Plymouth Charles and Plymouth St Andrew, 2

pars, Devon, containing Plymouth bor.—Charles, 1542
ac., pop. 29,518; St Andrew, 1820 ac., pop. 47,090.

Plymouth Ironworks, at Merthyr Tydfil, Gla-
morgan.

Plympton.—(or Plympton Earls or Maurice), small
market town with ry. sta., Devon, near the river Plym,
1 mile SE. of the sta. and 4% E. of Plymouth, 232 ac.,
pop. 1146; P.O., T.o., 1 Bank. Market-day, Friday.
Plympton is an ancient place, and was long a borough
by prescription, sending 2 members to Parliament from
Edward I. until 1832. At the E. end of the town are
the relics of a castle said to have been demolished in
the reign of King Stephen. At the grammar school, a
well-endowed institution founded in 1658, Sir Joshua
Reynolds (1723-1792), a native of Plympton, received his
education. In addition to the weekly markets there
are markets on the first Monday of every month for
horses, cattle, and sheep, and several fairs are held
annually. Plympton House, once the seat of the
Treby family, is now a lunatic asylum.—2. Plympton,
hundred,Devon, 33,887 ac.,pop. 11,249; contains8 pars.

Plympton St Mary, par. and vil., Devon—par. (con-
taining Ridgeway, Colebrook, Underwood, and other
vils.), 10,211 ac., pop. 3573; vil., near Plympton sta.
and 4% miles NE. of Plymouth.

Plymstock, par., township, and vil., Devon—par.
(containing Hooe eccl. dist.), 3736 ac. and 311 tidal
water and foreshore, pop. 3174; township, 3559 ac.
and 239 tidal water and foreshore, pop. 3169; vil., 3
miles SE. of Plymouth; P.O.; has large quarries.

Plymtree, par. and vil., Devon—par., 2185 ac., pop.
436 ; vil., 3 miles SE. of Cullompton ; P.O.

Plynlimmon. See Plinlimmon.

Pocket, Tke, source of river Blackwater, on E. border
of co. Kerry, 6 miles E. of Castleisland.

Pockley, township and vil., Helmsley par., North-
Riding Yorkshire, 1% mile NE. of Helmsley, 3440 ac.,
pop. 188.

Pocklington, market town, par., and township with
ry. sta., East-Riding Yorkshire, 7 miles NAV. of Market
AVeighton and 16% miles SE. of York by rail—par.,
4789 ac., pop. 2980; town and township, 2570 ac., pop.
2733; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Saturday.
Pocklington is a seat of petty sessions, and a prosperous
town, with corn mills, flax mills, a brewery, and an iron
foundry. In addition to the weekly market there are
stock sales on alternate Tuesdays, and important fairs
for horses, cattle, sheep, and lambs are held four times
a year. The ancient church of Pocklington attracts
numbers of tourists. At the grammar school, a richly
endowed institution founded in 1515 and rebuilt in
1819, AVilberforce (1759-1833), the philanthropist, was
educated.

Pockthorpe.—township, Norwich St Andrew par.,
Norfolk, within Norwich city, pop. 1948.—2. Pock-
tkorpe, hamlet, Nafferton par., East-Riding Yorkshire,
3 miles NE. of Driffield; in vicinity is Pocktkorpc
Hall, seat.

Poddington, par. and vil., Bedfordshire, in NAV. of
co.—par., 2770ac., pop. 543; vil., 5 miles SE. of AVelling-
borough ; P.O., called Podington.

Pode Hole, hamlet, in par. and 2 miles AV. of Spald-
ing, Lincolnshire; P.O.

Poden, hamlet, Church Honeybourne par., AVorces-
tershire, near Honeybourne sta.

Podington, Bedfordshire ; P.O. See PODDINGTON.

Podyiuore Milton, par. and vil., Somerset, 6 miles
N. of Yeovil, 990 ac., pop. 89.

Poe (or Fairy Water), rivulet, AV. co. Tyrone ; flows
41 miles E. to river Strule about 2 miles below Omagh.

Gazetteer of the British Isles, Statistical and Topographical, by John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.

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