TORRINGTON (BLACK), a parish in the hundred
of BLACK-TORRINGTON, county of DEVON, 5 miles
(W. by N.) from Hatherleigh, containing 880 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of
Totness, and diocese of Exeter, rated in the king's books
at £22. 8. 9., and in the patronage of Sir George
Bampfylde, Bart. The church is dedicated to St. Mary.
There is a place of worship for Baptists. The river
Torridge runs through the parish.