Torrington
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People
- Jeff TorringtonJeff TorringtonJeff Torrington was a novelist from Glasgow in Scotland.His novels draw on the changing face of modern Scotland. Swing Hammer Swing was set during the demolition of the old Gorbals. It took 30 years to write. The Devil's Carousel drew on the decline of a fictionalised version of the...
, Scottish writer - George Byng, 1st Viscount TorringtonGeorge Byng, 1st Viscount TorringtonAdmiral of the Fleet George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington, KB PC was a British naval officer and statesman of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. His career included service as First Lord of the Admiralty during the reign of King George II.-Naval career:Byng was born at Wrotham, Kent, England...
, British naval officer and statesman
Places
In Australia:- Torrington, New South WalesTorrington, New South WalesTorrington is a small village in northern New South Wales in Tenterfield Shire. It is 29 kilometres north west of Deepwater and south west of Tenterfield and 61 kilometres from Glen Innes . It is situated on a plateau known as the Mole Tableland in close proximity to the Queensland...
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In the United Kingdom:
- Black TorringtonBlack TorringtonBlack Torrington is a village in north Devon, England, situated between the towns of Holsworthy and Hatherleigh. It is situated on and named after the River Torridge.The river also flows through a near by town called Bideford.Black Torrington is one third of the town Torrington,the other thirds are...
, a village in Devon - East Torrington, a small village in Lincolnshire
- Great TorringtonGreat TorringtonGreat Torrington is a small market town in the north of Devon, England. Parts of it are sited on high ground with steep drops down to the River Torridge below...
, a market town in north Devon - Little TorringtonLittle TorringtonLittle Torrington is a village and civil parish near Great Torrington, in the Torridge district, in north Devon, England. In 2001 the population of the civil parish of Little Torrington was 420. Little Torrington has a church called Church of St Giles...
, a village in Devon - West Torrington, a small village in Lincolnshire
In the United States of America:
- Torrington, ConnecticutTorrington, ConnecticutTorrington is the largest city in Litchfield County, Connecticut and the northwestern Connecticut region. It is also the core city of the largest micropolitan area in the United States. The city population was 36,383 according to the 2010 census....
- Torrington, WyomingTorrington, WyomingTorrington is a city in and the county seat of Goshen County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 5,776 at the 2000 census. Torrington is the home of Eastern Wyoming College....
Other uses
- Battle of TorringtonBattle of TorringtonThe Battle of Torrington was a battle of the south-western campaign of the First English Civil War, marking the end of Royalist resistance in the west country.-Prelude:...
, fought in 1646 during the English Civil War - Earl of TorringtonEarl of TorringtonThe title of Earl of Torrington was created twice in the Peerage of England. The first creation was in 1660 as a subsidiary title of the Duke of Albemarle...
, a title in the British peerage - Viscount TorringtonViscount TorringtonViscount Torrington is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1721 for the statesman Sir George Byng, 1st Baronet, along with the subsidiary title Baron Byng, of Southill in the County of Bedford, also in the Peerage of Great Britain. He had already been created a Baronet, of...
, a title in the British peerage - HMS TorringtonHMS TorringtonThree ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Torrington, while the name has also been used for one ship of the navy during the Commonwealth period:*Torrington was a 62-gun ship launched in 1654. She was renamed in 1660, and foundered in 1690....
, the name of four ships of the Royal Navy