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|stateprovince=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala Kerala]
|country=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India]
|transport= [[Madras Railway]], which became [[South Indian Railway]] }} 
'''Tellicherry''' was the anglicised name of Thalassery a town on the Malabar coast.
 
The station at this town was on the [[Madras Railway]] which became the [[South Indian Railway]] [[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|broad gauge (BG)]] '[[Jalarpet-Mangalore Mainline]]'
 
==Spelling variants==
*Thalassery
*Tellicherry, Tillicherry
==Cemeteries==
*[http://chespeak.blogspot.in/2013/02/malabarchristian-memorials-new-book-on.html Details] of ''Malabar: Christian Memorials 1737-1990'', by Dr John C. Roberts and N P Chekkutty, is a book on European gravestones and church memorials in the Malabar towns of [[Cannanore ]] (Kannur), Tellicherry (Thalassery) and [[Mahe ]], which has details on the Portuguese, Dutch, French and English gravestones in the region. This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2013-02/1360967805 thread] gives For more details of the background to the about this book. More background may be read in , see [[http://chespeak.blogspot.in/2013/08/in-search-of-european-graves-in-malabar_16.html In Search of European Graves in MalabarCemeteries and monumental inscriptions reading list]] Chekkutty N.P’S Blog Chespeak August 16For background details, see External links, 2013below. **The book covers burials at St John’s Anglican Church, the Holy Rosary RC Church, and the German Basel Mission cemetery at Tellicherry
==External links==
*[http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/10/stories/2009031052220200.htm Inching towards bygone splendour - ''Hindu Times''] - Article detailing restoration of St John's Church, Thalassery
*[http://malabardays.blogspot.com/2010/03/tellicherry-in-1850.html Tellicherry in 1850]. malabardays.blogspot.com
*[http://chespeak.blogspot.in/2013/08/in-search-of-european-graves-in-malabar_16.html In Search of European Graves in Malabar] by Chekkutty N.P August 16, 2013 ‘Chespeak’ website.
*[http://english.manoramaonline.com/news/kerala/thalassery-revenue-library-malabar-british-raj-kerala-govt.html Treasure trove of history but victim of government neglect] by by V.K. Jayanthan 21 June 2015. The Thalassery Revenue Reference Library.. manoramaonline.com
 
===Historical books online===
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=-4xDAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 ''‪Report on the Medical Topography and Statistics, of the Provinces of Malabar and Canara‬: ‪Compiled from the Records of the Medical Board Office'']‬ 1844 Google Books. Includes [[Cannanore]], Tellicherry, [[Calicut]] and [[Mangalore]]
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