In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Crabtree like this:

CRABTREE, a hamlet in Egg-Buckland parish, Devon; 2½ miles NNE of Plymouth. It has a post office under Plymouth.

Crabtree through time

Crabtree is now part of PLYMOUTH Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how PLYMOUTH has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Crabtree itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Crabtree, in Plymouth and Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26932

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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