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Stoke Damerel  Devon

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stoke Damerel like this:

STOKE-DAMEREL, a suburb, a parish, and a district, in Devon. The suburb adjoins the NE side of Devonport; contains edificed terraces and numerous villas; and commands superb views over Plymouth sound. The parish contains also Morice-Town and Devonport, and is all included in Devonport burgh. Post town, Devonport. ...


Acres, 2,380; of which 565 are water. Real property, £111,500; of which £2,546 are in gasworks. Pop. in 1851, 38,180; in 1861, 50,440. Houses, 4,189. The manor belonged, from the Norman conquest till the time of Edward III., to the Damerels; and passed to successively the Wises, the Morices, and the St. Aubyns. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, not reported.* Patrons, the Trustees of the late Sir J. Aubyn. The church is plain but spacious. The p. curacy of Morice-Town and the six p. curacies of Devonport are separate benefices.The district is conterminate with the parish; and is cut into the sub-districts of Stoke, Tamar, Morice, Clowance, and St. Aubyn. Poor rates in 1863, £10,575. Marriages in 1863, 607; births, 1,736,-of which 66 were illegitimate; deaths, 107,-of which 534 were at ages under 5 years, and 20 at ages above 85. Marriages in the ten years 1851-60, 5,912; births, 13,776; deaths, 10,163. The places of worship, in 1851, were 10 of the Church of England, with 8,359 sittings; 6 of Independents, with 3,089 s.; 3 of Baptists, with 1,736 s.; 1 of Unitarians, with 300 s.; 4 of Wesleyans, with 2,577 s.; 1 of Bible Christians, with 362 s.; 1 of the Wesleyan Association, with 268 s.; 1 of Wesleyan Reformers, with 80 s.; 1 of Moravians, with 300 s.; 3 undefined, with 1,020 s.; and 1 of Latter Day Saints, with 300 s. The schools were 17 public day-schools, with 2,610 scholars; 86 private day-schools, with 2,517 s.; and 22 Sunday schools, with 3,617 s. The workhouse has capacity for 700 inmates.

Stoke Damerel through time

Stoke Damerel is now part of Plymouth district. Click here for graphs and data of how Plymouth has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Stoke Damerel itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stoke Damerel, in Plymouth and Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20456

Date accessed: 29th March 2024


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