ʻO ka Lakeland Terrier ka mea i hele mua mai Great Britain. Ma nā wahi ʻōlelo Pelekania e like me ka Lake District, ua hoʻohana ʻia no ka hahai holoholona ma muli o kona mau waiwai. Hoʻohui ʻia ka Breeding i nā ʻano ʻano a me nā ʻano kino. ʻO kona ʻeleu a me ka wiwo ʻole i lilo ai ʻo ia i ʻīlio hahai holoholona maikaʻi loa.
Ua ʻike ʻia ka inoa o ka Lakeland Terrier e ka Kennel Club ma kahi o 1928. Ua ʻike mua ʻia ʻo ia ʻo Cumberland Terrier a i ʻole Westmoreland Terrier, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. Ma hope o ke Kaua Honua II ua hele ʻo ia i ʻEulopa a me ʻAmelika.
Ma Kelemānia, mālama nui ʻia ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he ʻīlio ʻohana a mālama ʻia e ka Terrier Club. I kēlā me kēia makahiki ma waena o 40 a me 80 mau ʻīlio e hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia me ke kōkua o ka VDH. ʻAʻole like me nā ʻīlio ʻīlio ʻē aʻe, ʻike ʻole ʻia ka Lakeland Terrier ma Kelemānia.