Torpoint, Cornwall

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Torpoint is a civil parish and town on the Rame Peninsula in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated opposite the city of Plymouth across the Hamoaze which is the tidal estuary of the River Tamar.Torpoint has a population of 8,457,decreasing to 8,364 at the 2011 census. Two electoral wards also exist.Their combined populations at the same census were 7,717 In the Cornish language Torpoint is called Penntorr .Torpoint is linked to Plymouth by the Torpoint Ferry. The three vessels that operate the service are chain ferries - that is, they are propelled across the river by pulling themselves on fixed chains which lie across the bed of the river. The journey takes about seven minutes.Origin of nameIt is said that Torpoint's name is derived from Tar Point, a name given because of the initial industry on the west bank of the Hamoaze. However this is actually a nickname given by workers, Torpoint meaning "rocky headland".HistoryTorpoint is an eighteenth-century planned town. The grid-based design for the town was commissioned by Reginald Pole Carew in the Parish of Antony in 1774. His family continue to have a strong influence in the area, having become the Carew Poles in the twentieth century, and still reside at their family seat, Antony House.

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Torpoint, Cornwall is Plymouth based place and this enity listed in City category.