A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
TORRIDGE (The), a river of the NW of Devon; rising near Hartland, about 2¼ miles from the sea; running about 20 miles south-eastward, past the Putfords, Thornbury, and Black Torrington, to Meeth; receiving there the Okement, from the S; and going thence, about 17 miles northward, past Beaford, Great Torrington, and Bideford, to a common influx with the Taw to Barnstaple bay below Appledore.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a river" (ADL Feature Type: "rivers") |
| Administrative units: | Devon AncC |
| Place names: | THE TORRIDGE | TORRIDGE | TORRIDGE THE |
| Place: | Torridge |
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