Lymington, Hampshire

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Lymington is a town in Hampshire

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Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Lymington within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Lymington in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Lymington.-- mun. bor., seaport, market town, par., and liberty (ry. stations Lymington and Lymington Pier), Hants, 20 m. SW. of Southampton and 94 from London by rail - town and par., 1515 ac. (22 water) and 730 tidal water and foreshore, pop. 4366; mun. bor. and liberty, 141 ac., pop. 2410; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 1 newspaper. Market-day, Saturday. Domesday Book mentions the place under the name of Lentune. The town is situated on the left bank of the river Lymington, and is convenient for the purposes of maritime traffic. (For shipping statistics, see Appendix.) Salt, timber, and bricks are exported, but lately the trade has declined to a considerable extent. Lymington returned 1 member to Parliament until 1885.

Lymington in the Domesday Book

A village in Rowditch hundred, in the county of Hampshire.

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