
The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of the boroughs of Bideford and Great Torrington, the Northam urban district, Bideford Rural District, Holsworthy Rural District and Torrington Rural District. It is named after the River Torridge. ==Governance== Torridge District Council is elected every f...
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district in the northwestern part of the administrative and historic county of Devon, England, with its eastern boundary at the mouth of the River ...
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