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Picture source: Jonathon Nelson
The Pennycomequick was situated on the Pennycomequick roundabout, Central Park Avenue. This pub closed in 2006 and has since been converted to student apartments. Pennycomequick is a well-known Devon place name, meaning good farm soil and this pub took the name from a Farm first recorded in the 17th Cent. Another idea for the name is that it is Cornish, from the sentence "Pen y cwm cuig", which means "the head of the creek valley"; this area was in years gone the tidal reach of Stonehouse Creek. The pub was present by 1890.
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Name Dates Comments Richard Phillips 1978/1986 Before I came to Plymouth I would visit a friend who lived just up the road from this pub, my first port of call once settled was to visit the Pennycomequick for some Halls Harvest bitter. I loved that beer and knew nowhere else to get it. The Pennycomequick was a really friendly quiet traditional local pub. It is sorely missed. Roy Mooney 1971/1977 My father was the publican of this amazing pub after he left the army and moved into the trade. We had never been to Plymouth before but had six fantastic years with fantastic customers before moving to another pub in the plymouth area
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Date of photo: 1950s	Picture source: Clive Schneidau