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Plympton is an amalgamation of several villages, including St Mary's, St Maurice, Colebrook, Woodford, Newnham, {{not a typo|Langage}} and Chaddlewood.
There is a handful of Primary schools, and 2 Secondary schools in Plympton. The majority of these are a Academy convertor
==Toponymy==
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|year=1906
|publisher=James G. Commin, Exeter
|access-date=4 April 2011}}</ref> The earliest surviving documentary reference to the place is as ''Plymentun'' in [[Anglo-Saxon charter]]
|url = http://ascharters.net/charters/380
|title = Anglo-Saxon Charters
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==Architecture==
[[File:Plympton Guildhall.jpg|thumb|[[Guildhall, Plympton|The Guildhall]]]]
Plympton has 68 [[listed buildings]] in the database of [[Historic England]]. Of these, one is Grade I (Plympton House, St Peter's Convent), six are Grade II* and 61 are Grade II.<ref>[https://www.plymouth.gov.uk/sites/default/files/PlymptonStMauriceConservationAreaAppraisalManagementPlan.pdf ''Plympton St Maurice Conservation Area appraisal and Management Plan''] – [[Plymouth City Council]], January 2008, p. 44</ref>
Fore Street, the town's main street, is lined with mediaeval buildings, around thirty of which are either Grade II* or Grade II [[listed building|listed]]. The Grade II* buildings are [[The Old Rectory, Plympton|The Old Rectory]], the [[Guildhall, Plympton|Guildhall]] and [[Tudor Lodge, Plympton|Tudor Lodge]].<ref>[https://www.plymouth.gov.uk/sites/default/files/PlymptonStMauriceConservationAreaAppraisalManagementPlan.pdf ''Plympton St Maurice Conservation Area appraisal and Management Plan''] – [[Plymouth City Council]], January 2008</ref>
===Historic estates===
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==Modern Plympton==
Between about 1990 and 2010 Plympton has seen considerable growth as the suburban population of [[Plymouth]] has doubled. To help manage this rapid growth more efficiently, Plympton has been separated into a series of separate districts: Yealmpstone, Plympton-St Maurice, Colebrook, Underwood, Woodford and Chaddlewood.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
===Community Council===
Plympton has a Community Council that was established when the town joined the Plymouth Local Authority area in 1967. The Council is based at Harewood House and is a voluntary organisation serving as a forum for coordination and cooperation between social, recreational, voluntary, and community organisations in Plympton.
The Community Council decided that a notable Plympton resident should represent the town, for example by opening fetes and attending civic events as the representative of Plympton. In 1980 the first modern Stannator was elected to take up this role. In more recent times, a Youth Ambassador has also been elected to represent the young people of Plympton and attend events alongside the Stannator.
The Stannator and Youth Ambassador are elected for a period of one year and invested at a ceremony at Harwood House on the third Saturday evening of April each year.
There have been 43 modern Stannators of Plympton.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year(s)
!Name
|-
|1980-81
|Mr W Harvey
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|1981-82
|Mr W Jarvis
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|1982-83
|Cllr J Stopporton
|-
|1983-84
|Dr K Clapton
|-
|1984-85
|Mr E Westlake
|-
|1985-86
|Mrs M Lynden
|-
|1986-87
|Mr J Currie
|-
|1987-88
|Cllr A Wright
|-
|1988-89
|Mrs W Smith
|-
|1989-90
|Mr G Morris
|-
|1990-91
|Mr K Yabsley
|-
|1991-92
|Mrs D Sinstadt
|-
|1992-93
|Mr J Boulden MBE
|-
|1993-94
|Mrs P Burrows
|-
|1994-95
|Preb J Richards
|-
|1995-96
|Mrs K Roberts
|-
|1996-97
|Mr J Pook
|-
|1997-98
|Mr W Coleman
|-
|1998-99
|Mrs M Easterbrook
|-
|1999-00
|Mrs S Boulden JP
|-
|2000-01
|Mr T Latter
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|2001-02
|Mr J Willis
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|2002-03
|Mrs M Knight
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|2003-04
|Mrs U Griffiths
|-
|2004-05
|Mrs N Chinner
|-
|2005-06
|Mr F Mills
|-
|2006-07
|Mr A C Street
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|2007-08
|Mrs G Banfield
|-
|2008-09
|Mr R T Coleman
|-
|2009-10
|Mrs M Crabb
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|2010-11
|Mr R W Shaw
