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Plymouth Hoe described by a historian in the 1830s.
The Hoe, which may be called “the lungs” of Plymouth, lies on the south of the town.
It occupies the whole line of the Sound, facing the south, and is an open eminence devoid of trees and shrubs, but overlaid with velvet green award in the centre of which is a wide gravelled path, used as a promenade by the inhabitants of Plymouth, who has free access to all parts of this delightful spot.
In the cool evening of a sultry day on Plymouth Hoe, the habitants of all ranks and conditions may be seen crowding to this spot to inhale the refreshing sea breezes, and there, on a plain surface half a mile long, they may escape the lassitude generated by cares and contracted atmosphere, or, descending by a gentle declivity to the shore, receive that quiet and solitary satisfaction which is always found in the neighbourhood of the great deep when the waters are still.
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