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unusual facts about Victoria Park, Millbridge, Plymouth


Pennycomequick

The roundabout is near the end of the former Deadlake, a sea inlet reclaimed at the end of the 19th century to form Victoria Park.


16th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment

The 16th Michigan Infantry was organized as Stockton's Independent Regiment at Plymouth and Detroit, Michigan between July and September, 1861.

1886–87 Argyle F.C. season

The inspiration for the name Argyle is thought to have come from Argyle Terrace, a local street in a suburb of Plymouth called Mutley.

2005–06 Derby County F.C. season

Former coach Terry Westley stepped up as caretaker manager; despite no wins in his first five games, he was named as caretaker manager for the remainder of the season - Westley promptly won his first game two days later, 1-0 at home to Plymouth.

Alexander George Gurney

Alexander George "Alex" Gurney (15 March 1902 – 4 December 1955) was an Australian artist, caricaturist, and cartoonist born at Pasley House, Stoke, Devonport (now Stoke, Plymouth), England.

Auckland Marathon

The course begins in the seaside suburb of Devonport on the North Shore and travels through Takapuna and Northcote before crossing the Harbour Bridge and heading toward the finish at Victoria Park.

Barry Tourist Railway

Some parts of the line, particularly around the Plymouth Road/Barry Island area, were used for several scenes in the Doctor Who episodes "The Empty Child" and "The Doctor Dances" in January 2005.

Brittany Ferries

Following the provision of the deep-water port at Roscoff, the company commenced operations in January 1973 at the instigation of Alexis Gourvennec, when existing ferry companies showed reluctance in providing a service from Roscoff to Plymouth.

In the winter, during refit season, this route is used so that both MV Armorique and MV Bretagne can be moved between the Portsmouth to St Malo route and also the Plymouth to Roscoff route.

Burke Marshall

He was survived by his wife Violet P. Marshall, three daughters, Catie Marshall, Jane Marshall, both of Brooklyn, New York, and Josie Phillips of Plymouth, England, as well as four grandchildren: Ian Marshall Bakerman and Morgan Montgomery Bakerman of Catie Marshall and Nelson Bakerman; and James Marshall Phillips and Samuel Burke Phillips, who are the sons of Josie and Greg Phillips.

Cave hyena

Buckland's findings were followed by further discoveries by Clift and Whidbey in Oreston, Plymouth.

Febrile neutrophilic dermatosis

Sweet, working in Plymouth in 1964, described a disease with four features: fever; leukocytosis; acute, tender, red plaques; and a papillary dermal infiltrate of neutrophils.

Francis II, Duke of Brittany

His ship reached the coast of England in company with only one other vessel (at either Plymouth or Poole), and a group of soldiers hailed him to come ashore.

Geoffrey Bazeley

Bazeley’s later projects included the modernisation of the Seaton Barracks in Plymouth, offices for the ECL group in St Austell, and the new See House for the Bishop of Truro.

Geraldine Creedon

Geraldine Creedon is a former representative in the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the 11th Plymouth district, consisting of precincts 1, 2, 4 and 5, of the town of Easton, in the county of Bristol; and precincts A and C of ward 1, precinct A of ward 2, and all precincts of ward 7, of the city of Brockton, in the county of Plymouth.

HMS Partridge

The second Partridge was a 10 gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop launched at Plymouth Dockyard on 22 March 1822 and stranded aground off the Dutch island of Vlieland on 28 November 1824.

Humphrey Arundell

During the 1549 siege of Exeter, Arundell and his troops had little artillery and had taken some small calibre guns from Plymouth and other forts of the King, including those on St Michael's Mount, St Mawes Castle, Pendennis Castle and Trematon Castle.

Ian Fergusson

A dedicated marine conservationist, Fergusson was a founding trustee, inaugural chairman and now a patron of the Shark Trust, a wildlife charity formed in 1997 and based in Plymouth, UK.

James Murray Dobson

James Murray Dobson (Plymouth, England 1846 - Pescot, Longfield near Dartford, Kent, England, 27 February 1924) was a principal engineer of the Buenos Aires harbour works in the late 1880s.

Jared French

French entered the Mural and Easel Painting Section of the Public Works of Art Project, initiated by the Department of the Treasury in 1933, after which he produced murals for the post office in Plymouth, Pennsylvania (1937), and for the Parcel Post Building in Richmond, Virginia (1939).

Johann Trollmann

On June 9, 2010, the anniversary of his championship fight, the German artist collective Bewegung Nurr erected a temporary memorial "9841"in the Berlin Victoria Park to honor Trollmann.

John Saffin

Upon his arrival Saffin is known to have eventually settled in Scituate, in the northeastern part of Plymouth Colony.

KTIK

KTIK-FM, a radio station (93.1 FM) licensed to New Plymouth, Idaho, United States

Lopwell

Lopwell is a site of natural beauty situated at the upper tidal mark on the River Tavy, 3 miles from north Plymouth and 7 miles from Tavistock, Devon, England.

