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Ernesettle, Plymouth — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Ernesettle carries the name of William Ernstell, a Budshead freeholder who held land here in 1428, long before Plymouth grew out to meet it.
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Where to stay in Ernesettle
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Plymouth holds nearly all the rooms. Ernesettle sits inside Plymouth's boundary as a residential quarter, so the practical booking decision is between a private room among its streets and the far deeper stock of rooms the city itself holds. St Aidan is the one building the record fixes to the district.
Anyone booking for a Budshead errand or a walk over Great Ernesettle's old ground will end up sleeping in Plymouth proper.
Few places to stay in Ernesettle — most visitors book in Plymouth nearby.
About Ernesettle
What are the main landmarks in Ernesettle?
One church, one entry. St Aidan is what the register attaches to Ernesettle, and nothing else on the district's ground, neither Budshead Mill nor the manor house beside it, carries a listing of its own. The mill and the house stood on the river bank.
Their date of construction was never recorded, which leaves the church as the only fixed point a visitor can reliably walk to.
What is the history of Ernesettle?
The Domesday Book names it. That survey of land in England and Wales records Ernesettle as an old Saxon manor, and by the 15th century the ground had been split between two farms, Great Ernesettle and Little Ernesettle. Both took their name from William Ernstell, a freeholder of Budshead who owned land here in 1428.
A hamlet had formed by the 16th century, with Budshead Mill and a manor house raised on the river bank. In 1780 the owner of record was Sir Harry Trelawney, and Robert Nicholls held the tenancy.
Where is Ernesettle?
Budshead Mill and a manor house went up on the river bank below Ernesettle, and Plymouth has since closed around the ground the two farms worked.
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What is the best area to stay in Ernesettle?
Plymouth: arrivals treating Plymouth as the base and William Ernstell's old manor as a detour.
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Updated September 2026