Plympton
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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 seat of Plympton Priory the most significant local landholder for many centuries.
Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- Plympton St Maurice - geograph.org.uk - 66678.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Looking down on part of the town from the castle
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Plympton
- UK place.population
- 29,899
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.unitary_england
- Plymouth
- UK place.shire_county
- Devon
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- South West Devon
- UK place.post_town
- PLYMOUTH
- UK place.postcode_district
- PL7
- UK place.postcode_area
- PL
- UK place.dial_code
- 01752
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SX542561
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 29899
- Image
- Plympton St Mary Church - geograph.org.uk - 839290.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01752
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- History
- Architecture
- Historic estates
- Churches
- Modern Plympton
- Community Council
- Public transport
- Schools
- Sports
- Events
- Notable residents
- References
- External links
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 seat of Plympton Priory the most significant local landholder for many centuries.
Plympton is an amalgamation of several villages, including St Mary's, St Maurice, Colebrook, Woodford, Newnham, and Chaddlewood.
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