Throwleigh Devon Family History Guide
Throwleigh is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.
Throwleigh parish also includes: Murchington
Parish church:
Parish registers begin: 1653
Nonconformists include: Bible Christian Methodist
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Throwleigh
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
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.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850
Throwley, 6 miles N.E. Moreton-Hampstead. P. 445
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850
Murchington
Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870
Murchington, a hamlet in Throwleigh parish, Devon; 3 miles SE of Throwleigh village.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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Administration
- County: Devon
- Civil Registration District: Okehampton
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Exeter
- Diocese: Exeter
- Rural Deanery: Dunsford
- Poor Law Union: Okehampton
- Hundred: Wonford
- Province: Canterbury