—par., 2450 ac., pop. 466; vil., If mile from its sta.,
which is 6 miles NW. of Lewes; P.O., and P.O. (at sta.),
called Plunipton Station ; near the vil. is Plunipton
Place, an old moated mansion of the Mascall family.—

4. Plunipton, seat of the Earl of Harewood, 4 miles
SE. of Harrogate, E. div. AVest-Riding Yorkshire; was
for 600 years in possession of the Plumpton family.

Plumpton, Great and Little, 2 hamlets, Kirkham
par., N. Lancashire, 3 miles W. of Kirkham.

Plnmpton Green, hamlet, Plumpton par., Sussex,
near Plumpton sta. and 5 miles NW. of Lewes.

Plumpton Station, 6 miles NW. of Lewes, Sussex;
p.o. See Plumpton.

Plumpton Street, hamlet, Hesketin the Forest par.,
Cumberland, 7 miles NAV. of Penrith; is associated
with several traditions of Robin Hood.

Plumpton Wall, township, Lazonby par., Cumber-
land, on river Petteril, 6 miles N. of Penrith, 3052 ac.,
pop. 345.

Plumpton Wood, Lancashire. See WOOD Plumpton.

Plumstead.—par. and ry. sta., Kent, on E. side and
wholly within the pari. bor. of Woolwich, 3388 ac., pop.
33,250. From a mere vil. Plnmstead has grown up within
recent times to be a populous place, through the Govern-
ment works established at AVoolwich. The Plumstead
Marshes are principally used for the proving of cannon.
Powder magazines, brick fields, and tile kilns are here.
See AVoolwich.—2. Plumstead, par., Norfolk, 4 m.
SE. of Holt, 1272 ac., pop. 193; P.O.

Plnmstead, Great, par. and vil., Norfolk—par.,
1403 ac., pop. 334 ; vil., 4% miles E. of Norwich ; P.O.

Plumstead, Little, par. and vil., Norfolk, adjacent
to Great Plumstead, 1395 ac., pop. 329.

Plumtree.—par., township, and vil. with ry. sta.,
Notts—par., 3460 ac., pop. 527; township, pop. 378;
vil., 5 miles SE. of Nottingham; P.O.—2. Plumtree,
vil., Harworth par., Notts, 1 mile SW. of Bawtry.

Flungar, par. and vil., Leicestershire, 10 miles N. of
Melton Mowbray, 1310 ac., pop. 252.

Fluscarden, in co. and 6 miles SW. of Elgin; P.O.;
Pluscarden (or Fluscardine) Abbey, in valley of
same name, was founded as a Cistercian house in 1230,
and is now a well-preserved ruin; the Book of Plus-
carden, an early history of Scotland, is supposed to have
been written by a monk of the abbey about 1461.

Plush, hamlet, Buckland Newton par., Dorset, 3
miles SE. of Cerne Abbas.

Plym, river, Devon; rises in Dartmoor, 3 miles E. of
Sheepstor, and flows 16 miles SW. and S. to Plymouth
Sound at Plymouth; its estuarial reach is generally
called the Cat Water.

Plym Bridge, bridge across the river Plym, Devon,
at entrance to Bickleigh Vale, 3 miles NE. of Ply-
mouth ; an old wayside chapel is in vicinity.

Plymouth, pari, and mun. bor., seaport, and naval sta-
tion, Devon, on Plymouth Sound, between the estuaries
of the Plym and Tamar, 53 miles SAV. of Exeter by rail
—mun. bor., 1395 ac., pop. 73,794 ; pari, bor., 2061 ac.,
pop. 76,080; 7 Banks, 4 newspapers. Market-days,
Monday, Thursday, and Saturday. Plymouth, in the
larger sense, consists of the “ Three Towns ” of Devon-
port, Stonehouse, and Plymouth, the two first forming
the borough of Devonport (which see). Plymouth
proper is built upon 2 eminences and the hollow between
them. The southern eminence is called The Hoe, and
is laid out as a promenade and recreation grounds. The
market place covers nearly 3 acres. The mfrs. include
sailcloth, brushes, rope and twine, earthenware, &c.
There are shipbuilding yards, foundries, sugar re-
fineries, starch works, breweries, flour mills, flax
mills, and limestone quarries. The fisheries are very
productive. Steamers sail regularly for North America,
the Cape, Australia, and New Zealand. The accom-
modation for merchant vessels includes Sutton Pool
and Mill Bay, at the last of which extensive wet
docks have been constructed. (For shipping statistics,
see Appendix.) As a naval station Plymouth is second
only to Portsmouth, the spaciousness of the Sound
affording anchorage to a large number of ships. The
breakwater, constructed at a cost of £2,000,000, is
nearly a mile in length. At its W. extremity is Ply-
mouth Lighthouse, 76 ft. high, with occulting light 63
ft. above high water and seen 9 miles. Plymouth was
called Tamarworth by the Saxons, and Sudtone (i.e.,
South Town) by the Normans, and was a mere fishing
hamlet until after the reign of Henry II., when its
natural advantages as a seaport and naval station were
perceived, and the town rapidly rose in importance. In
1346 it sent 26 ships and 600 men to the siege of Calais,
and its contribution to the fleet on the threatened in-
vasion by the Spanish Armada was second only to that
of London. The name of Plymouth was taken in 1439,
when it received its charter from Henry VI., since which
period Plymouth has regularly returned 2 members to
Parliament.