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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Torre like this:
TORRE, a suburb of Torquay, in Devon; on the Dartmonth and Torbay railway, ¾ mile N by W of Torquay r. station. It has a post-office under Torquay, and a r. station.
Torre is now part of TORBAY Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how TORBAY has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Torre itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Torre, in Torbay and Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26282
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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