Timeline of Plymouth explained
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Plymouth, Devon, England.
Prior to 17th century
17th–18th centuries
19th century
- 1808 – Plymouth Gazette begins publication.[15]
- 1810 – Plymouth Proprietary Library founded.[16]
- 1811 – Theatre/Hotel building constructed.
- 1812
- 1813
- Port of Plymouth Chamber of Commerce established.[19]
- Exchange building constructed.
- 1815 – 26 July: Napoleon Bonaparte enters Plymouth Sound aboard HMS Bellerophon, awaiting transportation to exile in Saint Helena.
- 1819 – The Plymouth Athenaeum building designed by John Foulston opens.[20]
- 1820 – Plymouth Herald and Plymouth Journal newspapers begin publication.[21]
- 1823 – 26 September: Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway (horse-worked) opened for granite traffic to Sutton Pool.
- 1826 – Plymouth Mechanics' Institute founded.
- 1828
- Royal Union Baths built.
- Plymouth, Devonport, and Cornwall Races begin.
- 1829
- Museum of the Plymouth Institution built.
- Blue Friars (club) founded.[22]
20th century
- 1910 - Population: 126,266.
- 1914 – Plymouth, Devonport and East Stonehouse merge to form the County Borough of Plymouth.
- 1928 – Plymouth attains city status.[30]
- 1929 – Old Plymouth Society founded.[31]
- 1933 – Western Fascist newspaper begins publication.
- 1934 – Mayflower Steps monument erected.
- 1935
- 1940 – Plymouth Blitz:
- 6 July: Aerial bombing by German forces begins.
- 27 November: Bombing starts an oil storage depot fire at Turnchapel which burns for 5 days.
- 1941 – Plymouth Blitz:
- 15 March: Bombing in which 336 people lose their lives.[32]
- 20 March: A royal visit is followed by a sustained period of bombing.
- 1944
- May: Plymouth Blitz: Aerial bombing by German forces ends: about 1,000 people have been killed, 5,000 injured, 10,000 houses destroyed and 70,000 more damaged.[2]
- 4 June: United States forces embarked at Saltash Passage, Cattedown, Turnchapel and other Plymouth hards set sail for the Normandy landings.
- 1945 – 29 September: Last trams in Plymouth run.
- 1958 – 5 April: Drake Cinema opens.
- 1961
- 1967
- 1968 – 8 August: Royal Navy frigate is launched at HMNB Devonport, the last ship to be built in a Royal Dockyard.
- 1971
- 1975 – 19 May: Plymouth Sound (radio) begins broadcasting.
- 1982
- 1986 – Plymouth Citybus begins operating under this identity.
- 1991 – Plymouth Pavilions (sport facility) opens.
- 1992 – University of Plymouth chartered.
- 1994 – Marsh Mills Retail Park opens, including stores such as Sainsbury's and Homebase.
- 1998 – National Marine Aquarium opens.
- 1999 – Vue cinema opens.
21st century
See also
Further reading
Published in the 19th century
1800s–1840s
- Book: Picture of Plymouth . Henry Woollcombe . Plymouth . Rees & Curtis . 1812 . 504893051 .
- Book: Topographical and Statistical Description of the County of Devon . George Alexander Cooke. Sherwood, Neeley and Jones . London . c. 1822 . 3rd . Plymouth . https://books.google.com/books?id=QCoOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA154 .
- Book: Edinburgh Encyclopædia . David Brewster . Philadelphia . Joseph and Edward Parker . 1832 . Plymouth . 15 . Edinburgh Encyclopædia . 2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t0gt5vw9n .
1850s–1890s
- Book: History of Plymouth . Simpkin, Marshall and Company . Llewellynn Jewitt . 1873 . Llewellynn Jewitt .
- R.N. Worth . Antiquity and Antiquities of Plymouth . . 339 . 1883 . 2027/coo.31924065841102 .
- 1886 . 6 . Western Antiquary, or Notebook for Devon, Cornwall & Somerset . Plymouth . Plymouth in the Eighteenth Century, from a Medical Point of View . Edward E. Meeres .
- Book: Bibliography of British Municipal History . 1897 . New York . Longmans, Green, and Co. . Charles Gross. Plymouth . https://archive.org/stream/bibliographyofbr00grosiala#page/366/mode/2up .
- Book: Book of Fair Devon . United Devon Association . 1900 . Western Section: Plymouth . https://books.google.com/books?id=pCBF9xGIVpgC&pg=PA88 .
Published in the 20th century
- Book: Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to Plymouth, Stonehouse, Devonport, and South-West Devon . c. 1901 . . London . Half title:Plymouth and South-West Devon .
- Book: Streets of Old Plymouth . Charles E. Eldred and W.H.K. Wright . Printed by J. H. Keys . 1901 .
- Book: Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the Library of the British Museum in the Years 1881–1900 . 1902 . G.K. Fortescue . London . The Trustees . Plymouth, Devon . 6 v . 2027/uc1.b5107013 . free.
- Plymouth (England) . 21 . de Watteville . Hermann Gaston . 861 - 863 . 1.
- Bracken C.W., 1931, A History of Plymouth and her Neighbours, Underhill (Plymouth) Ltd.
- Plymouth, Port and City . A.H. Shorter and E.T. Woodley . Geography . 22 . 1937 .
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External links
- Web site: Plymouth Maritime History Timeline . Shipwrecks and History in Plymouth Sound . SHIPS Project . Plymouth, England . 7 September 2013 . 25 January 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120125005740/http://www.promare.co.uk/ships/ships_timeline_main.html .
- . Includes digitised directories of Plymouth area, various dates
- Digital Public Library of America. Works related to Plymouth, various dates
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Notes and References
- Web site: Open Domesday - Place: Sutton . Palmer . J N N . opendomesday.org . Powell-Smith, Anna . 20 April 2016 .
