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Torrington Castle
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 * Torrington, New South Wales * Torrington, Queensland 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 * Westford- Nabnasset (Torrington Lane), Massachusetts 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 Britis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Torrington
Arthur Torrington CBE is a Guyanese-born community advocate and historian who is Director and co-founder of the London-based Windrush Foundation, a charity that since 1996 has been working to highlight the contributions to the UK of African and Caribbean peoples, "to keep alive the memories of the young men and women who were among the first wave of post-war settlers in Britain", and to promote good community relations. The organization commemorates in its name the ''Empire Windrush'', the ship that on 22 June 1948 docked at Tilbury bringing the first significant group of Caribbean migrants to Britain, including Sam King, who with Torrington established the Windrush Foundation. Also in 1996, Torrington set up the Equiano Society, with the main objective of celebrating the life and work of Olaudah Equiano (c. 1745–1797), as well as the literary and cultural legacy in Britain of Equiano's African contemporaries. Biography Born in British Guiana (modern-day Guyana), Torrington att ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torrington, Connecticut
Torrington is the most populated municipality and only city in Litchfield County, Connecticut, Litchfield County, Connecticut and the Northwest Hills (Connecticut), Northwest Hills region. It is also the core city of Greater Torrington, one of the largest United States micropolitan area, micropolitan areas in the United States. The city population was 35,515 according to the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. The city is located roughly west of Hartford, Connecticut, Hartford, southwest of Springfield, Massachusetts, southeast of Albany, New York, northeast of New York City, and west of Boston, Massachusetts. Torrington is a former mill town, as are most other towns along the Naugatuck River Valley. Downtown Torrington is home to thNutmeg Conservatory for the Arts which trains ballet dancers and whose Company performs in the Warner Theatre (Torrington, Connecticut), Warner Theatre, a 1,700-seat auditorium built in 1931 as a movie theater, cinema by the Warner Brothers fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torrington Railway Station
Torrington railway station was a railway station located in Great Torrington, Devon. It was closed by British Railways in 1965 as part of the Beeching cuts."Discovering Britain's lost railways" Atterbury,P: Basingstoke, AA Publishing History Built by the North Devon Railway, it opened on 18 July 1872, operated by the London and South Western Railway. The station dispatched trains to Bideford and Barnstaple, as well as to Exeter St Davids. From 1880 it connected with the narrow gauge freight only Torrington and Marland Railway. On grouping in 1923 the Torrington to Barnstaple line became part of the Southern Railway. In 1925 the narrow gauge Torrington and Marland Railway was rebuilt as a standard gauge line and opened through to Halwill Junction as the North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway. A passenger service operated until 1965 when the line again reverted to carrying goods only until the line through Torrington was closed completely. Milk trains The SR and later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torrington F
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 * Torrington, New South Wales * Torrington, Queensland 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 * Westford- Nabnasset (Torrington Lane), Massachusetts 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 peer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torrington (1847 Brig)
''Torrington'' was a brig built in 1847. It sank in New Zealand in 1851. Construction and Registration ''Torrington'' was built in Nova Scotia in 1847. It weighed 128 tons. The brig was Registered No. 80 of 1849, Port of Sydney, New South Wales. Voyages The owner of the vessel was a Mr J Peacock, who was also the master. ''Torrington'' was first reported trading in New Zealand in 1849. By 1850, ''Torrington'' was operating in New Zealand, trading general goods and visiting the ports of Lyttelton (formerly called Port Cooper), Nelson, Akaroa, and Wellington. In February 1851, Mr Peacock was convicted by the Magistrates Court in Wellington of using the vessel to smuggle goods, including 7-8 tons of flour, gunpowder and tobacco. Mr Peacock was fined $100 and forfeited the goods. Wreck On 27 June 1851, a very severe gale blew through Lyttelton Harbour, where ''Torrington'' was in port. The vessel was reduced to a wreck. ''William and John'' was also wrecked in the gale. Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Torrington