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|2011-12
|Mr F Lethbridge
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|2012-13
|Mrs P Kadoche
|-
|2013-14
|Mrs P Ridgeway
|-
|2014-15
|Mrs S Luscombe
|-
|2015-16
|Mr J Gilding
|-
|2016-17
|Mrs R Hamley
|-
|2017-18
|Mr A Hill
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|2018-19
|Mrs N Harrison
|-
|2019-22
|Mrs F Smith ARRC
|-
|2022-23
|Pastor A Bassel
|-
|2023-24
|Mr A Cooper
|-
|2024-25
|Mr D Partridge
|-
|}
There have been six Youth Ambassadors of Plympton.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year(s)
!Name
|-
|2017-18
|Mr Isaac Hudson
|-
|2018-19
|Miss Molly Disney
|-
|2019-22
|Miss Charlotte Bryant
|-
|2022-23
|Miss Bel Winsor-Maloney
|-
|2023-24
|Mr Oliver Chard
|-
|2024-25
|Mr Christopher Turner
|-
|}
===Public transport===
Plympton has four main bus services: routes
In the past, railway facilities were originally provided at Plympton – for goods traffic only – by the horse-drawn [[Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway]], but their branch was closed and sold to the [[South Devon Railway Company|South Devon Railway]] to allow them to build a line from [[Exeter]] to [[Plymouth]]. [[Plympton railway station|A station]] was opened in the town on 15 June 1848. From 1 June 1904 it was the eastern terminus for enhanced Plymouth area suburban services but it was closed to passenger traffic from 3 March 1959 and all goods related traffic from June 1964.<ref>https://www.oldplymouth.uk/Railways-Plympton%20Station.htm |Old Plymouth, UK</ref>
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In addition to this railway connected to the [[National rail network]] there is also The [[Plym Valley Railway]] which is a preserved railway based at the reconstructed Marsh Mills station on Coypool Road. This was formerly part of the GWR Plymouth to Launceston branch line. The volunteer-run PVR is actively rebuilding the line between Marsh Mills and Plymbridge. Steam and diesel heritage trains run on numerous Sundays throughout the year.
Plymouth City Council has stated it would like to see a rail station reopened on the London main line running through the middle of Plympton, which would provide quick and frequent trains into Plymouth. But there are major obstacles to providing such a service on a primarily inter-regional rail route, shown when Ivybridge – on the same line – got a new station in 1994. Plymouth city council support the reopening of the station to deal with bad traffic congestion in Eastern Plymouth.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.railstaff.uk/2017/06/21/city-council-look-opening-new-railway-station-plympton/|title=City council to look at opening new railway station in Plympton – RailStaff|website=www.railstaff.uk|date=21 June 2017 }}</ref> After a feasibility study in 2017,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Study to look at future demand for railway station in Plympton area|url=http://plymouthnewsroom.co.uk/study-look-future-demand-railway-station-plympton-area/|date=20 June 2017|website=Plymouth News Room|language=en-GB|access-date=25 May 2020}}</ref> A Plymouth Joint plan was opened for consultation in 2018 which included a suggested 'Plymouth Metro' with a station at Plympton<ref>{{Cite web|title='Plymouth Metro' could include new station in Plympton|url=http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/new-plymouth-metro-could-include-1136309|last=Waddington|first=Sarah|date=30 January 2018|website=plymouthherald|access-date=25 May 2020}}</ref> however, as of May 2020, nothing has been enacted.
===Schools===
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* [[Richard Strode (c. 1480–1522)|Richard Strode]], MP for Plympton, established [[Parliamentary privilege]]
* [[William Warelwast]], buried here (in the priory)
* [[Dorothy Perkins]], the world famous seamstress and fashion designer, born and raised in Plympton. She opened her first fashion boutique in co-op on the Ridgeway in 1731.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
==References==
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*{{curlie|/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/Devon/Plympton/}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121208062946/http://plymouthdata.info/Plympton%20Priory.htm The Encyclopaedia of Plymouth History – Plympton Priory]
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