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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Thrushelton like this:
THRUSHELTON, a parish in Tavistock district, Devon; 2½ miles N of Coryton r. station, and 9 N of Tavistock. Post town, Lewdown, North Devon. Acres, 3,714. Real property, £2,447; of which £410 are in quarries. Pop., 484. Houses, 101. The property is much subdivided. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to Marystowe. The church is ancient. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a charity-school.
Thrushelton is now part of WEST DEVON District. Click here for graphs and data of how WEST DEVON has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Thrushelton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Thrushelton, in West Devon and Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2797
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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