Medicine Lake Regional Trail

The Medicine Lake Regional Trail is a bicycle trail that runs from the Medicine Lake Regional Park in Plymouth, Minnesota, to the Elm Creek Park Reserve in Maple Grove.

Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad

Engine 10 was built by Fate-Root-Heath Company of Plymouth, Ohio, and was in service only during the first six months of 1936.

North London Railway

The Docklands Light Railway follows the path of the long-disused North London Railway from Bow Church to Poplar, and the northern section of the East Cross Route (A12) built in the late 1960s used the route between Old Ford and Victoria Park stations, demolished for the road's construction.

Oreston

Oreston, formerly a village on the southern bank of the Cattewater, is now a suburb of Plymouth.

Peverell

Peverell borders Central Park, often known as "the green lung" of Plymouth which is a very popular recreational area for Plymothians.

Pilgrim Memorial State Park

Massasoit and his generosity towards the Pilgrims helped to ensure their success, and so the next fall, after the plentiful harvest, Wampanoag and Pilgrim alike gathered at the Plymouth settlement for a three-day feast known today as the first Thanksgiving.

Plymouth Arts Centre

Other artists with connections to Plymouth Arts Centre include Patrick Heron, Tracey Emin, Allen Ginsberg, Peter Greenaway, Ralph Steadman, Vong Phaophanit, Richard Deacon, Andy Goldsworthy and Sir Terry Frost.

Plymouth Raiders

After committing over two decades of service to the Raiders, Coach Stronach was presented by the BBC with a Lifetime Achievement Award at a ceremony in November, honouring the success he has brought to Plymouth.

Plympton, Massachusetts

Plympton is represented in the Massachusetts House of Representatives as a part of the Twelfth Plymouth District, which includes Kingston and portions of Duxbury, Halifax, Middleborough and Plymouth.

Robert F. Fisher

Robert F. Fisher, (February 18, 1879 Plymouth, England - July 20, 1969 Carlotta, California) served in the California legislature and during the Spanish-American War he served in the United States Army.

Samuel McClellan

He was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, married Rachel Abbe (a descendant of Plymouth, Massachusetts Governor, William Bradford) on March 5, 1766, and is buried in Woodstock, Connecticut.

Sir Edward Denny, 4th Baronet

He was associated numerous principal men of the Plymouth Brethren movement including William Kelly, J.G. Bellett, John Nelson Darby, George Wigram.

Sparrow House

Richard Sparrow House, Plymouth, Massachusetts, listed on the NRHP in Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Sport in Plymouth

Sport in Plymouth, Devon, England, dates back to the 19th century with its first club, Plymouth United F.C., being founded in 1886.

St. Anselm Hall

St Anselm Hall (or "Slem's" as it is known to most students as a result of a misprint or 'typo' that appeared in The Manchester Guardian) is a hall of residence in the Victoria Park campus of the University of Manchester.

Steve Perryman

On 5 May 2012, while watching Exeter's final game of the 2011-12 season against Sheffield United at St James Park he became unwell and was taken to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth where he underwent successful heart surgery.

Sun Carriage

Relocating to Camden and joined by fellow Plymouth exile Chris Leech on second guitar they recorded the "Sun Carriage/Determined" (written by Ron Price) demo 7" (very rare, only about ten were pressed) for the fledgling Head Records run by Jeff Barrett (later the founder of Heavenly).

Victoria Park, Cardiff

The park was created as a municipal recreation ground by Cardiff City Council through a city charter between 1897 and 1898 to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee marking her record sixty years on the throne.

Victoria Park, Hong Kong

The tennis centre court, enclosed with spectator seating for 3,607, is often used to host international tennis tournaments, such as the Hong Kong Open and Hong Kong Tennis Classic.

Every year, in the days preceding Chinese New Year, the park is home to the Lunar New Year Fair (年宵市場), which attracts large crowds late into the night.

Victoria Park, Newbury

The A339 was in fact built on the path of a stream called the Minny Flush, because of the number of minnows to be found in it.

Walter L. Kennedy

He soon became owner and operator of a Chrysler-Plymouth-Dodge-Jeep dealership, which became one of the largest car dealerships in Vermont.

Waterville Valley, New Hampshire

In September 2011, locally-based SkiSat Cable was purchased by Time Warner Cable of Plymouth, New Hampshire.

William Crossing

After leaving school at Plymouth, he went to the Independent College at Taunton, and then returned to finish his education at the Mannamead School (Later called Plymouth College).

William Gandy

He painted Northcote's grandmother, the Rev. Nathaniel Harding of Plymouth, the Rev. John Gilbert, vicar of St. Andrew's, Plymouth (engraved by Vertue as a frontispiece to Gilbert's Sermons), John Patch, surgeon in the Exeter Hospital, the Rev. William Musgrave (engraved by Michael van der Gucht), Sir Edward Seaward in the chapel of the poorhouse at Exeter, Sir William Elwill, and others.


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