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"THORLEY, a parish in the liberty of West Medina, Isle of Wight, county Hants, 1 mile S.E. of Yarmouth, its post town. The village is situated on Yarmouth Creek. The land was formerly in a barren state, but is now chiefly arable and pasture, with about 50 acres of down. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Winchester, value £100. The church, dedicated to St. Swithin, or St. Mary, was built by Amicia, Countess of Devon, by whom it was given to the priory of Christchurch, in Hampshire. "
[From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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- A transcription from Kelly's Directory of the Isle of Wight, 1886.
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