Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Torre

Torre, suburb and ry. sta., in NW. of Torquay, Devon; P.O., T.O.; in the grounds of Torre Abbey, seat (1555), stand the ruins of an abbey founded in 1196.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "suburb and railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Devon AncC
Place: Torre

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