Thurlestone
Sign in to savethumb|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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Place details
- Locality
- South Hams
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 627
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- +863
- Image
- Thurlestone - geograph.org.uk - 518486.jpg
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
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".