St Budeaux
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St Budeaux | |
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St Paul's Catholic Church | |
Location within Devon | |
Population | 13,369 (2011)[1] |
OS grid reference | SX4458 |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | PLYMOUTH |
Postcode district | PL5 |
Dialling code | 01752 |
Police | Devon and Cornwall |
Fire | Devon and Somerset |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
St Budeaux is an area and
.Original settlement
The name St Budeaux comes from
The village is documented in
15th to 18th centuries
St Budeaux became a separate parish in 1482 by the decision of the Bishop of Exeter. During the early Tudor period, demand grew for a larger church, which was completed in 1563. The church was described in 1804 as "a simple edifice, and, though devoid of architectural embellishment, possesses much picturesque beauty."
1518
Francis Drake was given his coat of arms for his support toward the country. with the words written on his coat of arms. (SIC PARVIS MAGNA)
On 4 July 1569, Sir Francis Drake married local woman Mary Newman (Lady Drake was buried there in 1582).
During the
19th century
In 1805, a Gunpowder Works was established alongside Kinterbury Creek for the purpose of restoring damp or damaged gunpowder offloaded from ships. This hazardous process involved unpacking the powder from its barrels, assessing and sieving it, and then "restoving" it (i.e. drying the damp powder in specialized ovens) after which it would be stored in a
In 1860, the
In 1890 the first railway station master was commissioned his name was Edmund Tolley. He was a well respected member of the community and well known to the locals.
In the 1890s, the parish became a self-contained village with significant development in Lower St Budeaux. Much of the development was incited by General John Trelawney, formerly John Jago, who inherited a great deal of St Budeaux's land from his uncle in 1883. In 1890, the village was already growing due to the construction of the Royal Albert Bridge and the improvement of area roads, as well as a new London and South Western Railway station, St Budeaux Victoria Road. There was also a Great Western Railway station at Ferry Road. In the following decade, Trelawney built houses and roads and sold to Joseph Stribling the land that would become the Trelawny Hotel in 1895. The hotel included two bars, a bar parlour, a club room, a coach house, outbuildings, stables and yards, and was the first building in St Budeaux to be lit by electricity. Many new shops also opened in the area during the same time period.
In 1899, St Budeaux merged with the town of
20th century
In 1918, following World War I, St Budeaux and the other towns and villages in the treatment were amalgamated into the city of Plymouth. Amid the heavy demolition and construction of this period, six more churches were built in the parish. Much of this activity was initiated by the Plymouth Corporation, which made a habit of buying up the estates of principal landowners and destroying them in order to develop new amenities on the land. The vicar of St Budeaux church at the time, the Reverend T. A. Hancock, was appalled by the corporation's actions and protested in the 1930s, but to no avail.
Many homes in the region were bombed during World War II, and subsequent rebuilding resulted in a rapid housing explosion.
Modern St Budeaux
Today, St Budeaux includes a
Agaton Fort
On 27 March 2020, it was announced that Agaton Fort would become a temporary mortuary facility, in response to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic.[8][9]
Historic estates
References
- ^ "Plymouth ward 2011". Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ^ Rogers, William Henry Hamilton, The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West, Exeter, 1890 [1]
- ^ Cocroft, Wayne (1999). Dangerous Energy: the archaeology of gunpowder and military explosives manufacture. Swindon: English Heritage. pp. 58–59.
- ^ English Heritage National Survey of Ordnance Yards and Magazine Depots
- ^ "West Briton". Archived from the original on 28 September 2015.
- ^ Victorian Forts: Agaton Fort Factsheet
- ^ English Heritage National Monuments Record: Agaton Fort
- ^ "Setting up temporary mortuary facility | PLYMOUTH.GOV.UK". plymouth.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- ^ Oldfield, Edward (27 March 2020). "Temporary mortuary being built in Plymouth". plymouthherald. Retrieved 27 March 2020.