Category: Stoke Damerel, Devon

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In Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of England (1844) - "STOKE DAMEREL, a parish, in the hundred of ROBOROUGH, Roborough and S. divisions of DEVON; adjoining the borough of Plymouth, and containing 33,820 inhabitants. This parish, which includes Devonport and Morice-Town, is one of the most extensive in the county; the village occupies an elevated site, and comprises several rows of excellent houses, a crescent, and some private mansions of more than ordinary beauty. Among the public structures are, the immense reservoir of the Devonport Water Company, which supplies the government establishments and the neighbourhood in general; the military hospital, a spacious edifice of grey marble, erected in 1797, on the west side of Stonehouse Creek, comprising four large square buildings, of similar size and form, connected by a piazza of forty-one arches; and the Blockhouse, occupying an eminence north of the village, surrounded by a fosse and drawbridge, commanding a most magnificent prospect. On the eastern bank of the Hamoaze is Morice-Town, consisting of four principal streets . . The church is a mean but spacious building, with a low square tower. Two additional churches have been erected; and there are places of worship for Independents, Calvinistic Methodists, and Wesleyans" See: GenUKI

The map on the left is of the Stoke Damerel area on Donn's one inch to the mile survey of 1765. See: link

Stoke Damerel incorporated Devonport and Maurice Town whose names were used separately in some later documents. It was the historic parish within which Devonport developed and eventually became part of Devonport itself. In 1914 Devonport and Stonehouse were amalgamated with Plymouth to form Plymouth as we know it today. See: Photo

Stoke Damerel Church
The Church of St Andrew and St Luke is the oldest church in the Plymouth area and dates back to the 13th century. Details can be seen on the Parish site under the heading "Church Building". See: link. Church records can be linked from the FamilySearch site: Stoke Damerel Genealogy

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