Millbridge is a small neighbourhood of
Plymouth
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, on the boundary of what used to be the towns of Plymouth and
Devonport, in the
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county of
Devon
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.
What was originally a self-standing village (which has now been subsumed within the city) lies to the north of the
toll bridge
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, originally built by Sir
Piers Edgcumbe in 1525, that crossed what used to be the
Deadlake or
Stonehouse Creek, to the west of
Pennycomequick, the south of
Stoke village and to the east of Stoke Church. It derives its name from the old toll bridge (adjacent to a naval
saw mill
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) across the creek between Eldad Hill and Molesworth Road, at one time the principal link between Plymouth and Devonport. The creek to the east of the bridge was filled in with material from the quarries at
Cattedown
Cattedown is an inner city suburb of Plymouth, Devon. Its position beside the River Plym estuary just short of the mouth led to its early settlement.
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and
Oreston
Oreston ( ), formerly a village on the southern bank of the Cattewater, is now a suburb of Plymouth. It is recorded as ''Horestone'' on the 1591 Spry ''Map of Plimmouth''. Oreston offers many small, local services. It is home to a small cornersho ...
during the late 1890s and the ground created became a municipal park,
Victoria Park, which was officially opened in 1903. The remainder of the creek to the west of Millbridge, up to Stonehouse Bridge and Pool, was filled in and by 1972 the whole area had been developed as rugby pitches. These pitches are often used by Devonport High School for Boys and the Old Boys RFC.
Suburbs of Plymouth, Devon
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