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  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  Black Torrington	Devon	Black Torrington , 6 miles NW. of Hatherleigh, N. Devon; P.O. See TORRINGTON, BLACK.	Bartholomew
  BRADFORD	Devon	Black Torrington, under Highampton, North Devon. Acres, 3,468. Real property, £2,130. Pop., 444. Houses, 91 The property	Imperial
  CAISTOR, or Castor	Lincolnshire	black cattle and horses on the Saturdays before Palm-Sunday, before Whitsunday, before 18 Sept., and after 11 Oct.; and fairs for sheep and horses, on the day before each of these fairs. Pop., 2,141. Houses, 418.—The parish includes the hamlets of Audleby, Fonaby, and Hindon, and the chapelries of Clixby and Holton-le-Moor. Acres, 6,490. Real property, £10,388. Pop., 2,348. Houses, 460. The property is divided among a few. Numerous traces of Roman antiquities exist; and remains of a monastery occur a little east of the town. The living	Imperial
  DEVONSHIRE, or Devon	Devon	Torrington, and Totnes, and the hundreds of Bampton, Black Torrington, Braunton, Crediton, Fremington, Halberton, Hartland, Hayridge, Hemyock, North Tawton, Shebbear	Imperial
  EXETER	Cornwall Devon	Black Torrington, Bradford, Halwell, Holsworthy, Hollacombe, Luffingcott, Milton-Damerell, West Putford, Pyworthy, Sutcombe, Tettcott, and Thornbury; the vicarages of Bradworthy	Imperial
  HOLSWORTHY	Devon	Black-Torrington, containing the parishes of Black-Torrington, Halwell, Cookbury, and Bradford; the sub-district of Broadwoodwidger, now conterminate with	Imperial
  LONDON	London London	Black Prince was lodged. Turnwheel-lane, off Cannon-street, contained Herbert Inn, which belonged to Edward III. Petticoat-lane, off Whitechapel, contained the house where Strype the antiquary was born; and near it was the residence of Gondomar, the Spanish ambassador to James I. Sweedon's-passage, off Cripplegate, contained a house in which Whittington and Gresham lived, and which was taken down in 1805. Playhouse-yard, in Whitecross-street, near Cripplegate, contained the Fortune theatre, which was pulled down by the Puritans in 1649. Throgmorton-street contained the residence of T. Cromwell, the vicar-general of Henry VIII. Seething	Imperial
  Middlecott	Devon	Middlecott , hamlet, in par. and 3½ miles W. of Black Torrington, Devon.	Bartholomew
  MIDDLECOTT	Devon	MIDDLECOTT , a hamlet in Black Torrington parish, Devon; 3½ miles W of Black Torrington village.	Imperial
  TORRIDGE (The)	Devon	Black Torrington, to Meeth; receiving there the Okement, from the S; and going thence, about 17 miles northward, past Beaford	Imperial
  Torrington, Black	Devon	Torrington, Black , par. and vil., Devon, on river Torridge, 5 miles W. of Hatherleigh and 9 miles S. of Great	Bartholomew
  Torrington, Black	Devon	Torrington, Black .-- hundred, Devon, 145,202 ac., pop. 16,252; contains 34 pars, and parts of 3 others.	Bartholomew
  TORRINGTON (Black)	Devon	TORRINGTON (Black) , a village, a parish, a sub-district, and a hundred, in Devon. The village stands on the river	Imperial

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