SS ''Torrington'' was a British cargo steamship that was built in England in 1905, owned and registered in Wales, and sunk by a German U-boat in 1917. She was a turret deck ship: an unusual hull design that was developed by William Doxford & Sons of Sunderland in the 1890s. In April 1917 sank ''Torrington'' in the Celtic Sea southwest of the Isles of Scilly. Her crew survived the sinking, but ''U-55''s commander Wilhelm Werner murdered many of them by drowning. Werner evaded prosecution, later became a senior officer in the SS, and died just after the Second World War. Building and registration In 1905 Doxford's built a pair of sister ships at their Pallion shipyard. Yard number 330 was launched on 21 February, completed in March and named ''Wellington''. Yard number 332 was launched on 21 March, completed in April and named ''Torrington''. Each ship had a registered length of , beam of and depth of . ''Torrington''s tonnages were and . Each ship had a three-cylinder tripl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Torrington
Three 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. * HMS ''Torrington'' was a 32–gun fifth rate launched in 1676 as . ''Charles Galley'' was renamed ''Torrington'' in 1729, was hulked in 1740 and sold in 1744. * was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1743 and sold in 1763. * was a launched in 1943 under lend-lease, and returned to the US Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage of ... in 1946. {{DEFAULTSORT:Torrington, Hms Royal Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viscount Torrington
Viscount 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 Wrotham in the County of Kent, in the Baronetage of Great Britain in 1715. His eldest son, the second Viscount, represented Plymouth Plymouth () is a port city and unitary authority in South West England. It is located on the south coast of Devon, approximately south-west of Exeter and south-west of London. It is bordered by Cornwall to the west and south-west. Plymouth ... and Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency), Bedfordshire in the British House of Commons, House of Commons and later served as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard from 1746 to 1747. His younger brother, the third Viscount, was a major-general in the Army. His grandson, the sixth Viscount, was a vice-admira ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Of Torrington
The 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. Following the extinction of this title in 1688, the title was created anew in 1689, but became extinct upon the death of the first earl in 1716. Earls of Torrington, first creation (1660–1688) *See Duke of Albemarle Earls of Torrington, second creation (1689) *Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington (1648–1716) See also *Viscount Torrington Viscount 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 Gre ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Torrington Extinct earldoms in the Peerage of England Noble titles created in 1660 Noble titles created in 1689 1660 establishments in England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Torrington
The Battle of Torrington (16 February 1646) was a decisive battle of the south-western campaign of the First English Civil War and marked the end of Royalist resistance in the West Country. It took place in Torrington, Devon. Prelude After Lord Wentworth's defeat at Bovey Tracey, Sir Ralph Hopton was appointed Royalist commander in the west, with Wentworth commanding the horse and Sir Richard Grenville the foot. Grenville refused to recognise Hopton's command and was arrested for insubordination and imprisoned on St Michael's Mount. Hopton's army, numbering 3,000 horse and 2,000 foot, advanced into Devon and occupied Torrington, where defensive works were erected. Battle The Parliamentarians approached from the east on the evening of 16 February 1646. In heavy rain and with night falling, the Parliamentarians ran into Royalist dragoons and fighting broke out to the east of Torrington. The Parliamentarian commander, Sir Thomas Fairfax, decided to wait until morning to reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torrington, Wyoming
Torrington is a city in, and the county seat of, Goshen County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 6,501 at the 2010 census. It is the home of Eastern Wyoming College, and is the surrounding region's center of commercial activity. Within this primarily agricultural community, there are several fertilizer plants, a sugar beet factory, and numerous tourist facilities and retail businesses that serve the local and nearby rural populations. History Situated on the historic Mormon Trail and near the Oregon and California trails along the banks of the North Platte River, Torrington was founded in 1900 by W.G. Curtis (1857–1913), and named by him for his home town of Torrington, Connecticut. Originally a watering and coaling station for the CB&Q Railroad, which began passenger service in 1900, the growing city soon became the main source of civilization for nearby farmers and ranchers. In 1905, the first bridge was constructed over the North Platte River, which it ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
