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ROADS AND
STREETS
EAST STREET
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of East Street, Plymouth
East Street, Plymouth, ran westwards from
Old Town
Street to Cornwall Street, on the south side of
Plymouth Market. It no longer exists.
Origin of the name, East Street
The name has long
been attributed to the point of the compass but exactly why is a
mystery. It is south of the Market, north of
Bedford Street
and west of Old Town Street. Cornwall Street was of no great
significance. Perhaps the Corporation just had a bad day -- or
maybe it is a personal name now long forgotten.
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History of
East Street, Plymouth
The land upon which East
Street was built was open ground in 1765 [1] and it was not listed in 1812
[2] but it is on John Cooke's map of Plymouth in 1820 [3] so it was
probably built soon after the Market was opened.
East Street suffered badly
during the Second World War but some
of the buildings were brought back into use afterwards. Market
Buildings, at the entrance to the Meat Market, were demolished in January
1952 to make way for the eastwards expansion of New George Street and the
new premises for Messrs John Yeo &
Company. The shops had recently been occupied by
Messrs Fernley Wallis
(Chemists) Ltd, Battershill's the newsagent and Swiss's toy shop.
[4]
Some Views of
East Street, Plymouth
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Occupants of East
Street, Plymouth
Sources:
[1] Donn,
Benjamin, "A Map of the County of Devon 1765", facsimile, Devon
and Cornwall Record Society and the University of Exeter,
Exeter, 1965.
[2] "The
Picture of Plymouth", Rees and Curtis, Plymouth, 1812.
[3] "Plan
of the Towns and Harbour of Plymouth, Stonehouse, Dock, Morice-Town,
Stoke and Environs in the County of Devon", John Cooke,
Stonehouse, Plymouth, 1820.
[4]
"Another of Old Plymouth Links is Broken", Western Evening Herald,
Plymouth, January 5th 1952.
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