Opposite
the Rectory is Church Road, in which there are some
early eighteenth century houses. It was to the London
Inn, in 1817, that a certain Lieutenant William
Hindes, wounded after fighting a duel at St. Mary's
Bridge with a fellow officer, was brought to die.
Some gardens near the Church had been given to enlarge
the Churchyard that year and Lieutenant Hindes was
one of the earliest to be buried there. The Church
Hall is on the north side of the road. This modern
building was opened in 1967 on the site of the former
hall, but at the end of the last century the local
forge was there.
Based on:
© MILLS, Audrey F, 1981: Plympton St.
Maurice Guide, First Edition, Plympton St.
Maurice Civic Association |