In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Mannamead like this:
MANNAMEAD, a village in Charles-the-Martyr parish, Devon; 1½ mile NNE of Plymouth.
The location is where the name "Mannamead" appears on the modern 1:25,000 map, and also on the Ordnance Survey 1:10,560 'England - Devon: 123 map of 1867 (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/mapsheet.aspx?compid=55114&sheetid=2536&ox=4527&oy=880&zm=1&czm=1&x=433&y=87, accessed 30 July 2012). Additional information about this locality is available for Compton Gifford
Mannamead through time
Mannamead is now part of Plymouth district. Click here for graphs and data of how Plymouth has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Mannamead itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Mannamead, in Plymouth and Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26397
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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