Napoleon, Emperor of the French, was detained on HMS Bellerophon in Plymouth Sound from 26 July to 4 August 1815. Large crowds came to catch a glimpse of him.
These two blocks of granite are from Dartmoor Prison, where thousands of . . . — — Map (db m123834) HM
The Honourable Walter Annenberg
United States Ambassador
To the Court of St. James’s
Unveiled this Tablet on the
6th September 1970. This day being
The 350th Anniversary of
The Sailing of the Mayflower
Councillor Eric D. Nuttall, J.P. . . . — — Map (db m123889) HM
Borough of Plymouth
This tablet was erected by the Plymouth Borough Council to commemorate the arrival on the 31st day of May 1919, of the American Seaplane N.C. 4, in Plymouth Sound, on the completion of the first Transatlantic Flight, and the . . . — — Map (db m123839) HM
This artwork marks the spot where John, Paul, George and Ringo posed for a picture that has gone on to become one of the most famous images of one of the world’s most influential bands.
Taken on Tuesday 12 September 1967 by music photographer . . . — — Map (db m123775) HM
City of Plymouth
This Tablet Commemorates the
Departure from Plymouth in May 1839
Of the ‘Tory’, the Pioneer Ship
In the Colonisation of New Zealand
October 1939 George S. Scobia Lord Mayor — — Map (db m123907) HM
Francis Drake sailed from Plymouth on December 13, 1577, to begin the “Famous Voyage” during which he traversed the Strait of Magellan and discovered Drake Passage south of Cape Horn. Drake then sailed the Golden Hind north and in June . . . — — Map (db m123777) HM
City of Plymouth
Wing Commander
Frank Bickerton
1889 – 1954
Mechanical Engineer on Mawson’s
Australasian Antarctic Expedition
(1911 – 14)
Brought up at 9 Osborne Place
– a house on this site.
Erected by His . . . — — Map (db m123949) HM
An English Heritage Grade II* Listed Building
• Built circa 1845 during the reign of Queen Victoria, the building's original use was as two separate Merchant Traders' houses.
• Designed by the famous architect George Wightwick, a pupil of the . . . — — Map (db m123948) HM
1826
Iron Pipes
For the Better Supply of Water to the Inhabitants and Shipping Were Commenced Being Laid at the Expence of the Corporation in the Mayorality of W.H. Hawker, Esq. — — Map (db m123892) HM
Merchant and Shipping Agent
Supporter of electoral reform.
Elected MP for Plymouth after the
1832 Great Reform Act.
Born, lived and worked
in this house. — — Map (db m123941) HM
Jorn Sparke House
14 New Street
John Sparke of Plymouth
Sailed With John Hawkins
On His 1564 Voyage
To the West Indies
and was
The First Englishman To
Write Descriptions of Both
The Potato and Tobacco
Later He Settled in Plymouth . . . — — Map (db m123940) HM
Napoleon Bonaparte in Plymouth Sound July 14 to 4 August 1815
Napoleon, Emperor of the French, surrendered to the Royal Navy soon after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo. Whilst the British authorities were deciding his fate, Napoleon was . . . — — Map (db m123835) HM
He Blew With His Wind And They Were Scattered
This Foundation Stone
Of a National Memorial Was Laid in the Presence of Naval, Military and Civic Representatives, by the Right Worshipful the Mayor of this Borough, Alderman H.J. Waring, Esquire, . . . — — Map (db m123785) HM
Presented to the
Town of Plymouth by
Charles Norrington
Of Abbotsfield
In Memory of His Wife
Marianne Norrington
1891
“Thirsty And Ye Gave Me Drink” — — Map (db m123828) HM
Pilgrims
Who Sailed from Here, the Barbican, Plymouth
In 1620 in the Mayflower, 180 tons
Christopher Jones, Master
John Alden, cooper of Harwich, the first to step ashore · John Carver, merchant of Doncaster, the first Governor · Kathrine, . . . — — Map (db m123918) HM
The Mayflower made its first landfall at what is now Provincetown, Massachusetts on the 11th November 1620 after 66 days at sea.
There the Mayflower Compact, the first democratic document written in America, was composed and signed.
"And on . . . — — Map (db m123910) HM
Welcome to the Plymouth Hoe
History
The Hoe dates back to the medieval era when the first settlers arrived. This was long before the exploits of Sir Francis Drake, who played bowls here while waiting for the Spanish Armada in 1588. The . . . — — Map (db m123773) HM
1914 - 1918 1939 – 1945
In Honour of the Navy and to the Abiding Memory of These Ranks and Ratings
Of This Port Who Laid Down Their Lives in the Defence of the Empire and Have
No Other Grave than the Sea and Their Comrades of . . . — — Map (db m123778) WM
Royal Air Force
Commonwealth & Allied Air Forces
1939 – 1945
Tribute
To All Men and Women of Great Britain
Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand
Rhodesia and South Africa.
Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark,
France, Greece, The . . . — — Map (db m123827) WM
English Heritage
Plymouth Royal Citadel
A bastioned artillery fortress
Construction of the Royal Citadel, designed by King Charles II's (r. 1660-85) engineer Sir Bernard de Gomme, began in 1665 during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. Its guns . . . — — Map (db m123832) HM
“So He Passed
Over and All
The Trumpets
Sounded For
Him On The
Other Side.”
( north side )
Erected by
The Plymouth Division
Royal Marines
(Past, Present and Relatives)
To the Memory of
Their Comrades . . . — — Map (db m123831) WM
HM Queen Elizabeth
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
embarked from this quay on the occcasion
of Their visit to the City of Plymouth on
26th July 1962 — — Map (db m123895) HM
On the 6th of September, 1620, in the Mayorality of Thomas Fownes, after being “kindly entertained and courteously used by divers friends there dwelling,” the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth in the Mayflower, in the Providence of . . . — — Map (db m123838) HM
The two guns situated either side of this plaque are restored ships’ cannons from the 19th century. They may have seen action during the Crimean War (1853 – 1856) or during one of the many Naval expeditions that Britain undertook during the . . . — — Map (db m123836) HM
City of Plymouth
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1859 – 1930
Doctor, author and creator of
‘Sherlock Holmes’
In practice at 1 Durnford Street in 1882.
Lodged here with Dr Budd,
his medical partner. — — Map (db m123950) HM
From Plymouth Sound on June 11th 1583
Sir Humphrey Gilbert
“The Father of British Colonisation”
Set Sail for Newfoundland
Which He Claimed for Queen Elizabeth I
On 5th August
This Plaque Was Unveiled by
The Honourable A. . . . — — Map (db m123905) HM
( top plaque )
This tablet is erected to the Memory of John Smeaton F.R.S. the distinguished civil engineer who was born in 1724 and died in 1792 at Austhorpe Lodge Leeds in the County of York He designed this lighthouse and erected it on . . . — — Map (db m123783) HM
The Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR)
The CPR was designed by Alister Hardy, a fisheries biologist, in the late-1920s. The device is towed off the back of a ship in order to record variations in the abundance and distribution of plankton. . . . — — Map (db m123829) HM
The Marine Biological Association (MBA)
The MBA is a research charity with a worldwide membership. Founded in 1884, the MBA has established itself as a leading marine biological research organisation, contributing to the work of twelve Nobel . . . — — Map (db m123830) HM
The Aquarium of the Marine Biological Association
Until 1998, the ground floor of the Citadel Hill Laboratory was the Plymouth Aquarium. Seawater was pumped to the Aquarium from the Laboratory's underground reservoirs by gas engines. In . . . — — Map (db m123833) HM
The Plymouth Naval Memorial
This memorial commemorates officers, ranks and ratings of this Port who died at
sea during the wars of 1914 to 1918 and 1939 to 1945. Actions in which they
fought are recorded in the registers and on the memorial . . . — — Map (db m123779) HM WM
Welcome to the CWGC Plymouth Naval Memorial
The CWGC Plymouth Naval Memorial commemorates more than 7,200 Royal Navy personnel and 75 sailors of the Royal Australian Navy who died during the First World War. Designed by Sir Robert Lorimer . . . — — Map (db m123781) HM WM
From Plymouth on 27th April 1584, Walter Raleigh Sent Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlow to North America to Explore & Prepare for English Colonisation On 13th July They Claimed Land In the Name of Queen Elizabeth Called Virginia in Her Honour This . . . — — Map (db m207806) HM
The Tolpuddle Martyrs
This Plaque, Placed Here by Members
Of the Various Trades Unions Affiliated
To the Plymouth and District Trades
Council Commemorates the Landing
Near This Spot on 18th March 1838
of
James Loveless, James Brine . . . — — Map (db m123890) HM
Tribute of Plymouth
To Her Glorious Dead
1914 – 1918 1939 – 1945
They Are In Peace
For God Proved Them
And Found Them
Worthy For Himself
Within This Shrine Is
Deposited the Roll of
Honour Inscribed With
The Names of . . . — — Map (db m123947) WM
This Plaque was Unveiled on 16th May, 1990 to Commemorate the Twinning of the Cities of Plymouth and Donostia-San Sebastian
Councillor Dennis H Dicker Lord Mayor of Plymouth
Don Xabier Albistur Alcalde de la Ciudad de Donostia-San . . . — — Map (db m123944) HM
Way of St James
Saint James, one of the Apostles, was martyred in AD44. Legend has it that he spent a number of years preaching in Spain and was subsequently buried there. His supposed burial site was discovered in the early 9th century and became . . . — — Map (db m123837) HM
This tablet was erected in 1959 by the people of Bermuda to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the wreck on a Bermuda reef of Sea Venture; Captain Christopher Newport, flagship of Admiral Sir George Somers whose fleet sailed from Plymouth Sound . . . — — Map (db m123902) HM
