Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for TORRINGTON (West)

TORRINGTON (West), a parish in Horncastle district, Lincoln; 3 miles N by E of Wragby, and 4 ENE of Snelland r. station. Post town, Wragby. Acres, 1,109. Real property, £1,565. Pop., 165. Houses, 34. The manor belongs to Turnor, Esq. The living is annexed to East Torrington. The church is good; and there are two Methodist chapels.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: West Torrington AP/CP       Horncastle RegD/PLU       Lincolnshire AncC
Place names: TORRINGTON     |     TORRINGTON WEST     |     WEST TORRINGTON
Place: West Torrington

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