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Thurlestone (inhabited place) |
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Lat: 50 16 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 50.2667 decimal degrees |
Long: 003 52 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -3.8667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Overlooking Bigbury Bay; named after a 'thurled' or pierced rock. |
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Thurlestone (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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Thurleston (NA,V,English,U)
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Torlestan (H,V,Anglo-Saxon-P,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
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Devon (county) (P) |
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