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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Throwleigh like this:
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.
Throwleigh 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 Throwleigh itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Throwleigh, in West Devon and Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4333
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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