Torpoint (England)

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Information for Authority record
Name (Latin)
Torpoint (England)
Other forms of name
nnaa Torpoint, Eng
Coordinates
-4.205 -4.205 50.376 50.376 (gooearth )
W0041203 W0041203 N0502230 N0502230 (geonames )
Associated country
Great Britain
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 157106320
Wikidata: Q2041269
Library of congress: n 80104766
OCoLC: oca00485623
Sources of Information
  • Torpoint, Cornwall, 1970.
Wikipedia description:

Torpoint (Cornish: Penntorr) is a town and civil parish on the Rame Peninsula in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated opposite the city of Plymouth across the Hamoaze which is the tidal estuary of the River Tamar. Torpoint had a population of 8,457 at the 2001 census, decreasing to 8,364 at the 2011 census. Two electoral wards also exist (Torpoint East and Torpoint West). Their combined populations at the same census were 7,717. Torpoint is linked to Plymouth (and Devonport) by the Torpoint Ferry. The three vessels that operate the service are chain ferries – that is, they are propelled across the river by pulling themselves on fixed chains which lie across the bed of the river. The journey takes about seven minutes.

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