THARSTON, a parish in the hundred of DEPWADE, county of NORFOLK, l mile (N.W,) from St.Mary Stratton, containing 369 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £5. 1. 8., and in the patronage of the Bishop of Ely. The church is dedicated to St. Mary.