TORRINGTON (LITTLE), a parish in the hundred
of SHEBBEAR, county of DEVON, 2 miles (S.) from
Great Torrington, containing 505 inhabitants. The
living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Barnstaple,
and diocese of Exeter, rated in the king's books at
£14. 18. 11., and in the patronage of Lord Rolle and
others. At Toddiport, in this parish, separated from
that of Great Torrington by a bridge over the Torridge,
is an hospital, with a chapel attached, appropriated to
the poor of both parishes.