Plymouth History

Occasionally when scouring the archives, one comes across entries that warrant, demand even, further investigation. The above is one such example. It is from the burial register of Charles the Martyr (Charles Church) Plymouth, and records the burials on 9 July 1812 of John, Susan and Elizabeth Hyne, with the intriguing annotation “Father & two daughters, M”. What did the “M” stand for? Further research revealed a second copy of the original entry; this time, the corresponding annotation left no room for doubt in the mind of the reader - “Father & two daughters, murdered by the father”. A search of the various archives led to an entry in the Plymouth Rate books telling us that the burial in the churchyard cost 6 shillings for John Hyne and 1 shilling for each of his daughters. More importantly their ages were included in the entry – John was 35 years old at the time of his death, Susan and Elizabeth were 3 years and 12 months respectively. Armed with

On the 20 February 1909, Plymouth Argyle travelled to play Derby County in the 3 rd Round of the FA Cup. It wasn't a successful trip; Argyle lost a game in which both sides played poorly to an Alf “Snobby” Bentley goal which came at the end of the final minute of play. It was virtually the only incident worthy of note for the afternoon, and was a controversial one; the Argyle players had rounded on the referee, insisting that he had blown the whistle to end the proceedings before the ball had crossed the goal line; meanwhile the crowd, made up predominantly of Derby supporters – their celebrations cut short for a brief, agonising, moment, became almost hysteric as they burst their way on to the pitch and the referee had to be escorted from the field by the police. Jubilation soon followed with the realisation that the goal and therefore the result would stand; Argyle were out of the cup. However the game would be remembered for events off rather than on the pi