LESNEWTH, a parish in the hundred of LESNEWTH, county of CORNWALL, 5 miles (N. by E.) from Camelford, containing 123 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Cornwall, and diocese of Exeter, rated in the king's books at £ 8, and in the patronage of Glynn, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Knet.