LANDCROSS, a parish in Bideford district, Devon; on the river Torridge, 2 miles SSE of Bideford r. station. Post-town, Bideford. Acres, 331. Real property, £577. Pop., 109. Houses, 21. The manor was formerly known as Lancras, or Langrasse; belonged to the Giffards; and passed to Lord Rolle. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £81.* Patrons, the Heirs of Lord Rolle. The church is very small and good. General Monk, Duke of Albemarle, was baptized here, and perhaps was a native.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))