Map sources for Lymington at grid reference SZ3295

Cobbled streets in Lymington town centre.

For other uses of the name Lymington, see Lymington (disambiguation).

Lymington is a port on the Solent, in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England. It is to the east of the Bournemouth conurbation, and faces Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight which is connected to it by a car ferry, operated by Wightlink. The town has a large tourist industry, based on proximity to the New Forest and the harbour. It is a major yachting centre with a three marinas. According to the 2001 census the Lymington urban area had a population of about 14,000. Image File history File links Dot4gb. ... Image File history File links Gb4dot. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (924x1402, 197 KB)Narrow cobbled streets in Lymington town centre. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (924x1402, 197 KB)Narrow cobbled streets in Lymington town centre. ... The name Lymington can refer to a number of persons, places, and things. ... Satellite image showing the Solent, separating the Isle of Wight from mainland Britain The Solent is a stretch of sea separating the Isle of Wight from the mainland of Great Britain. ... New Forest is a local government district in Hampshire, England. ... Hampshire, sometimes historically Southamptonshire or Hamptonshire, (abbr. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total 130... Shown within Dorset: the towns of Poole (yellow), Bournemouth (blue) and Christchurch (red) form the main centres of the conurbation, which also spreads into east Dorset to the north and the New Forest district of Hampshire to the east. ... Location within the British Isles Yarmouth is a port in the western part of the Isle of Wight, off the southern coast of England. ... The Isle of Wight is an English island and county, off the southern English coast, to the south of the county of Hampshire. ... A Wightlink ferry and catamaran at the entrance to Portsmouth Harbour. ... For other uses, see New Forest (disambiguation). ... Yachting is a physical activity involving boats. ... A small marina at Brixham, Devon, England. ...

The town has many shops, catering for tourists and sailing enthusiasts alike. There is a local market every Saturday, which takes place in the main High Street. The market is fairly typical for southern England, selling a selection of cheap general household items, craft items and a selection of food produce from the local area. For either of the songs named Sailing, see Sailing (song). ...

History

The earliest settlement in the Lymington area was at the Iron Age fort at Buckland known as Buckland Rings. The hill and ditches of this fort still remain. Iron Age Axe found on Gotland This article is about the archaeological period known as the Iron Age, for the mythological Iron Age see Iron Age (mythology). ... A hill fort is a fortified refuge or defended settlement, located to exploit a rise in elevation for military advantage. ...

Lymington itself began as an Anglo-Saxon village. The Anglo-Saxons, probably Jutes, arrived in what is now South West Hampshire in the 6th century. They founded a settlement called limen tun. The Saxon word tun means a farm or hamlet. Limen is believed to be a Celtic name meaning either elm river or possibly, marshy river. The famous parade helmet found at Sutton Hoo, probably belonging to King Raedwald of East Anglia circa 625. ... Jutland peninsula The Jutes were a Germanic people who are believed to have originated from Jutland in modern Denmark and part of the Frisian coast. ...

The town is recorded in the Domesday book of 1086 as "Lentune". About 1200 the lord of the manor, William de Redvers gave the town its first charter and the right to hold a market. A line drawing entitled Domesday Book from Andrew Williamss Historic Byways and Highways of Old England. ...

From the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century Lymington was famous for making salt. This was done at the part of the town now known as The Salterns.

During the hundred years war (throughout the 14th and 15th centuries) the French attacked and burned Lymington twice. Once in 1338 and again in 1370. In 1346 Lymington was required to provide King Edward III with 9 ships and 159 men to fight the French. The French attacked and burned the town for the third time in 1545.

In the eighteenth and early nineteenth century Lymington possessed a military depot that included a number of foreign troops. At the time of the Napoleonic Wars the King's German Legion was based here. As well as Germans and Dutch, there were French émigrés, and French regiments were raised to take part in the ill fated Quiberon bay expedition (1795), from which few returned. Combatants Austria[1] Portugal Prussia[1] Russia[2] Spain[3] Sweden United Kingdom[4] French Empire Holland Kingdom of Italy Kingdom of Naples Duchy of Warsaw Bavaria[5] Saxony[6] Denmark [7] Commanders Archduke Charles Prince Schwarzenberg Karl Mack von Leiberich Gebhard von Blücher Duke of Brunswick Prince of... When Napoleon imposed the Convention of Artlenburg (Convention of the Elbe) on July 5, 1803 the Kurfürstentum Hannover (Electorate of Hannover) was disbanded and its army dissolved. ... Quiberon (Kiberen in Breton) is a commune of the Morbihan département, in the région of Bretagne. ...

