Plympton St Maurice
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.- Type: Suburb
- Description: area in Plympton, Devon, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Plympton Earls” and “Plympton Erle”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Maurice, Plympton and Longcause Community Special School.
Church of St Maurice, Plympton
Church
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Maurice is located in Plympton, Devon, England. Dating to the 15th century, it is now a Grade II* listed building. The church is of Church of England denomination.
Longcause Community Special School
School
Longcause Community Special School is a special school for students aged 4 to 16 with learning difficulties. The college has about 100 students. The school specialises in children with cognitive, learning, communication and interaction difficulties.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Plympton and Sparkwell.
Plympton
Town
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Sparkwell
Village
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sparkwell is a small village and civil parish in the South Hams district of Devon. Historically it was part of Haytor Hundred. In 2021 the parish had a population of 1425. Sparkwell is situated 2 miles northeast of Plympton St Maurice.
Crabtree
Locality
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crabtree is a suburb of Plymouth in the English county of Devon. Originally, it was a small village beside the coaching route around the top of the Plym Estuary where travellers stopped before or after crossing the marshland known as Marsh Mills and the road to Plympton then Exeter and London. Crabtree is situated 2½ miles west of Plympton St Maurice.
Plympton St Maurice
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.38253° or 50° 22′ 57″ northLongitude
-4.03727° or 4° 2′ 14″ westElevation
102 feet (31 metres)Open location code
9C2Q9XM7+23OpenStreetMap ID
node 1629831494OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
13268447Wikidata ID
Q106929662
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In Other Languages
From Irish to Swedish—“Plympton St Maurice” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Plympton St Maurice”
- Ladin: “Plympton St Maurice”
- Swedish: “Plympton St Maurice”
- “Plympton St Maurice”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Yealmpstone Farm Primary School and Plympton St Maurice Primary School.
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