It forms part of the local government district of Torridge and lies about six miles south of the town of Holsworthy.

[1] The A388 road between Holsworthy and Launceston runs just inside the eastern border of the parish.

[2] The name Luffincott has a variety of early forms, first appearing in documents as Leghygnecoth′ in 1242 with variants such as Loghingecote (1285), Lughyngcote (1330), Loghynton que vocatur Loghyngecote (1346) and Luffencote (1577).

[5] St James's Church, Luffincott is a Grade I listed building, declared redundant in 1975.

It stands near to the farmyard of Luffincott Barton, a mid-19th-century farmhouse and out-buildings which were part of the Tetcott estate.