Derry's Cross/Derry Avenue

William Derry is remembered in two Plymouth place names; Derry's Cross and Derry Avenue. Derry's Cross is so named because of its proximity to the clock tower that the former mayor presented to the town in 1862. The clock tower of course once stood at what was the junction of Union Street, Lockyer Street and George Street, and now stands, unmoved, in a much quieter setting.

Derry's Cross meanwhile is at the junction of the present top end of Union Street and the post-war Royal Parade and Raleigh Street.

Derry Avenue on the other hand was laid out in the first decade of the twentieth century and runs down from North Road East to Glen Park Avenue and it stands on one of the last bits of the Houndiscombe estate to be sold off for development. Houndiscombe House was for many years Derry's residence but it was pulled down in 1904 to make way for more general housing.