Thrushelton or Thruselton is a village and
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
about 2 and a half miles north of
Coryton railway station
Coryton railway station serves Coryton and Pantmawr in Cardiff, Wales. It is the terminus of the Coryton Line north of Cardiff Central via Cardiff Queen Street.
Passenger services are provided by Transport for Wales as part of the Valley L ...
, in the
West Devon
West Devon is a local government district and borough in Devon, England. Towns and villages in the district include Chagford, Okehampton, Princetown and Tavistock, where the council is based.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the ...
district, in the county of
Devon
Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devo ...
, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 197. The parish touches
Bratton Clovelly
Bratton Clovelly is a village, parish and former manor in the west part of Devon, England. It is situated about south-west of Okehampton immediately north of the A30 road. The manor of Bratton Clovelly was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086.
T ...
,
Bridestowe
Bridestowe () is a civil parish and village in the district of West Devon, Devon, England. The parish is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Bratton Clovelly, Sourton, Bridestowe and Sourton Common, Lydford, Lewtrenchard a ...
,
Lewtrenchard
Lewtrenchard is a village and civil parish in the West Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. Most of the larger village of Lewdown is in the parish. In the Domesday Book of 1086, a manor of Lew is recorded in this area and two rivers h ...
,
Stowford,
Broadwoodwidger
Broadwoodwidger is a village and civil parish in the Torridge district of Devon, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 548. The village is just to the north of the A30 road, and is about eight miles east of Launceston in ...
,
Marystow
Marystow or Stow-St. Mary was a village and parish in the Tavistock district of Devon
Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in De ...
and
Germansweek
Germansweek is a village and civil parish in the West Devon district, to the west of Okehampton in the county of Devon, England.
The place-name ''Germansweek'' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as ''Wica''. It app ...
.
Features
There are 22 listed buildings in Thrushelton.
History
Thrushelton was recorded in the
Domesday Book
Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manus ...
as ''Tresetone''. The name "Thrushelton" means 'Thrush farm/settlement'. The parish was historically in the
Lifton hundred. On the 25th of March 1885 Wortham, Orchard, and Kilson Houses was transferred from Lewtrenchard parish to Thrushelton parish. The transferred area contained 3 houses in 1891.
References
External links
Villages in the Borough of West Devon
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