Royal William Victualling Yard

East Stonehouse is one of three towns that were amalgamated into modern-day Plymouth. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1280x960, 326 KB) The Royal William Victualling Yard, Stonehouse, Plymouth. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1280x960, 326 KB) The Royal William Victualling Yard, Stonehouse, Plymouth. ... Plymouth is a city of 243,795 inhabitants (2001 census) in the south-west of England, or alternatively the West Country, and is situated within the traditional and ceremonial county of Devon at the mouths of the rivers Plym and Tamar and at the head of one of the world...

Most of the area goes back to Roman times and a house made of stone was believed to have stood on some land near to Stonehouse Creek. However many other stories relate to land owned in the 13th century by Robert the Bastard. This land subsequently passed to the Durnford family through marriage to the Edgecombe family in the 14th and 15th centuries. It has grown since then to a large part of the city that is mainly occupied by working families, although it must be added that during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries the areas of Emma Place and Caroline Place were home to many of the country's top-ranking admirals, doctors and clergy. Principal sites in Roman Britain Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between 43 and 410. ... Stonehouse Creek, in Plymouth, also known as Stonehouse Lake (on many maps) and Tinkies by the local people. ... (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ...

Stonehouse has three significant buildings: the Royal William Victualling Yard, the Royal Naval Hospital, Stonehouse and the Royal Marines Barracks. Royal William Victualling Yard from Plymouth Sound The Royal William Victualling Yard, in Stonehouse, a suburb of Plymouth, England, was the major victualling depot of the Royal Navy and an important adjunct of Devonport Dockyard. ...

There is a regular, year-round, passenger ferry here from the pier at Admiral's Hard to Cremyll in Cornwall. Cremyll Ferry ticket office Cremyll (pronounced ) is a village on the Rame Peninsula in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. ... Cornwall (Cornish: ) is a county in South West England, United Kingdom, on the peninsula that lies to the west of the River Tamar and Devon. ...