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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ridgeway like this:
RIDGEWAY, a village in Plympton, St. Mary parish, Devon; near Plympton r. station, and 4½ miles E N E of Plymouth. It is a seat of petty sessions; has three good inns, and many lodging-houses and good shops; and is afavourite summer resort of the inhabitants of Plymouth.
Ridgeway is now part of PLYMOUTH Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how PLYMOUTH has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ridgeway itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ridgeway, in Plymouth and Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24952
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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