2552; population, 227. The manor formerly belonged to Launceston Priory. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Truro; value, £120 with residence. The church is ancient but good, has a lofty tower, and contains open oak seats and a carved screen. There is a Wesleyan chapel. The astronomer Adams, who discovered the planet Neptune, was a native.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Church Records

The Phillimore transcript of Marriages at Laneast 1680-1812, Cornwall is available to browse online.

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Laneast from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Laneast (St. Galwell))

Maps

Online maps of Laneast are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Cornwall papers online:

• Royal Cornwall Gazette
• Cornishman
• West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser
• Lake's Falmouth Packet and Cornwall Advertiser

Visitations Heraldic

We have a copy of The Visitations of Cornwall, by Lieut.-Col. J.L. Vivian online.