* was a 52-gun third-rate ship of the line launched in 1654 as the Torrington for the Commonwealth of England Navy, renamed Dreadnought at the Restoration in 1660, and lost in 1690.

John Brown was born May 9, 1800, in Torrington, Connecticut.

Northern Litchfield Council # 079 was headquartered in Torrington, Connecticut.

Torrington Council # 079 was headquartered in Torrington, Connecticut.

Former Governor Stanley K. Hathaway was born in Nebraska but resided in Torrington.

Torrington was incorporated in 1908.

When Goshen County was created from part of the northern end of Laramie County in 1911, Torrington and Lingle competed for the title of county seat.

Torrington was eventually selected after its residents raised enough money to build the courthouse, which was constructed in 1913.

The branch line to Bideford was extended to Great Torrington in July 1872, by the London and South Western Railway, which built a railway station and locomotive depot in the town.

An " area of waste called the Common " was donated to the town in 1194 by Baron FitzRobert of Torrington.

On the 18th of March 2000, a demonstration using 16 horses was conducted in Great Torrington by Barometer World.

One example at Annery in North Devon, England, near Great Torrington, was made up of three kilns grouped together in an ' L ' shape and was situated beside the Torrington canal and the River Torridge to bring in the limestone and coal, and to transport away the calcined lime in the days before properly metalled roads existed.

It was during his tenure that the first post-war Liberal revival took place: under Grimond the Liberals doubled their seats and won historic by-elections at Torrington in 1958, Orpington in 1962, and Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles in 1965.

In 1964, he contested the Torrington seat as the Labour candidate against the Conservative Party incumbent, losing in what was a traditional Conservative-Liberal marginal.

The contest was held on 17 September in the VR theatre, Torrington Place campus of University College London.

Hopton was defeated at Torrington on 16 February 1646 and surrendered to Thomas Fairfax.

In 2008, Torrington was named by Bizjournals as the number one " Dreamtown " ( micropolitan statistical area ) out of ten in the United States to live in.

Torrington, originally Wolcottville, was first settled in 1735 by Ebenezer Lyman, Jr., of Durham, Connecticut.

Torrington was given permission to organize a government and incorporate as a town in October 1740.

In 1849, the Naugatuck Valley railroad was completed, connecting Torrington with other population centers, ending its isolation, and stimulating further industrial growth.

At the 1945 general election, his son George replaced him as MP for South Molton, later Torrington and succeeded him as Viscount Lambert.

In 1950 the constituency was abolished and replaced by Torrington, which Lambert continued to serve until his father's death in 1958, at which point he joined the House of Lords.

It had four main syndicated programmes: a weekday mid-morning programme hosted by Phillippa Collins ( this show was only carried on a few stations, when taken over by Global radio the show was rolled out to all stations ) a weeknightly music and showbiz based programme ( formerly called ' Core Control ' and then ' Music Control ') ( weekdays 7pm to 10pm ) presented by Kam and Sally, Kam was replaced by Kevin Hughes, ' Late Night Love ' ( Sunday to Thursday 10pm to 1am ) presented by Graham Torrington ( later the show was replaced by ' the wind down ' presented by Cat James ) and Music On Demand ( 1am till Breakfast, 7 days a week ) presented by Dan Wood or Andy Henley.

Ironically, the depot, which at one time did a lot of business is being torn down and the lumber carefully sorted and hauled to Torrington to be used in construction of another building by the man who purchased it.

Curtis and named by him for his home town of Torrington, Connecticut.

Public education in the city of Torrington is provided by Goshen County School District # 1.

Torrington is in the very heart of Tarka Country, a landscape captured by Henry Williamson in his novel Tarka the Otter in 1927.

In the Battle of Torrington ( 1646 ), the Parliamentarians, led by Sir Thomas Fairfax, swept into the town and defeated Lord Hopton's forces.

* Waterloo Monument: A stone obelisk erected in 1818 by " the ladies of Great Torrington " to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo.

* Torrington 1646 Visitor Centre celebrates the town's role in the Civil War through exhibitions and talks by guides dressed in period costume and using the language of the age.

Torrington is served by a number of regular bus services:

His titles were inherited by his only son, Christopher, Earl of Torrington ( 1653 – 1688 ), on whose death they became extinct.

Torrington has two radio stations, WAPJ 89. 9 FM, operated by the non-profit Torrington Community Radio Foundation, and WSNG 610 AM, owned by Buckley Broadcasting.

The regular daily milk train was from Torrington, but milk trains from all over the West Country would stop at Clapham Junction in the evening, and reduce their length by half so that they did not block Vauxhall station while unloading.

English admiral Torrington – who had advised against engaging the superior French fleet but had been overruled by Queen Mary and her ministers – was court-martialled for his performance during the battle.

Torrington himself was in the centre red squadron ; the rear blue squadron, commanded by Vice-Admiral Ralph Delaval, comprised both English and Dutch ships.

Outmatched, Torrington ended the battle late in the afternoon, taking advantage of the tide and the drop in wind ; while his ships dropped anchor, the French – who were not sufficiently alert – were carried off by the current and out of cannon range.

George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington by Jeremiah Davison

One of Herbert's sons was Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington, and another was Sir Edward Herbert ( c. 1648-1698 ).

John Byng was born in Bedfordshire, England, the fourth son of Rear-Admiral Sir George Byng ( later Admiral the 1st Viscount Torrington ).

The main Allied fleet under Admiral Torrington was stationed in the English Channel ; a substantial part of the fleet was in the Mediterranean under Vice Admiral Henry Killigrew, which the Earl of Nottingham, William's Secretary of State and chosen naval advisor, hoped would neutralize the French Toulon squadron.