Devonport is....

... one of the most historic neighourhoods in Plymouth. We are located to the west of the city, with extensive frontage onto the river Tamar. This is one of Plymouth's character areas, even our names are quirky, such as Mutton Cove, Pottery Quay and North Corner

The millennium decade brought many changes to Devonport; a Regeneration programme resulted in improvements to our housing stock, in quality of life, reduced crime and increased health - but that decade is behind us, it's history already.

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Although the site is laid out as a traditional website, including references, my writing style is informal; on one or two pages it's closer to Blog fashion. The history covers.....

  • modern history highlighting the decade 2000-2010 (approx), under the 'Millenium' tab
  • with all earlier history under the 'Historic' tab.

  • Calling Devonport Field Gun Crew of 1956 - Do you know Mac?
    (Stewart McKenzie of Devonport Field Gun Crew 1956)