West Torrington

West Torrington
St Mark's Church, West Torrington
West Torrington  West Torrington shown within Lincolnshire
Population	128 (2011)
OS grid reference	TF135821
– London	130 mi (210 km)  S
District	West Lindsey
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Market Rasen
Postcode district	LN8
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Gainsborough (UK Parliament constituency)
List of places UK England Lincolnshire

Coordinates: 53°19′25″N 0°17′48″W / 53.323653°N 0.296606°W

West Torrington is a small hamlet in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the edge of Bleasby Moor and 3 miles (4.8 km) north from Wragby. The 2001 Census recorded a West Torrington population of 69,^[1] increasing to 128 at the 2011 census.^[2]

The village is a setting in Sebastian Faulks' 2005 novel Human Traces.^[3]

References

1. "Parish Headcounts"; Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 6 July 2012
2. "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 23 August 2015.
3. https://books.google.se/books?id=Qj7simOj864C&pg=PA185&lpg=PA185&dq=West+Torrington+Human+Traces&source=bl&ots=lrhlT8G9U_&sig=GB9EIg_HAtT01acajrcFiiluv10&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=West%20Torrington%20Human%20Traces&f=false

External links

• Media related to West Torrington at Wikimedia Commons