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West Torrington
St Mark's Church, West Torrington
Population128 (2011)
OS grid referenceTF135821
• London130 mi (210 km) S
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMarket Rasen
Postcode districtLN8
PoliceLincolnshire
FireLincolnshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Lincolnshire

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