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| | GENUKI: Great Torrington, Devon - Genealogy |
 | | Torrington was visited by the plague in 1591, and in the 17th century it was the scene of some of the most important actions of the civil war. |
 | | The PARISH CHURCH (St. Michael,) which was mostly rebuilt in 1651, after being nearly destroyed during the civil wars, is a large and handsome structure, with a lofty tower, containing six bells, and crowned by an octagonal spire, the latter of which was erected in 1830, when the curious old spire was taken down. |
 | | Thomas Fowler of Great Torrington, inventor of a precursor to modern central heating, and of an early calculating machine. |
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