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STILLMAN STREET

Location of Stillman Street, Plymouth

Stillman Street, Plymouth, ran eastwards as a continuation of Catte Street between Batter Street and Vauxhall Street.

Origin of the name, Stillman Street

Clearly Stillman is a personal name. There was a John Stilleman listed in Devonshire Lay Subsidy of 1332 residing in the Manor of Sutton Rauf so it may be that this street is where he lived. [1]

History of Stillman Street, Plymouth

The Place-names of Devon records a Stylemanstrete as existing in 1412. [2]

Worth quotes 'Stilman Street is where Mr Roope lives' from the Town Rental for 1706. [3]

The Street was clearly well established by 1765 when Benjamin Donn drew his Plan. [4]

By 1890 the name Stillman Street had been extended to cover the former Catte Street. [5]

Some Views of Stillman Street, Plymouth

Photographs to follow if available.
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Occupants of Stillman Street, Plymouth

in 1890

Principal Sources:

[1] Erskine, Audrey M, "The Devonshire Lay Subsidy of 1332", Devon & Cornwall Record Society, Exeter, 1969.

[2] Gover, J E B, et al, "The Place-names of Devon, Part One", Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1969.

[3] Worth, R N, "Calendar of the Plymouth Municipal Records", R N Worth, Plymouth, 1893.

[4] Donn, Benjamin, "A Map of the County of Devon 1765", facsimile, Devon and Cornwall Record Society and the University of Exeter, Exeter, 1965.

[5] White, William, "Plymouth 1890: History and Directory", reprint, Hindsight Publications, King's Lynn, 1989.