Whitleigh is a district area and is in the electoral

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of Budshead of the city 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 ...

in the

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county of

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. It shares district borders with Southway,

Honicknowle Honicknowle is an area and ward of the city of Plymouth in the English county of Devon. It borders with West Park, Crownhill, Ham, Whitleigh and Pennycross areas of Plymouth. It was previously part of Knackersknowle. General The UK Census ...

Crownhill Crownhill is an area of northern Plymouth, in the county of Devon, England. Overview It was originally known as Knackersknowle, meaning "the hill of the knacker's yard". In 1860 a fort was built on a high piece of land, just to the north west ...

, West Park and

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. In the 2001 census the population of Whitleigh was 7,165, of which 48.2% were male and 51.8% were female.

Education

Whitleigh's primary schools are Woodfield Primary School, St. Peter's Roman Catholic School, Whitleigh Community Primary School, and Woodland Community Special School.

Sir John Hunt Community Sports College Sir John Hunt Community Sports College is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in the Whitleigh area of Plymouth in the English county of Devon. The school is named after Sir John Hunt (afterwards Baron Hunt), an army officer wh ...

(formerly Community College, and previously Whitleigh comprehensive (or High) school) previously merged with Southway Community College due to budget cuts from the local government. Whitleigh also houses the Woodside Education Centre. This institute is aimed at children with learning or serious physical disabilities. Children from 4 to 16 years of age are accepted.

Wood View Learning Community

Wood View Learning Community, is a new campus-styled community facility, that opened in 2010. It stands at the site of the previous school buildings on Lancaster Gardens. The site homes Sir John Hunt Community Sports College, Whitleigh Community Primary School and Woodlands Special School, as well other community services such as the Youth Centre. The aim of the campus, run by a federated Governing Body, is to bring together three schools to work together, and offer a high-quality education too all its students, and to act as a real hub within the community.

Sir John Hunt Community Sports College

is the local secondary school that caters for all students aged 11 to 19. It is a relatively smaller school in comparison to others in the city, but can offer some of the best facilities now being part of the Wood View Campus. The college opened it first provisions for post-16 education, in the form of a Sixth Form in 2010, and is the last school in Plymouth to open a sixth form. The sixth form works in a consortium with

Lipson Co-operative Academy Lipson Co-operative Academy (formerly Lipson Community College) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in the Lipson area of Plymouth in the English county of Devon. Previously a foundation school admini ...

and

Tor Bridge High Tor Bridge High (formerly Estover Community College) is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in the Estover area of Plymouth in the English county of Devon. Previously a community school administered by Plymouth City Council, To ...

, where students from all three schools have the opportunity to study level 3 courses across the consortium.

Shopping

Whitleigh Green is the predominant shopping precinct, which hosts a small supermarket (co-op), take away (fish & chip shop), cafe, hair/beauty salon, discount store (household & gardening), bakery, butchers (closed), newsagents, post office, tattoo parlour, and a pharmacy. There is also a large area of grass and trees. Recycling facilities were removed from the car park area.

Religion

The suburb has three churches. St Chad's Anglican church, Bethany Evangelical Church and a Salvation Army church and centre in Lancaster Gardens. Recently, what was formerly the Whitleigh Christian Centre has now been re-opened as Engage Whitleigh. Engage Whitleigh is a Pentecostal church in fellowship with the Assemblies of God which is able to provide community-based conferencing facilities.

Fownes family

''Whitley'' was a seat of the Fownes family from the 17th century. John Fownes (1614–1646) of Whitley was the fourth son of Thomas Fownes (d. 1638) of Plymouth,

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in 1619. He married Catherine Champernowne (d. 1642/3), fifth daughter of Arthur Champernowne of Dartington. His son was John Fownes (1640–1670) of Whitley, who married Mary Northleigh (d. 1669),Vivian, 1895, p.373 a daughter of Henry Northleigh (1612–1675) of

Peamore, Exminster Peamore (anciently ''Pevmere'', ''Peanmore'', ''Peamont'', etc.) is a historic country estate in the parish of Exminster, Devon, which is near the city of Exeter. In 1810 Peamore House was described as "one of the most pleasant seats in the nei ...

by his wife Lettice Yarde, daughter of Edward Yarde of Bradley, Devon. Their monument survives in St Budeaux Church inscribed as follows: :''"In memorie of John Fownes of Whitley Esq: and of Mary his wife Daughter of Henry Northleigh of Peamore Esq: He dyed the 22nd day of Aprill 1670 ætatis 30, She dyed the 18th day of Aprill 1669 ætatis 28 Also Elizabeth their daughter dyed the 31 day of March 1669, Leavinge survivinge children John. Henry Katherine and Mary"''.
Their eldest son and heir was

John Fownes John Fownes (1661-1731) of Kittery Court in the parish of Kingswear and of Nethway in the parish of Brixham, both in Devon, was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1714 to 1715. Origin and early life Fownes ...

(1661–1731) of Kittery Court, a

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for Dartmouth 1713–14. His grandson was Henry Fownes Luttrell (1722–1780) (who adopted the additional surname of Luttrell) of

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, Somerset,

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from 1754 to 1755, and a Member of Parliament for the borough of

Minehead Minehead is a coastal town and civil parish in Somerset, England. It lies on the south bank of the Bristol Channel, north-west of the county town of Taunton, from the boundary with the county of Devon and in proximity of the Exmoor National P ...

from 1768 to 1774.

Wheal Whitleigh

Wheal Whitleigh
was a silver and lead mine, located near the present-day Christian Mill Business park. Workings extend westwards following the approximate line of Lancaster gardens.

References

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