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Moseley, Plymouth Webpage created: April 25, 2021 Webpage updated: April 30, 2021 |
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ROADS AND STREETS IN OLD PLYMOUTH BASKET STREET
The roadway that became Basket Street is shown
un-named
Basket Street, which was extremely narrow yet had tramlines running through it, ran from Catherine Street westwards to Westwell Street, parallel with and to the south of Bedford Street. The origin of the name is not known. It is usually suggested that it must be where baskets were either manufactured or sold but there is no known evidence to support this claim. Basket Street is shown on Benjamin Donn's 1765 Plan of the Town and Citadel of Plymouth, reproduced above, but was un-named. On Richard Cowl's map of Plymouth, dated 1778, it was shown as Love Street. The earliest known reference by the name Basket Street is in 1812. In the Plan note the curved "Island House" area, just above Saint Andrew's Church. This was later demolished to tidy up that end of Bedford and Basket Streets. Plymouth's first milk bar was opened in Basket Street on March 27th 1936. The exact location has not been pinpointed. It was owned by Mr Reg Hillier. The first pint of milk was drunk by Lady Astor. For a list of the occupants of Basket Street in 1812 CLICK HERE.
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