Editing Torpoint (section)

==History==
Torpoint is an eighteenth-century planned town. The grid-based design for the town was commissioned by [[Reginald Pole Carew]] in the [[Antony, Cornwall|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]].

In 1796 Torpoint was the setting for a shooting battle between the crew of a government vessel, the ''Viper'', and a large party of armed liquor [[smugglers]], in which one person was killed and five people seriously wounded.<ref>Codd, Daniel. ''Paranormal Devon'' (2013). Amberley Publishing. p.9-10. {{ISBN|9781848681668}}.</ref>

Due to the presence of [[HMNB Devonport|Devonport Dockyard]], the town grew as Dockyard workers settled there. The establishment of the [[Royal Navy]]'s main training facility, [[HMS Raleigh (shore establishment)|HMS ''Raleigh'']] also increased the population of Torpoint.<ref name=History>{{cite web|title=History of Torpoint|url=http://www.torpointtowncouncil.gov.uk/history.htm|publisher=Torpoint Town Council|access-date=16 December 2011}}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}</ref>

=== Parish churches ===
Torpoint has four parish churches known at "Maryfield Church", "Torpoint Cornerstone Church" , "Catholic Church of Saint Joan of Arc" and "St James Church"

===Notable people from Torpoint===
''See [[:Category:People from Torpoint]]''
*[[John Langdon Down]] was born in Torpoint in 1828. He later described the medical condition which is now referred to as [[Down syndrome]]. He was called back on a number of occasions to help his father in his local business until his father's death in 1853.
* [[Jack Stephens (footballer)|Jack Stephens]] a footballer for [[Southampton F.C.]]