Stonehouse Creek
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Stonehouse Creek, in Plymouth (England)
, is also known as Stonehouse
Lake (on many maps) and Tinkies by the local people. The upper reaches of Stonehouse Creek, now Victoria Park
, were formerly known as the Deadlake and it is frequently marked as such on early maps of the locality. This area was filled in to celebrate the 60 year reign of Queen Victoria
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The lower reaches of the creek were filled in from the 1960s onwards and it is now a recreation ground and home to the Stonehouse Creek Social Club and home to Devonport High School Old Boys RFC. The club has been open since 2002, and also houses the Stonehouse Sharks Junior Rugby Club. The club is run by Mark and Mary King. Before any filling in or silting up, this tributary of the Tamar was tidal as far to the north east as Pennycomequick and the western end of Ford Park Cemetery
.
On either side of the Creek were the Royal Naval hospital and Stoke Military Hospital
, patients for the naval hospital being landed at a jetty. The army hospital is now Devonport High School for Boys
.
Plymouth
Plymouth is a city and unitary authority area on the coast of Devon, England, about south-west of London. It is built between the mouths of the rivers Plym to the east and Tamar to the west, where they join Plymouth Sound...
, is also known as Stonehouse
Stonehouse, Plymouth
East Stonehouse is one of three towns that were amalgamated into modern-day Plymouth. West Stonehouse was a village that is within the current Mount Edgcumbe Country Park in Cornwall...
Lake (on many maps) and Tinkies by the local people. The upper reaches of Stonehouse Creek, now Victoria Park
Victoria Park, Millbridge, Plymouth
Victoria Park in Millbridge in Plymouth is a small recreational area. It extends at the eastern end from the bowling green beneath what was once a railway viaduct to what is now the merging of Molesworth Road and Eldad Hill, and which once was a toll bridge, and an important thoroughfare between...
, were formerly known as the Deadlake and it is frequently marked as such on early maps of the locality. This area was filled in to celebrate the 60 year reign of Queen Victoria
Victoria of the United Kingdom
Victoria was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. From 1 May 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India....
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The lower reaches of the creek were filled in from the 1960s onwards and it is now a recreation ground and home to the Stonehouse Creek Social Club and home to Devonport High School Old Boys RFC. The club has been open since 2002, and also houses the Stonehouse Sharks Junior Rugby Club. The club is run by Mark and Mary King. Before any filling in or silting up, this tributary of the Tamar was tidal as far to the north east as Pennycomequick and the western end of Ford Park Cemetery
Ford Park Cemetery
Ford Park Cemetery is a cemetery in central Plymouth, England, established by the Plymouth, Stonehouse & Devonport Cemetery Company in 1846 and opened in 1848. At the time it was outside the boundary of the Three Towns and was created to alleviate the overcrowding in the churchyards of the local...
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On either side of the Creek were the Royal Naval hospital and Stoke Military Hospital
Stoke Military Hospital
Stoke Military Hospital in Plymouth, England, was completed in 1797. It was built for the British Army on the north side of Stonehouse Creek, to match the Royal Naval hospital on the south side. The workforce was made up of Napoleonic prisoners of war who were housed in prison ships on the...
, patients for the naval hospital being landed at a jetty. The army hospital is now Devonport High School for Boys
Devonport High School for Boys
Devonport High School for Boys is a Grammar School and Type 2 Academy, for boys aged 11 to 18, in Plymouth, Devon, England. It has around 1100 pupils. Its catchment area includes southwest Devon and southeast Cornwall as well as Plymouth...
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