From the late seventeenth century it had a thriving shipbuilding industry. Much of the town centre is Victorian and Georgian, with narrow cobbled streets, giving an air of quaintness. The wealth of the town at the time is represented in its architecture. Men from Francisco de Orellanas expedition building a small brigantine, the San Pedro, to be used in the search for food Shipbuilding is the construction of ships. ... Manchester Town Hall is an example of Victorian architecture found in Manchester, UK. The Carson Mansion is an example of a Victorian home in Eureka, California, USA The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of architectural styles predominantly in the Victorian era. ...

Lymington is particularly famous for its smuggling history, and under the High Street are smugglers' tunnels which run from the old inns to the town quay. These are no longer open to the public, as they are deemed to be dangerous. A skirmish with smugglers from Finland at the Russian border, 1853, by Vasily Hudiakov. ...

Lymington was one of the boroughs reformed by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. In addition to the original town, 1932 saw a major expansion of the borough, to add Milton (previously an urban district) and the parishes of Milford on Sea and Pennington, and parts of other parishes, from Lymington Rural District - this made the borough extend west along the coast to the border with Christchurch. ^[1] The Municipal Reform Act 1835 required members of town councils (municipal corporations) to be elected by ratepayers and councils to publish their financial accounts. ... New Milton is a market town in south west Hampshire, England. ... The large village of Milford on Sea is located on the south coast of England in the county of Hampshire. ... Pennington is a former village in Hampshire, England. ... Christchurch is a town in Dorset, England on the English Channel coast. ...

Under the Local Government Act 1972 the borough of Lymington was abolished on April 1, 1974, becoming an unparished area in the district of New Forest, with Charter Trustees. The area was parished as the four parishes of New Milton, Lymington and Pennington, Milford-on-Sea and Hordle. The Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c. ... is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... In England a civil parish (usually just parish) is the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ... New Forest is a local government district in Hampshire, England. ... In the United Kingdom, Charter Trustees are set up to maintain the continuity of a town charter or city charter after a district with the status of a borough or city has been abolished, until such time as a parish council is established. ... New Milton is a market town in south west Hampshire, England. ... Cobbled streets in Lymington town centre. ... The large village of Milford on Sea is located on the south coast of England in the county of Hampshire. ... This article needs to be wikified. ...

Lymington New Forest Hospital opened in 2007, replacing the earlier Lymington Hospital. Lymington New Forest Hospital is a community hospital in Lymington, Hampshire. ... Lymington Hospital was a consultant-led community hospital in Lymington, Hampshire. ...

Lymington in Fiction

Lymington is mentioned in 'The Children of the New Forest' by Captain Marryat. It also features in the historical novels of local writer Warwick Collins (namely 'The Rationalist' and 'The Marriage of Souls') and 'The Forest' by Edward Rutherford. Captain Frederick Marryat (July 10, 1792 – August 9, 1848) was an English novelist, a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story. ... Edward Rutherford was born in Salisbury, England. ...

Lymington also occasionally featured in the 1980s series Howard's Way. Howards Way was a BBC drama series that ran from 1985 to 1990 that attempted to provide a British alternative to glossy American sagas such as Dallas and Dynasty, usually transmitted on Sunday evenings. ...

Sailing

Lymington is also famous for its sailing history, and in recent years, has been home to world famous regattas such as the Royal Lymington Cup, Etchells Worlds, Macnamara's Bowl, and Source Regatta. The strong tides make it a challenging race track, and together with the shallow depth of the river, has resulted in Lymington losing a lot of regattas to the Central Solent, principally run from Cowes. Nevertheless, Thursday Evening Racing takes place with up to 100 boats registered to race every Thursday night during the summer, hosted by the Royal Lymington Yacht Club. Started in the 1990s, it has continued to become more and more popular. For either of the songs named Sailing, see Sailing (song). ... A regatta is a boat race or series of boat races. ... Etchells are a one design class of sailing boat. ... This article is about tides in the ocean. ... Cowes High Street Cowes Esplanade and Cowes Castle (home of the Royal Yacht Squadron) Cowes from sea Cowes is a seaport town on the Isle of Wight, an island due south of the major southern English port of Southampton. ...

There are two Sailing Clubs in the town, both active. The Royal Lymington Yacht Club, founded in the 1920s as the Lymington River Sailing Club, now has over 3000 members, and now plays host to major keelboat and dinghy events. The Lymington Town Sailing Club, founded in 1946, plays host to the popular Lymington Winter Series known as the Solent Circuit. A Keelboat is a keeled boat built for the navigation of rivers. ... Dinghy of the schooner Adventuress A dinghy is a small utility boat attached to a larger boat. ...

