title: Torrington
text: # 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
  * Westford- Nabnasset (Torrington Lane), Massachusetts
  
  ## 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, 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
  