Stoke, Plymouth Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:50.377°N -4.161°W
Official Name:Stoke
Map Type:Devon
Shire District:Plymouth
Region:South West England
Shire County:Devon
Constituency Westminster:Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
Population:13,861
Population Ref:(2011)[1]
Post Town:PLYMOUTH
Postcode District:PL3 4xx
Postcode Area:PL
Dial Code:01752
Os Grid Reference:SX465552

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 took the name of Plymouth.

Stoke is now densely built up with family houses and bisected by the main railway line from Paddington to Penzance. 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 distinguished private houses dating to Georgian and Victorian times, several of which feature in Nikolaus Pevsner's South Devon.

Stoke Damerel Primary School educates approximately 320 pupils of ages 4–11.[3]

Devonport High School for Boys on Paradise Road draws pupils from all over the city and parts of south-west Devon and south-east Cornwall.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Plymouth ward 2011. 5 April 2015.
  2. Web site: Stoke Damerel, Devon (quoting Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of England) . 2023-12-28 . GENUKI . en.
  3. Web site: Stoke Damerel Primary School. Ofsted. Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills.