Plumpton may refer to:
Places
Places in Australia
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Plumpton, New South Wales
Plumpton is located 45 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Blacktown and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.
History
Following European settlement of Australia in 17 ...
, suburb of Sydney
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Plumpton, Victoria
Plumpton is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Melton local government area. Plumpton recorded a population of 79 at the 2021 census.
History
The land o ...
, suburb of Melbourne
Places in England
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Plumpton, Cumbria
Plumpton or Plumpton Wall is a small village and former civil parish about north of Penrith, in the Eden district, in the county of Cumbria, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 320.
The village
The village is made up of the form ...
, village
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Plumpton, Lancashire
Westby-with-Plumptons is a civil parish in Lancashire, England. The parish is in Fylde district and contains the hamlets of Great Plumpton, Little Plumpton, Lower Ballam, Higher Ballam, Moss Side, Peel, and Westby. At the 2011 census, the p ...
(''Great Plumpton'' and ''Little Plumpton'')
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Plumpton, Northamptonshire
Plumpton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Weston and Weedon, in the West Northamptonshire district, in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England. It is within the ecclesiastical parish of "St Mary & St Peter ...
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Plumpton, East Sussex
Plumpton is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. The village is located five miles (8 km) north-west of Lewes. The parish measures 6.5 miles in length on its north–south axis and 1 mile at its widest o ...
, village and civil parish
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Plumpton College
Plumpton College is a Further and Higher education college in Plumpton, East Sussex, England, with courses in a variety of land based and related subjects. The college provides a range of full-time and part-time land-based courses, FE courses to ...
, a college of further education
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Plumpton Place
Plumpton Place is a Grade II* listed Elizabethan manor house in Plumpton, East Sussex, England.
Description
Plumpton Place looks onto the nearby north-facing escarpment of the South Downs, with Plumpton College (formerly Plumpton Agricultural Co ...
, an Elizabethan manor house
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Plumpton Racecourse
Plumpton Racecourse is a National Hunt racecourse in the village of Plumpton, East Sussex near Lewes and Brighton. Racing first took place at Plumpton in 1884.
Its most notable race is the Sussex National Handicap Chase
History
Plumpton Racec ...
, a National Hunt racecourse
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Plumpton railway station
Plumpton railway station serves the village of Plumpton in East Sussex, England. It is from via .
Train services are provided by Southern. The station neighbours Plumpton Racecourse, which had its own platform at the end of the village st ...
*Plumpton, a historic spelling of
Plompton
Plompton (formerly also spelt Plumpton) is a hamlet and civil parish south of Harrogate in North Yorkshire, England. It is close to the A661.
Plompton Hall is a Grade II* listed building designed by the architect John Carr and built about 17 ...
, North Yorkshire
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Plumpton Rocks
Plumpton Rocks is a man-made lake and surrounding pleasure gardens south-east of Harrogate in North Yorkshire, England, near the village of Plompton. The site is now operated as a tourist attraction by the owner, Robert de Plumpton Hunter. It ...
, a rock formation
Sport
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Plumpton Racecourse
Plumpton Racecourse is a National Hunt racecourse in the village of Plumpton, East Sussex near Lewes and Brighton. Racing first took place at Plumpton in 1884.
Its most notable race is the Sussex National Handicap Chase
History
Plumpton Racec ...
, a National Hunt horse-racing course, at Plumpton, East Sussex
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plumpton (greyhound racing), Australian term for an enclosed greyhound track
People with surname Plumpton
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Ben Plumpton
Ben is frequently used as a shortened version of the given names Benjamin, Benedict, Bennett or Benson, and is also a given name in its own right.
Ben (in he, בֶּן, ''son of'') forms part of Hebrew surnames, e.g. Abraham ben Abraham ( he, ...
(born 1998), Maltese water polo player
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Diana Plumpton (1911–1973), English golfer
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Sir William Plumpton (1404–1480), English aristocrat, landowner and administrator
Other
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HMS Plumpton, a British Racecourse class minesweeper of the early 20th century
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