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THROWLEIGH, a parish, with a village, in Okehampton district, Devon; 6½ miles SE of Okehampton r. station. It has a post-office under Okehampton, North Devon. Acres, 1,943. Real property, £1,997. Pop., 327. Houses, 74. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £200.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is old but good. There are a Bible Christian chapel, and a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Throwleigh Parish Okehampton Poor Law Union/Registration District Devon Ancient County |
| Place: | Throwleigh |
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