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Devonport (/ ˈdɛvənpɔːrt / DEV-ən-port) [ 3 ] is a harbourside suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It is located on the North Shore, at the southern end of the Devonport Peninsula that runs southeast from near Lake Pupuke in Takapuna, forming the northern side of the Waitematā Harbour. East of Devonport lies North Head, the northern ...
Devonport (/ ˈdɛvənpɔːrt / DEV-ən-port), [1] formerly named Plymouth Dock or just Dock, [2] is a district of Plymouth in the English county of Devon, although it was, at one time, the more important settlement. It became a county borough in 1889. Devonport was originally one of the "Three Towns" (along with Plymouth and East Stonehouse ...
Stoke, also referred to by its earlier name of Stoke Damerel, is an inner suburb of the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. In 1844, Stoke Damerel was described as a parish in Roborough hundred, adjoining the borough of Plymouth, and including Devonport within it. [2] In 1914, Devonport and Plymouth amalgamated with Stonehouse, and the new town ...
Map of c.1854 showing the Three Towns: Devonport with its defences to the left, Stonehouse in the centre, Plymouth to the right. The History of Plymouth in Devon, England, extends back to the Bronze Age, when the first settlement began at Mount Batten a peninsula in Plymouth Sound facing onto the English Channel.
Behind the low white wall in the foreground is a series of small swimming pools. Mount Wise is a historic estate situated within the historic parish and manor of Devonport and situated about one mile west of the historic centre of the city of Plymouth, Devon. It occupies "a striking waterfront location" [1] with views across Plymouth Sound to ...
plymouth.gov.uk. Plymouth (/ ˈplɪməθ / ⓘ PLIH-məth) is a port city and unitary authority in Devon, South West England. It is located on Devon's south coast between the rivers Plym and Tamar, about 36 miles (58 km) southwest of Exeter and 193 miles (311 km) southwest of London. It is the most populous English city south of London.
St Michael & St Barnabas, Devonport Devonport [17] Michael, Barnabas: 1843 Church of England: St Michael & St Barnabas Services at St Michael's. Rebuilt 1953, 2009. Cons. evang. St Aubyn, Devonport Devonport [18] 1771 Church of England: Stoke Damerel & Devonport Reopened 2011 St Bartholomew, Devonport Devonport [19] Bartholomew: Church of England
The village and surrounding area eventually adopted the same name. The fort was one of many Palmerston Forts built around Plymouth under the instruction of the then Prime Minister, Lord Palmerston, as a defence for the dockyard at Devonport against the French. The construction of these forts was eventually found to be unnecessary and as such ...