View of Lewannick from St Martin's Church tower
Lewannick is a village five miles south west of Launceston situated near the top of a hill and within the parish of the same name.
The name is spelt variously in old documents as Lawaneck, Lewanecke, Lanwennock, Lawaneke and Lewanak.
Two carved stones give a clue to its ancient origins. The first, inside St Martin’s Church dates from Roman times and has inscriptions in Latin and Ogham, an ancient British alphabet. The second, in the churchyard is inscribed only in Ogham.
There are a number of old buildings in the village dating back to the fourteenth or fifteenth century and the nearby Manor of Trelaske is mentioned in the Doomesday book.
Not far from the church is a holy well, Blaunders well, and also in the parish is Joan's Pitcher, a spring whose water is said to soothe sore eyes.
Extract about Lewannick village and parish from Kelly's Directory 1926