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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"LESNEWTH, a parish in the hundred of Lesnewth, county Cornwall, 5 miles N. of Camelford, its post town, and 15 from Launceston. The parish, which is situated near the Bristol Channel, is wholly agricultural. The soil is a dark loam, upon a subsoil of rock, well adapted both for arable and pasture. The surface is hilly, and the lower lands are watered by several brooks. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter, value £190. The church, dedicated to St. Knet, is an ancient stone structure with a square tower containing five bells. It has a carved roof and ancient font. There is a place of worship for Dissenters. Sir J. B. Y. Buller, Bart, M.P., is lord of the manor."