Little Torrington
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Great Torrington Black Torrington & Little Torrington
Devon. Tori(n)tona (1086) (DB), Blaketorrintun (1219). ‘Farmstead or village on the River Torridge’. Celtic river-name (meaning ‘turbulent stream’) + OE tūn. Affix is OE blæc ‘dark-coloured’ (referring to the river here).
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Little Torrington
Little 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.[1] Little Torrington has a church called Church of St Giles.[2] and a chapel called Chapel of St Mary Magdalene.[3]
References
- ^ http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=793826&c=Little+Torrington&d=16&e=15&g=437783&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1308855252437&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779
- ^ http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-91740-church-of-st-giles-little-torrington
- ^ http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-91749-chapel-of-st-mary-magdalene-little-torrin
External links
- http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/LittleTorrington/index.html
- http://www.devon.gov.uk/historiclittletorrington
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Coordinates: 50°55′52″N 4°08′56″W / 50.931009°N 4.148862°W
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