East Stonehouse is located within Plymouth local authority area. The population was 3407 in 1801 15111 in 1901 . Figures for other years are available on the local studies website. The lay subsidy of 1524 valued the community at £07/10/06. In 1641/2 232 adult males signed the Protestation returns. A turnpike was established in 1751. Absorbed into Plymouth 1914. A market is recorded from 1822.

You can look for other material on the community on the Plymouth community page and by using the place search on the main local studies database. Further historical information is also available on the Genuki website.

Maps: The image below is of the East Stonehouse area on Donn's one inch to the mile survey of 1765.

The National Grid reference for the centre of the area is SX465535. On the post 1945 National Grid Ordnance Survey mapping the sheets are: 1:10,000 (six inch to a mile: sheet SX45SE, Landranger (1:50,000) mapping: sheet 201.

Illustrations: The image below is of East Stonehouse as included in the Library's illustrations collection website. Other images can be searched for on the local studies catalogue.