Union Street in Plymouth, Devon, is a long street connecting the city centre to Devonport, Plymouth's naval base and docks. Frequented by sailors from all over the world, it once held a dubious distinction as one of the world's most infamous promenades and red-light districts.
Plymouth, however, never received a legal charter from the crown, and based its existence as a self-governing entity entirely on the Mayflower Compact and the two patents issued by the Council for New England in 1621 and 1630, the latter defining the colony's physical boundaries.
Plymouth Rock is celebrated as the point where the colonists first set foot at their permanent settlement, though there are no contemporary accounts to verify the accuracy of the legend.
The patent of Plymouth Colony was surrendered by Bradford to the freemen in 1640, minus a small reserve of three tracts of land.
Street indexes to the 1841, 1861, 1871 and 1891 censuses, and a surname index for the 1871 census, for Plymouth are held at the Plymouth Central Library, North Hill.
Plymouth: Rees and Curtis (1812) xii, 233 pp.
Marsh, A.J. The Vanburghs at Plymouth, Devon Historian 39, 1989, pp.
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