Thurlestone
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thumb|Thurlestone by A. R. Quinton, c. 1920 Thurlestone is a village and civil parish in the South Hams district in south Devon, England. The village is about west of Kingsbridge. There is an electoral ward in the same name. The population at the 2011 Census was 1,886.
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- Locality
- South Hams
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 627
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Thurlestone
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.civil_parish
- Thurlestone
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Thurlestone rock.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Thurlestone Rock, from which the village takes its name.
- UK place.post_town
- KINGSBRIDGE
- UK place.postcode_area
- TQ
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Totnes
- UK place.london_distance
- NEE
- UK place.shire_county
- Devon
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 863
- Image
- Thurlestone - geograph.org.uk - 518486.jpg
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- Commons category
- Thurlestone
- OS grid reference
- SX6742042368
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7 sectionsContents
- Thurlestone Marsh
- ''Louis Sheid''
- Tourism
- Wildlife
- Walks
- References
- External links
thumb|Thurlestone by A. R. Quinton, c. 1920 Thurlestone is a village and civil parish in the South Hams district in south Devon, England. The village is about west of Kingsbridge. There is an electoral ward in the same name. The population at the 2011 Census was 1,886.
The village is named after Thurlestone Rock, the so-called "thirled stone", an arch-shaped rock formation just offshore in Thurlestone Bay. Thurl, or Thirl is an Old English word meaning "hole".
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