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ROADS AND
STREETS
EBRINGTON STREET
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of Ebrington Street, Plymouth
Originally Ebrington Street ran from
Old Town Street eastwards to the junction with Gibbon Street. Its
continuation was called Ham Street. Later the two were
combined under the name of Ebrington Street, which then ran as far
eastwards as the junction with Gascoyne or Gasking Street.
Origin of the name, Ebrington Street
It was named to
honour Lord Ebrington (1783-1861), one of the promoters of the Reform
Bill in 1832. The passing of the Reform Bill was joyously
celebrated in Plymouth.
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History of
Ebrington Street, Plymouth
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As can be seen from the extract of
Benjamin Donn's Plan of Plymouth, Ham Street existed in 1765 running
between Green Street and White Cross Street. It did not at
that time extend to Gasking Street. [1]
Ebrington Street was built in the
1860s.
In 1897/98 Ham Street was absorbed
into Ebrington Street, Messrs Symons & Company, wine merchants, of
number 1 Ham Street becoming number 48 Ebrington Street. [2]
Around 1904, when Garden Street was
being turned into a part of Tavistock Road and Drake Circus was
built, several properties at the western end of Ebrington Street
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At 8.30pm on July 11th 1931
a Plymouth motor bus collided with a tram in Ebrington Street and knocked
down two girls and seriously injured a woman. [3]
The Street managed to escape
the worst of the Blitz, with only properties on the southern side being
damaged or destroyed. These included the
Palladium Cinema, the
Ham Street/New Wesley
Chapel, and the Cobourg Hall.
Ebrington Street was closed
to traffic from Sunday February 16th 1964 as the dual-carriageway of Charles
Street was about to be constructed.
Today only a short part of
Ebrington Street remains, between what was Green Street and Gascoyne Street.
Ironically, this is the part that was originally called Ham Street.
Some Views of
Ebrington Street, Plymouth
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Ebrington Street, from number 20 (AMCO) eastwards
towards the Ham Street Wine & Spirit Vaults.
©
Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery, 1949.
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Occupants of Ebrington
Street and Ham 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]
"Eyre's Post Office Plymouth and Devonport district directory",
J G Hammond, Plymouth, 1897 and "Eyre's Post Office Plymouth
and Devonport district directory", J G Hammond & Company,
Plymouth, 1898.
[3]
Western Independent, Plymouth, July 12th 1931.
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