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Two of the surviving buildings close to the dock at
Millbay are the red brick Portland stone-faced Georgian assembly room that is still called the Long Room, and the exquisite late Georgian or early Victorian Globe Theatre 300 metres north within the barracks.
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are the modern shipbuilding sheds occupied by the luxury motor-yacht firm
Princess Yachts who employ hundreds of local tradesmen to construct and fit out expensive vessels. The creek now ends at Stonehouse Bridge (for many years a
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During the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries the areas of Emma Place and
Caroline Place were home to many of the west country's top-ranking admirals, doctors and clergy. Those streets together with Millbay Road used to form Plymouth's
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with security guards. However, Royal
William Yard, also a walled site, welcomes the public freely (apart from car parking charges) to its increasing number of food outlets, and has part of the
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were strengthened by the building of cannon-bearing towers. One of these, the
Artillery Tower at the sea end of Durnford Street, has been preserved and is now a restaurant.
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it had no practical functions, being directly administered by
Plymouth Corporation. In 1951 the parish had a population of 7770.
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worked as a newly qualified physician at 1 Durnford Street, East
Stonehouse. Plaques bearing passages from his works featuring
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Stonehouse is the site of
Plymouth's international ferry port at Millbay with at least daily sailings to
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running through it, using a staircase specially constructed in 2013. In 2013 a marina was opened within
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boundaries. Stonehouse was made a separate parish in 1746. The parish of East
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Guide to the local administrative units of England, Volume 1: Southern England
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East Stonehouse Urban District was abolished in 1914, being absorbed into the
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There is a regular passenger ferry from the tidal landing Admiral's Hard to
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in 1872, governed by a local board. Such local boards were reconstituted as
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492:. The former Naval Hospital (adjacent to the Millfields – formerly part of
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style Wyndham Square. A few hundred metres east is the mid Victorian
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times and a house made of stone was believed to have stood near to
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617:"Sailing out of Plymouth loaded to the gunnels with luxury"
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832:"Population statistics East Stonehouse Ch/CP through time"
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have since been set into the pavement in Durnford Street.
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in Brittany (except in winter) and frequent ferries to
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950:"Royal Marine Barracks The Globe Theatre (1244645)"
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Roman Catholic cathedral of St Mary and St Boniface
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664:. London: Royal Historical Society. p. 98.
449:St Peter's with its tall spire in the centre of
812:. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth
532:to Pennycomequick and beyond to the bottom of
558:in Cornwall which is used by visitors to the
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1118:"Devonport High School for Boys (1386309)"
708:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (
639:"Is there any hope left for Union Street?"
1068:. Motor Boat and Yachting. 2 October 2013
806:"East Stonehouse Civil Parish / Chapelry"
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395:of Plymouth, along with neighbouring
1000:"Walk 72 – Plymouth Waterfront Walk"
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332:Settlement in the area goes back to
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970:"History of The Plymouth Cathedral"
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1138:"Contact details for reservations"
1123:National Heritage List for England
955:National Heritage List for England
415:Significant buildings include the
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421:Royal Marine Barracks, Stonehouse
861:www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk
836:A Vision of Britain through Time
810:A Vision of Britain through Time
784:"Plymouth Registration District"
482:Plymouth Development Corporation
425:Royal Naval Hospital, Stonehouse
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488:. Durnford Street is being re
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417:Royal William Victualling Yard
403:until 1 April 1974, but as an
368:Stonehouse was historically a
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35:Stonehouse from Mount Edgcumbe
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434:defences at the mouth of the
399:. East Stonehouse remained a
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724:"Local Government Act 1894"
690:. London. 1914. p. 497
589:– 19th-century photographer
572:Alexander Copland Hutchison
560:Mount Edgcumbe Country Park
314:Mount Edgcumbe Country Park
18:Human settlement in England
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577:surgeon and medical author
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660:Youngs, Frederic (1979).
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1002:. Devon County Council
903:"Royal Naval Hospital"
595:– member of parliament
587:William Eastman Palmer
364:Administrative history
167:Postcode district
97:Ceremonial county
79:Unitary authority
1188:Former towns in Devon
1162:. Plymouth Boat Trips
734:The National Archives
502:South West Coast Path
1088:"Ancient and Modern"
430:During the reign of
374:Plymouth St Andrew's
274:50.370833°N 4.1625°W
147:Sovereign state
581:John Eastman Palmer
551:in northern Spain.
270: /
1140:. Brittany Ferries
762:legislation.gov.uk
729:legislation.gov.uk
534:Ford Park Cemetery
515:, a branch of the
462:Arthur Conan Doyle
354:red light district
342:Robert the Bastard
279:50.370833; -4.1625
210:Devon and Somerset
198:Devon and Cornwall
179:Dialling code
1094:on 3 January 2004
925:"Artillery Tower"
411:Notable buildings
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1166:26 February
984:23 November
905:. Pastscape
887:12 November
768:30 December
526:toll bridge
306:, England.
296:three towns
294:was one of
277: /
1182:Categories
1144:26 October
1072:26 October
1050:26 October
930:26 October
882:The Herald
671:0901050679
645:26 October
623:26 October
600:References
530:Millbridge
490:gentrified
322:Stonehouse
262:50°22′15″N
123:South West
60:Stonehouse
24:Stonehouse
1098:16 August
816:13 August
740:13 August
704:cite book
694:13 August
549:Santander
486:Great War
432:Henry VII
397:Devonport
388:in 1894.
265:4°09′45″W
217:Ambulance
157:Post town
457:(1858).
451:Georgian
447:Anglican
423:and the
370:chapelry
300:Plymouth
161:PLYMOUTH
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556:Cremyll
545:Roscoff
521:Hamoaze
496:) is a
378:borough
328:History
246:England
172:PL1 3xx
139:England
133:Country
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909:30 May
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193:Police
115:Region
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