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It is in origin an ancient stannary town. It was an important trading centre for locally mined tin, and a seaport before the River Plym silted up and trade moved down river to Plymouth and was the seat of Plympton Priory the most significant local landholder for many centuries.
Plymouth notably lent its name to the settlement of Plymouth, Massachusetts following the departure of the Pilgrim Fathers aboard the Mayflower in 1620, as well as many other settlements in North America.
Its name is thought to have derived from Old English meaning either 'outlying farm with a plum-tree'. Local historian Chris Robinson said the same goes for Plympton.
Jul 9, 2023 · Plympton House and its immediate surroundings passed to Charity, who had married Paul Henry Ourry, and their son, Paul Ourry, took the Treby name but not the house, choosing to live instead...
Oct 9, 2021 · The source of the name Plympton has long been contested, it is thought to come from the River Plym but its argued that the town was never close enough to the river to it to justify this name.
- Thomas Quayle
The history of Plympton is fairly long, and split into several sections as, Plympton consists of two Parishes which grew up fairly independently. However it is not greatly documented, with few records existing before the 18th Century.
Mar 14, 2021 · Plymouth began as a fishing village. It belonged to the Prior of Plympton. (A prior was the head of a priory or small abbey). In the early 13th century the prior turned the village into a town by starting a market there. In those days there were very few shops so if you wanted to buy or sell goods you had to go to a market.
