St Dunstan’s Abbey

St Dunstan's Abbey, Plymouth was an abbey in Plymouth, Devon, England. The Sisters of the Most Holy Trinity under Priscilla Lydia Sellon with the support of the Henry Phillpotts, Bishop of Exeter founded an Anglican convent in New North Road.

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Type: Church
Description: Former abbey in Devon, England
Also known as: “St Dunastan’s Abbey”
Address: Plymouth, PL1 5DD

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Victoria Park and Plymouth railway station.

Victoria Park

Park

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Victoria Park is a park in Millbridge, Plymouth, England. It extends at the eastern end from the bowling green beneath what was once a railway viaduct to what is now the merging of Molesworth Road and Eldad Hill, and which once was a toll bridge, and an important thoroughfare between Devonport and Plymouth.

Plymouth railway station

Railway station

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Plymouth railway station serves the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. It is on the northern edge of the city centre, close to the North Cross roundabout. Plymouth railway station is situated 2,700 feet northeast of St Dunstan’s Abbey.

Palace Theatre

Historic building

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The Palace Theatre is a disused theatre in Union Street, Plymouth, Devon in south west England. It opened in 1898 as a music hall but was damaged by fire only three months after opening, and was re-opened in 1899 as the New Palace Theatre of Varieties. Palace Theatre is situated 1,900 feet south of St Dunstan’s Abbey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pennycomequick and Stonehouse.

Pennycomequick

Suburb

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Pennycomequick is the site of a former Devonport prison that today forms part of the inner suburbs of the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. It is mostly known for its eccentric name, taken, locals believe, from The Penny pub situated by the roundabout north of the railway bridge over Saltash Road.

Stonehouse

Suburb

Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

East Stonehouse was one of three towns that were amalgamated into modern-day Plymouth, in the ceremonial county of Devon, England. West Stonehouse was a village that is within the current Mount Edgcumbe Country Park in Cornwall.

Stoke

Suburb

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Stoke, also referred to by its earlier name of Stoke Damerel, is an inner suburb of the city of Plymouth, in the ceremonial county of Devon, England. In 1844, Stoke Damerel was described as a parish in Roborough hundred, adjoining the borough of Plymouth, and including Devonport within it.

St Dunstan’s Abbey

Categories: building, place of worship, apartment building, and religion
Location: Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.37472° or 50° 22′ 29″ north

Longitude

-4.15377° or 4° 9′ 14″ west

Open location code

9C2Q9RFW+VF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 636938834

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=apartments

Wikidata ID

Q7592978

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In Other Languages

“St Dunstan’s Abbey” goes by many names.

Portuguese: “Abadia de São Dunstan”

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