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

• 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

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 (1847 brig), 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

• Thorrington