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Website. plymouth.gov.uk. Plymouth (/ ˈplɪməθ / ⓘ PLIH-məth) is a port city and unitary authority in Devon, South West England. It is located on Devon's south coast between the rivers Plym and Tamar, about 36 miles (58 km) southwest of Exeter and 193 miles (311 km) southwest of London. It is the most populous city in Devon.
History of Plymouth. The History of Plymouth in Devon, England, extends back to the Bronze Age, when the first settlement began at Mount Batten a peninsula in Plymouth Sound facing onto the English Channel. It continued as both a fishing and continental tin trading port through the late Iron Age into the Early Medieval period, until the more ...
Devonport (/ ˈdɛvənpɔːrt / DEV-ən-port), [1] formerly named Plymouth Dock or just Dock, [2] is a district of Plymouth in the English county of Devon, although it was, at one time, the more important settlement. It became a county borough in 1889. Devonport was originally one of the "Three Towns" (along with Plymouth and East Stonehouse ...
Hingham (/ ˈhɪŋəm / HING-əm) is a town in northern Plymouth County in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. Part of the Greater Boston region, it is located on the South Shore of Massachusetts. At the 2020 census, the population was 24,284. [5] Hingham is known for its colonial history and location on Boston Harbor.
50°23′10″N 4°03′04″W / 50.386°N 4.051°W / 50.386; -4.051. Plympton is a suburb of the city of Plymouth in Devon, England. It is in origin an ancient stannary town. It was an important trading centre for locally mined tin, and a seaport before the River Plym silted up and trade moved down river to Plymouth and was the ...
The PL postcode area, also known as the Plymouth postcode area, [2] is a group of 35 postcode districts in South West England, within 25 post towns.These cover west Devon (including Plymouth, Tavistock, Ivybridge, Yelverton and Lifton) and east Cornwall (including St Austell, Bodmin, Liskeard, Launceston, Looe, Saltash, Torpoint, Callington, Wadebridge, Boscastle, Calstock, Camelford, Delabole ...
1620 – 6 September: Mayflower ship departs for New England, [6] arriving in November. 1644 – The Siege of Plymouth by Royalist forces under Sir Richard Grenville in the English Civil War. 1652 – 26 August: Battle of Plymouth occurs offshore in the First Anglo-Dutch War. 1657 – Charles Church built.
Stoke, Plymouth. Stoke, also referred to by its earlier name of Stoke Damerel, is an inner suburb of the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. In 1844, Stoke Damerel was described as a parish in Roborough hundred, adjoining the borough of Plymouth, and including Devonport within it. [2] In 1914, Devonport and Plymouth amalgamated with Stonehouse ...