Talk:Torbay

Orphanage
I found your history of Torbay area very interesting but you have left out an important part of the recent history with regard to St Vincents Orphange,St Vincents Road, Torquay which was established 1883 and lasted until it was closed in the early 1980, they were a major establishment in the town for nearly a hundred years. The Sisters of charity of St Vincent de Paul who ran this orphanage were admired by the local towns people in the task of looking after young orphan boys and at one time there were nearly 150 children at the home who all had to be clothed and fed on the nuns meagre income but supported as i said by many benefactors of the Torquay population.It was a well known site to see crocodile lines of boys trooping through the town with a nun in her blue and white habit.The orphanage is now gone but still the chapel stands as a monument although now owned by a private hospital.

Anthony Steen
Maybe Steen should be included in the list of MPs, as part of his his constituency includes Brixham. Totnesmartin 18:51, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Proposed move to Torbay, England
I think the article should stay at Torbay, because it gathers a lot more interest than the one in Canada.  Jolly  Ω   Janner  16:24, 11 October 2009 (UTC)
 * there's sufficient contrast in size and importance between the two towns that the move should have been put to the wikiproject first. Totnesmartin (talk) 19:56, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

If Torbay England is the proper name why should it matter? Just because you feel it is more important doesn't mean it is. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jordo72 (talk • contribs) 00:49, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
 * You should try telling yourself that. Totnesmartin (talk) 10:30, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

What? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.116.120.203 (talk) 13:13, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

Torbay and Tor Bay
The borough is Torbay (one word), but the marine inlet itself is Tor Bay (two words) - on which we have no article. Book sources here, here, here, here, here, here, etc. Assuming we agree this, we should distinguish between the two in the text more clearly than we do now - and someone should write an article on the marine inlet. Ghmyrtle (talk) 08:23, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I tend to agree, but it would be good to hear what others think. Is "marine inlet" the right term, though - isn't it just a bay? —S MALL JIM   13:08, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, but I was trying to make it clear what I meant! "Bay" can be taken to mean the land surrounding the bay, rather than the patch of sea itself.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 13:19, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Point taken, though you could have said "a sea-filled c-shape formed by the sea's erosion of the land between two headlands made of more resistant rock" ;) Seriously though, it's shown as two words on OS maps too, so I'm now convinced that this is a valid topic - do you want to start it, or shall I?  —S MALL  JIM   00:41, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm more than happy for you to start it - I'm quite occupied with off-wiki stuff at the moment. Ghmyrtle (talk) 07:59, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I've made a start: Tor Bay. Have tried to restrict it to details about the bay itself to avoid covering stuff properly dealt with elsewhere. —S MALL  JIM   15:43, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on Torbay. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20140222175922/http://www.torbay.gov.uk/index/yourcouncil/factsfigures/censusprofile.doc to http://www.torbay.gov.uk/index/yourcouncil/factsfigures/censusprofile.doc

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot  (Report bug) 18:02, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

Links in 'Settlements' section
The links in the 'Settlements' section need some attention - 'Maidencombe' takes you to the 'Torquay' page, 'Blagdon' to the Blaydon in Somerset, and 'Yalberton' back to this page. Mdrb55 (talk) 21:37, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I've updated the list to only include places with separate articles.  More can be added if the articles are ever written.   Ghmyrtle (talk) 08:40, 16 August 2020 (UTC)