LUFFINCOTT, a parish in Holsworthy district, Devon; on the Bude canal and the river Tamar, at the boundary with Cornwall, 6 miles S by W of Holsworthy, and 6¼ NNW of Lifton r. station. Post town, Launceston. Acres, 971. Real property, £667. Pop., 71. Houses, 13. The property is divided among a few. The manor was anciently called Loghincot; was held by a family of the same name, from the time of Henry III. till that of Henry V.; and belongs now to H. Blagrove, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £67.* Patrons, J. Venner and J. Spettigue, Esqs. The church is modern.

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