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Plymouth, Devon

Plymouth, Devon

Smeeton's Tower

Royal Citadel

Plymouth Naval Memorial

The Naval Memorial

The Hoe

Sutton Harbour

Sutton Harbour

Sutton Harbour

Sutton Harbour

Sutton Harbour

Sutton Harbour

Stonehouse

Stonehouse

Stonehouse

Stonehouse

Batter Street

Batter Street

Methodist Central Hall

Green Street Alms Houses

Methodist Central Hall

Methodist Central Hall

Methodist Central Hall

Methodist Central Hall

Minster Church of St. Andrew

Minster Church of St. Andrew

Minster Church of St. Andrew

Minster Church of St. Andrew

Minster Church of St. Andrew

Minster Church of St. Andrew

Family History Graves

Ford Cemetery

Ford Cemetery

Ford Cemetery

Ford Cemetery

Ford Cemetery

Ford Cemetery

Ford Cemetery

Ford Cemetery

Ford Cemetery

Ford Cemetery

About Plymouth, Devon

Plymouth's early history extends to the Bronze Age when a first settlement emerged at Mount Batten. This settlement continued as a trading post for the Roman Empire, until it was surpassed by the more prosperous village of Sutton founded in the ninth century, now called Plymouth. In 1620, the Pilgrim Fathers departed Plymouth for the New World and established Plymouth Colony, the second English settlement in what is now the United States of America. During the English Civil War, the town was held by the Parliamentarians and was besieged between 1642 and 1646.

Throughout the Industrial Revolution, Plymouth grew as a commercial shipping port, handling imports and passengers from the Americas, and exporting local minerals (tin, copper, lime, china clay and arsenic). The neighbouring town of Devonport became strategically important to the Royal Navy for its shipyards and dockyards. In 1914, three neighbouring independent towns, viz. the county borough of Plymouth, the County Borough of Devonport, and the urban district of East Stonehouse were merged, becoming the County Borough of Plymouth. In 1928, it achieved city status. During World War II, due to the city's naval importance, the German military targeted and partially destroyed the city by bombing, an act known as the Plymouth Blitz. After the war, the city centre was completely rebuilt. Subsequent expansion led to the incorporation of Plympton, Plymstock, and other outlying suburbs, in 1967.

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