THURLASTON, a parish in the hundred of SPARKENHOE, county of LEICESTER, 6 miles (N.E. byE.) from Hinckley, comprising the hamlet of Normanton-Turville, and the liberty of Newparks, and containing 549 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Leicester, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £13. 19. 7., and in the patronage of R. Arkwright, Esq. The church is dedicated to All Saints.