Torrington

Torrington may refer to:

People

  • Arthur Torrington, Guyanese-born co-founder of the Windrush Foundation and the Equiano Society
  • Jeff Torrington, Scottish writer
  • John Torrington, English explorer and Royal Navy stoker
  • George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington, British naval officer and statesman

Places

Australia

Canada

  • Torrington, Alberta

United Kingdom

  • Black Torrington, a village in Devon
  • East Torrington, a small village in Lincolnshire
  • Great Torrington, a market town in north Devon
  • Little Torrington, a village in Devon
  • West Torrington, a small village in Lincolnshire
  • Torrington (UK Parliament constituency), in Devon

United States

  • Torrington, Connecticut
  • Torrington, Wyoming

Other uses

  • Battle of Torrington, fought in 1646 during the English Civil War
  • Earl of Torrington, a title in the British peerage
  • Viscount Torrington, a title in the British peerage
  • HMS Torrington, the name of four ships of the Royal Navy
  • SS Torrington, British collier built in 1905, sunk by German submarine in April 1917
  • Torrington, a sailing brig built in 1847 in Nova Scotia, which sank in New Zealand in 1851
  • Torrington F.C., football club in Great Torrington, Devon
  • Torrington railway station, Devon
  • Torrington Company, Antifriction Bearing Company

See also

Topics referred to by the same term
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