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 through time
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 Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Thrushelton in West Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2797
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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