THURLESTONE, a parish in the hundred of STANBOROUGH,
county of DEVON, 4 miles (W. by S.) from
Kingsbridge, containing 426 inhabitants. The living is
a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Totness, and diocese
of Exeter, rated in the king's books at £25. 10. B.
G. Buller, Esq. was patron in 1806. The parish is
bounded on the north-west by the river Avon, and on
the south-west by the English channel.