Place:Torrington Rural, Devon, England

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Name	Torrington Rural
Type	Rural district
Located in	Devon, England (1894 - 1974)
See also	Torridge District, Devon, England	district municipality into which the rural district was merged in 1974

The Torrington Rural District was comprised of 22 civil parishes, fairly rural in nature, surrounding the town of Great Torrington. It was in existence from 1894 until 1974. It replaced the earlier Torrington Rural Sanitary District which catered for the area's needs during the latter part of the 19th century.

In 1974 the area covered by the rural district became part of the current Torridge District which also serves Bideford, Great Torrington, Northam, and the former Holsworthy Rural District and Bideford Rural District, all to the west and northwest of Torrington Rural District.

See the Wikipedia article on Sanitary Districts for a definition of the term.

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Parishes

No. on Map	Parish	Description	Duration	Notes
1	Alverdiscott	ancient parish, civil parish	1894-1974
2	Ashreigney	ancient parish, civil parish	1894-1974
3	Beaford	ancient parish, civil parish	1894-1974
4	Buckland Filleigh	ancient parish, civil parish	1894-1974
5	Dolton	ancient parish, civil parish	1894-1974
6	Dowland	ancient parish, civil parish	1894-1974
7	Frithelstock	ancient parish, civil parish	1894-1974
8	High Bickington	ancient parish, civil parish	1894-1974
9	Huish	ancient parish, civil parish	1894-1974
10	Huntshaw	ancient parish, civil parish	1894-1974
11	Langtree	ancient parish, civil parish	1894-1974
12	Little Torrington	ancient parish, civil parish	1894-1974
13	Merton	ancient parish, civil parish	1894-1974
14	Peters Marland	ancient parish, civil parish	1894-1974
15	Petrockstowe	ancient parish, civil parish	1894-1974
16	Roborough	ancient parish, civil parish	1894-1974
17	Shebbear	ancient parish, civil parish	1894-1974
18	Sheepwash	chapelry, civil parish	1894-1974
19	St. Giles in the Wood	ancient parish, civil parish	1894-1974
20	Weare Giffard	ancient parish, civil parish	1894-1974
21	Winkleigh	ancient parish, civil parish	1894-1974
22	Yarnscombe	ancient parish, civil parish	1894-1974