- Web site: Plymouth . www.devon.gov.uk . Devon County Council . 17 April 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160513223608/http://www.devon.gov.uk/text/historicplymouth . 13 May 2016 . dmy-all .
- Web site: Devon Timeline . Devon Library and Information Services . Devon County Council. 7 September 2013 .
- Web site: Local History . Plymouth City Council . 7 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130731003300/http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/homepage/creativityandculture/heritageandhistory/localhistory.htm . 31 July 2013 . dmy-all .
- Smith, Lucy Toulmin (editor) 1907, The Itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543, George Bell and Sons, London (p. 212)
- Web site: British History Timeline . Tudors . BBC . 7 September 2013 .
- Web site: Water Supply to Plymouth. Brian. Moseley. Plymouth Data. The Encyclopaedia of Plymouth History. January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131016090134/http://www.plymouthdata.info/WaterSupply-Plymouth.htm. 2013-10-16. 2015-02-13.
- Web site: Her Majesty's Naval Base Devonport . United Kingdom . Ministry of Defence, Royal Navy . 7 September 2013.
- Book: Burns, K. V.. Plymouth's Ships of War: a history of naval vessels built in Plymouth between 1694 and 1860. Greenwich. National Maritime Museum. 1972. Maritime monographs and reports, no. 4. 13.
- Web site: Plymouth (England) Newspapers . Main Catalogue . British Library . 7 September 2013.
- R. N.. Worth. William Cookworthy and the Plymouth China Factory . Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art . 1876 . 8 . Plymouth . W. Brendon & Son . 2027/nyp.33433071365633 .
- Book: Plymouth Town . https://books.google.com/books?id=dvcGAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA23 . Plymouth-Dock Guide . 1796 . Plymouth-Dock . E. Hoxland .
- Book: Williams, Olivia. Gin Glorious Gin. 2014. Headline Publishing Group. London. 978-1-4722-1534-5. 313.
- Book: Chronological Historian ... of Great Britain . William Toone. J. Dowding . London . 1835 . 2nd .
- + part 2, part 3
- Web site: Directory . UK . Association of Independent Libraries . 7 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130729140843/http://independentlibraries.co.uk/directory . 29 July 2013 . dmy-all .
- Web site: About Us . Plymouth Athenaeum . 7 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120723005348/http://www.plymouthathenaeum.co.uk/page.aspx . 23 July 2012 . dmy-all .
- Book: Companion to the Plymouth and Devonport National Breakwater . George Granville . 1825 . London . Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green .
- Book: R.N. Worth . History of Plymouth from the Earliest Period to the Present Time . 1890 . 2nd . W. Brendon & Son . Plymouth .
- Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England) by Nikolaus Pevsner (Author), Bridget Cherry (Author, Editor)Cherry & Pevsner 1989, p.664.
- Book: Plymouth . https://archive.org/stream/newspaperpressdi00lond#page/226/mode/2up . Charles Mitchell . 1847 . London . Newspaper Press Directory .
- Book: The Blue Friars . W.H.K. Wright . Simpkin, Marshall and Co. . London . 1889 .
- Book: Burnham, Jonathan D.. 2004. A Story of Conflict: The Controversial Relationship Between Benjamin Wills Newton and John Nelson Darby. The Emergence of the Plymouth Brethren. Paternoster Press. Carlisle. 978-1-84227-191-9. 56336926.
- The Plymouth Athenaeum 1812 – 2012, Athenaeum Publishing 2012
- Hogg, Ian V (1974), Coast Defences of England and Wales, 1856-1956. David & Charles. p. 23.
- Web site: Station History . Plymouth Lifeboat Station . 7 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130609230504/http://www.plymouthlifeboat.co.uk/stationhistory.htm . 9 June 2013 . dmy-all .
- Plymouth (England) . 21 . de Watteville . Hermann Gaston . 861 - 863.
- Web site: Movie Theaters in Plymouth, England . CinemaTreasures.org . Cinema Treasures LLC . Los Angeles . 7 September 2013 .
- Web site: The Encyclopaedia of Plymouth History. Plymouth Data. Moseley. Brian. Burrator Reservoir. February 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20131129135529/http://www.plymouthdata.info/BurratorReservoir.htm. 2013-11-29. 2015-02-14.
- Web site: Brief History of Plymouth . Plymouth City Council . 7 September 2013.
- Web site: History of the Society . Old Plymouth Society . 7 September 2013.
- Web site: The Plymouth Blitz – The March Raids. The Encyclopaedia of Plymouth History. Moseley. Brian. 11 August 2007. 12 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20070916174428/http://www.plymouthdata.info/Second%20World%20War-1941-Blitz.htm. 16 September 2007.
- Web site: Athenaeum, Plymouth - Theatre Tickets, whats on and theatre information. Theatresonline.com. 4 December 2014.
- News: 1967: Sir Francis Chichester sails home . 28 May 1967 . BBC . 27 April 2016.
- Web site: Days left for Plymouth Athenaeum Theatre. Plymouth Herald. 4 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141104204620/http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Days-left-Plymouth-Athenaeum-Theatre/story-11511386-detail/story.html. 4 November 2014. dmy-all.
- Web site: History of city centre venue is published. Plymouth Herald. 4 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141104210334/http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/History-city-centre-venue-published/story-15899271-detail/story.html. 4 November 2014. dmy-all.
- Web site: Controversial Plymouth Incinerator Hits Full Operation. Hannah. Boxall. resource. 2016-01-02. 2021-07-15.
- News: 2021-08-13. Plymouth shooting: Suspected gunman and five others die. en-GB. BBC News. 2021-08-13.