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"THRUSHELTON, or Thruselton, is a scattered parish, 10 miles S.W. by W. of Okehampton, containing 628 souls, and 3714A. of land, generally having a heavy soil, resting on clay, limestone, and manganese. T.H. Tremayne, Esq., is lord of the manors of Thrushelton, and Canonbarn, impropriator of the rectory, and patron of the vicarage, which is annexed to that of Mary Stowe. J.G. Newton and several smaller owners have estates here. The Church (St. George,) is a small structure, with a tower and five bells. The tithes were commuted in 1839, the rectorial for £130, and the vicarial for £109 per annum." [From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)]
A parish in Lifton Hundred, the Archdeaconry of Totnes and the Diocese of Exeter.
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Nick Mayne has prepared an index to the 1891 census, and is prepared to check for particular names in it on request.
Parish Registers going back to 1654 are held in the Devon Record Office.
The Devon FHS publishes indexes covering (as of June 2004): Baptisms 1813-1840, Marriages 1754-1837, Burials 1813-1837 - for details see their Devon Parish List.
Other churches and chapels (with pre-1840 records):
- Wesleyan Chapel, Broadleydown: Registers for c1815-37 - see Okehampton (PRO RG 4/1089)
- Wesleyan Chapel, Axworthy: Registers for c1815-37 - see Okehampton (PRO RG 4/1089)
Nothing entered into the IGI (as of Jan 1993).
Brown, Mike. 1754-1812 Burial Indexes: Thrushelton. RT31, Dartmoor Press (2000).
The Deanery of Tavistock, CD008, Devon Family History Society, Exeter (2007). [Contains indexes: Bradstone - Baptisms 1813-1840, Marriages 1755-1838, Burials 1813-1837; Brentor - Baptisms 1813-1839, Marriages 1755-1834, Burials 1801-1845; Bridestowe - Baptisms 1813-1839, Marriages 1754-1837, Burials 1813-1837; Broadwoodwidger - Baptisms 1813-1839, Marriages 1754-1836, Burials 1813-1837; Coryton - Baptisms 1813-1839, Marriages 1755-1837, Burials 1806-1860; Dunterton - Baptisms 1813-1839, Marriages 1754-1836, Burials 1752-1837; Kelly - Baptisms 1813-1842, Marriages 1754-1837, Burials 1813-1838; Lamerton - Baptisms 1813-1839, Marriages 1754-1844, Burials 1812-1838; Lewtrenchard - Baptisms 1813-1839, Marriages 1754-1837, Burials 1813-1840; Lifton - Baptisms 1813-1839, Marriages 1650-1837, Burials 1813-1837; Lydford - Baptisms 1813-1839, Marriages 1754-1837, Burials 1780-1841; Maryystow - Baptisms 1813-1839, Marriages 1755-1837, Burials 1792-1837; Milton Abbot - Baptisms 1813-1839, Marriages 1754-1837, Burials 1813-1838; Princetown - Baptisms 1813-1839, Burials 1815-1853; Sourton - Baptisms 1813-1839, Marriages 1723-1837, Burials 1814-1838; Stowford - Baptisms 1811-1839, Marriages 1754-1837, Burials 1813-1837; Sydenham Damerel - Baptisms 1813-1839, Marriages 1755-1837, Burials 1750-1837; Tavistock - Baptisms 1813-1839, Marriages 1754-1837, Burials 1813-1837; Thrushelton - Baptisms 1813-1840, Marriages 1755-1837, Burials 1813-1837; Virginstow - Baptisms 1813-1839, Marriages 1755-1836, Burials 1813-1839.]
Section on Thrushelton from Samuel Lewis: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831), provided by Mel Lockie.
Transcription by Neil Stanton of the entry for Thrushelton in White's Devonshire Directory of 1850.
The transcription of the section for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Thrushelton to another place.
The Online Parish Clerk scheme's representative for this parish is Matthew Ruhlig, who invites queries and lookup requests. (Resources: PRs on Fiche.)
Purslow, Wendy. Sleamon alias Mills, Devon Family Historian, vol. 181, (2022) p.28.
Worthy, C. Devonshire Parishes: or the antiquities, heraldry and family history of twenty-eight parishes in the archdeaconry of Totnes (2 vols), Exeter, W. Pollard (1887). [Chap. IX: Thrushelon - VIPONT; TRENCHARD] [Index]
Williams, Rev. H. Fulford. Three Devon Examples of the Law of Deodand, Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol. 93, (1961) pp.329-333.
Williams, H. Fulford. Notes on the parish of Thrushelton , Devon. Typescript (1963) 4p. [Westcountry Studies Library - sB/THR 7/0001/WIL]
Worthy, Charles. Devonshire Parishes. Exeter: William Pollard (1887) - Vol. 1, pp. 191- 195.
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You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SX447876 (Lat/Lon: 50.667301, -4.198935), Thrushelton which are provided by:
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Settlement & Removal Papers, Thrushelton - John Squance 1791