 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.ordnance survey: landranger map sheet 201 plymouth & launceston isbn 978-0-319-23146-3 torpoint has a population of 8,457 (2001 census). in the cornish language torpoint is called penntorr (local folk band pentorr have taken their name from this). torpoint is linked to plymouth (and devonport) by the torpoint ferry. the three vessels that operate the service are chain ferries &ndash; 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 name== it 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". ==history== torpoint 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 continued to have a strong influence in the area, having become the carew poles, 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.codd, daniel. paranormal devon (2013). amberley publishing. p.9-10. isbn 9781848681668. due to 
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