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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Underwood like this:
UNDERWOOD, a village in Plympton-St. Mary parish, Devon; 4½ miles NE of Plymouth. It contains Plympton workhouse, and has a fair on 5 July.
Underwood is now part of PLYMOUTH Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how PLYMOUTH has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Underwood itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Underwood, in Plymouth and Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26319
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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