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Webpage created: April 27, 2021
Webpage updated: April 27, 2021

        

ROADS AND STREETS IN OLD PLYMOUTH

EBRINGTON STREET and HAM STREET

Ham Street shown on Donn's plan of 1765.

On Benjamin Donn's map of Plymouth in 1765 Ham Street only ran
from the top of Greene Street (sic) eastwards to White Cross Street.
It did not att hat time extend to Gasking Street.

Ebrington Street and Ham Street, Plymouth.

In the 1890s Ebrington Street and Ham Street were separate roadways
and Ham Street had been extended eastwards to Gascoyne Street, as it was known at that time.

Ebrington Street, Plymouth, originally ran from Old Town Street eastwards to the junction with Gibbon Street.  Its continuation eastwards was called Ham Street.  Later the two were combined as Ebrington Street, which then ran eastwards as far as the junction with Gascoyne or Gasking Street.

The Street was named to honour Lord Ebrington (1783-1861), one of the promoters of the Reform Bill in 1832.  The passing of the Reform Bill was joyously celebrated in Plymouth.

Ebrington Street was developed in the 1860s.

In 1897/98 Ham Street was absorbed into Ebrington Street, Messrs Symons & Company, wine merchants, of number 1 Ham Street becoming number 48 Ebrington Street.

Around 1904, when Garden Street was being turned into a part of Tavistock Road and Drake Circus was built, several properties at the western end of Ebrington Street were demolished.

At 8.30pm on July 11th 1931 a Plymouth motor bus collided with a tram in Ebrington Street and knocked down two girls and seriously injured a woman.

The Street managed to escape the worst of the Blitz, with only properties on the southern side being damaged or destroyed.  These included the Palladium Cinema, the Ham Street/New Wesley Chapel, and the Cobourg Hall.

Ebrington Street was closed to traffic from Sunday February 16th 1964 as the dual-carriageway of Charles Street was about to be constructed.

Today only a short part of Ebrington Street remains, between what was Green Street and Gascoyne Street.  Ironically, this is the part that was originally called Ham Street.

For the Occupants of Ham Street in 1812 CLICK HERE.

For the Occupants of Ebrington Street in 1890 CLICK HERE.

For the Occupants of Ham Street in 1890 CLICK HERE.