Plymstock is a parish and a suburb of Plymouth, England. The name derives from the Anglo-Saxon for 'holy place on the river Plym', with the river Plym in turn being named after the neighbouring town of Plympton. Situated on the east bank of the river Plym it is geographically and historically part of the South Hams. It comprises the villages of Billacombe, Elburton, Goosewell, Hooe, Mountbatten, Oreston, Pomphlett, Staddiscombe, Turnchapel and Plymstock proper, the centrally located village after which the parish and suburb is named. The parish church is St Mary and All Saints.
Until the 20th Century Plymstock was a rural parish but began to develop rapidly after the Second World War as a residential area outside of Plymouth. In 1967, Plymstock, along with Plympton, was amalgamated into the City of Plymouth.
The population at the time of the 2001 Census was recorded at 24,103.
