[4] 'Davidstow Cheddar' and 'Cathedral City' brands of cheese are produced at Davidstow Creamery which is operated by Dairy Crest using water ultimately from St David's Holy well, next to the parish church.

A military airfield, RAF Davidstow Moor, was built near the village during the Second World War and was later used as a motor racing circuit.

Both the nave and the east windows are wider than usual in a Cornish church; a few bench ends are interesting, one portrays a bagpiper.

[6] In 1561 information collected for Archbishop Parker included the fact that the vicar, William Waller, was non-resident and "all things are in ruin".

[7] Arthur Langdon (1896) records two Cornish crosses in the parish, one at Lambrenny and one at Trevivian.