Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for TORCROSS

TORCROSS, a village in Stokenham parish, Devon; on the coast, 4¼ miles ESE of Kingsbridge. It is frequented as a watering-place; carries on a pilchard fishery; and has a post-office under Kingsbridge, a hotel, and a coastguard station.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Stokenham CP/AP       Devon AncC
Place: Torcross

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