Plympton

Plympton, or Plympton Erle, in south-western Devon, England is an ancient stannary town: an important trading centre in the past for locally mined tin, and a former seaport (before the River Plym silted up and trade moved down the river to Plymouth). Today it is a populous north-eastern suburb of the city of Plymouth of which it officially became part, along with Plymstock, in 1967.

Related Topics:
Devon - England - Stannary town - Tin - River Plym - Plymouth - Plymstock - 1967

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Plympton still has its own town centre (called the Ridgeway), and is itself an amalgamation of several villages, including St Mary's, St Maurice, Colebrook, Woodford, Boringdon, Newnham, Langage and Chaddlewood.

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The town was one of the rotten boroughs, and sent two MPs to the unreformed House of Commons before the Reform Act 1832 stripped it of its representation.

Related Topics:
Rotten borough - Unreformed House of Commons - Reform Act 1832

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