Stoke, also referred to by its earlier name of Stoke Damerel, is a
parish, that was once part of the historical
Devonport,
England; this was prior to 1914. In 1914, Devonport and
Plymouth
Plymouth () is a port city and unitary authority in South West England. It is located on the south coast of Devon, approximately south-west of Exeter and south-west of London. It is bordered by Cornwall to the west and south-west.
Plymouth ...
amalgamated with
Stonehouse: the new town took the name of Plymouth. Since the amalgamation Stoke has been an inner
suburb
A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area, which may include commercial and mixed-use, that is primarily a residential area. A suburb can exist either as part of a larger city/urban area or as a separate ...
of
Plymouth
Plymouth () is a port city and unitary authority in South West England. It is located on the south coast of Devon, approximately south-west of Exeter and south-west of London. It is bordered by Cornwall to the west and south-west.
Plymouth ...
,
Devon.
Stoke is now densely built up with family houses and bisected by the
main railway line from
Paddington to
Penzance
Penzance ( ; kw, Pennsans) is a town, civil parish and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is the most westerly major town in Cornwall and is about west-southwest of Plymouth and west-southwest of London. Situated ...
. The
parish church is notable not only for its evolving architecture, but also its contents and historical connections. The area has been prosperous for several hundred years, and there are some distinguished private houses dating to
Georgian and
Victorian
Victorian or Victorians may refer to:
19th century
* Victorian era, British history during Queen Victoria's 19th-century reign
** Victorian architecture
** Victorian house
** Victorian decorative arts
** Victorian fashion
** Victorian literature ...
times (several of which feature in
Nikolaus Pevsner's ''South Devon'': Penguin Books, 1952, content (revised and enlarged) issued New Haven: Yale U. P. 1989. ).
Stoke Damerel Primary School educates approximately 320 pupils of ages 4–11.
For Boys on Paradise Road draws pupils from all over the city and parts of South West Devon and South East Cornwall.
Notable people
*
Mary Fergusson (1914 – 1997), British engineer, and the first female fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers
* Captain
Tobias Furneaux (1735 – 1781), a
Royal Navy officer and the first man to circumnavigate the globe in both directions.
* Rev
John Hawker
* John Scott -
Robert Falcon Scott's father
*
Thomas B. Jeffery, inventor, bicycle and vehicle manufacturer. Founder of the Brand name "Rambler", see
Rambler bicycles and
Rambler cars
References
*
Suburbs of Plymouth, Devon
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