Throwleigh, Devon
Historical Description
Throwleigh, a parish, with a village, in Devonshire, 6½ miles SE of Okehampton station on the L. & S.W.R. It has a post office under Okehampton; money order and telegraph office, Chagford. Acreage, 2981; population, 281. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter; net value, £145 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is old but good, and has been well restored. There are a Bible Christian chapel and a mission church.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Devon | |
| Hundred | Wonford | |
| Poor Law union | Oakhampton |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast, in association with the South West Heritage Trust, Parochial Church Council, and Devon Family History Society have the Baptisms, Banns, Marriages, and Burials online for Throwleigh
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Throwleigh from the following:
Maps
Online maps of Throwleigh are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers covering Devon online:
Villages, Hamlets, &c
Forder (Throwleigh)Murchington
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of the County of Devon in the year 1564, with additions from the earlier visitation of 1531, is online.
The Visitations of the County of Devon, comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564, & 1620, with additions by Lieutant-Colonel J.L. Vivian, published for the author by Henry S. Eland, Exeter 1895 is online.