Leisure amenities

The town's leisure amenities include; several parks, two sailing clubs, a community centre, a library, the St Barbes Museum and Gallery, two swimming baths (one is an open air sea water baths dating back to the 1830s), a sports centre and a very small cinema/theatre. Lymington, being near the New Forest, is also a good location for walking, cycling and riding.

Shopping

Lymington is fortunate enough to have 3 major named supermarkets, including the new Marks & Spencer Simply Food store, on St. Thomas Street (which includes clothing and a Cafe), Waitrose and Tesco.

Transport Links

Lymington Town railway station.

ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1400x1050, 309 KB) Lymington Town railway station, on the Lymington Branch Line, Lymington, Hampshire, UK. Photo taken by me 2005-05-28. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1400x1050, 309 KB) Lymington Town railway station, on the Lymington Branch Line, Lymington, Hampshire, UK. Photo taken by me 2005-05-28. ... Lymington Town railway station. ... Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street Station in 1865. ...

Rail

Lymington has two railway stations: Lymington Pier (the terminus), and an intermediate station called Lymington Town. These stations are connected to the national rail network by a branch line to Brockenhurst. Services are currently operated by South West Trains, and are unofficially known as the "Lymington Flyer". This branch line is one of the last places in the country that old "slam-door" trains can be seen in operation, as a "heritage" service. BR 3Cig unit no. ... Terminal Station was also the name of a railway station in Chattanooga, Tennessee; see Chattanooga Choo Choo. ... Lymington Town railway station. ... Brockenhurst is a village situated in the New Forest, Hampshire, England. ... South West Trains (SWT) is a train operating company operating in the United Kingdom, providing train services to the south-west of London, chiefly in Greater London and the counties of Surrey, Hampshire, Dorset, Devon, Somerset and Wiltshire (the area largely covered before 1923 by the London and South Western... The Lymington Flyer is the name given to rail service operated over the branch line from Brockenhurst to Lymington. ... Class 421/3, no. ...

Roads

The A337 road links Lymington to Lyndhurst and the M27 motorway to the north, and to New Milton and the South East Dorset conurbation to the west. The A337 road is a road in southern England that runs from the M27 motorway in Hampshire to Christchurch in Dorset. ... Looking down onto the M27 from Portsdown Hill. ... Shown within Dorset: the towns of Poole (yellow), Bournemouth (blue) and Christchurch (red) form the main centres of the conurbation, which also spreads into east Dorset to the north and the New Forest district of Hampshire to the east. ...

Ferries

Three Wightlink ferries have run from Lymington to Yarmouth since the 1970s, named after Anglo Saxon Kings: Cenred, Cenwulf and Caedmon. The ferries on average run every 20 minutes. A Wightlink ferry and catamaran at the entrance to Portsmouth Harbour. ... Cenred (or Coenred, Coinred, Kenred) ruled the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia. ... Coenwulf (or Cenwulf) (died 821) was King of Mercia from 796 to 821. ... Cædmon is one of only two Anglo-Saxon poets whose names are known (the other being Cynewulf). ...

Nearby Towns and Villages

• Brockenhurst
• Beaulieu, Hampshire
• Boldre
• Burley
• Christchurch
• East Boldre
• Hordle
• Keyhaven
• Lyndhurst
• Milford on Sea
• New Milton
• Ringwood
• Sway
• Yarmouth, Isle of Wight

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Nearest Large Towns/Cities

• Southampton
• Bournemouth

Southampton is the largest city[1] on the south coast of England. ... Bournemouth is a large town and tourist resort, situated on the south coast of England. ...

Famous Lymingtonians

• Ben Ainslie (Olympic Sailor)
• William Allingham (Irish Poet)
• Thomas Blakiston (19th Century Explorer - born in Lymington)
• Caroline Bowles (Writer and wife of Robert Southey)
• Charles Burrard (Naval Officer and artist)
• Harry Burrard Neale (18th and 19th Century Sailor/Admiral and MP)
• Emma Chambers (TV star)
• Warwick Collins (Novelist)
• Clare Francis (Novelist and Yachtswoman)
• Tom Johnstone (Smuggler)
• Henry Lyte (Curate and Hymn Writer)
• Jenni Murray (Broadcaster - used to live in Lymington)
• Coventry Patmore (Poet)
• Russell Perrett (Luton Town Footballer)
• Jonathan Raban (Writer - lived briefly on the outskirts of Lymington)
• Nick Rogers (Olympic Sailor)
• Ken Russell (film director lived in nearby village of East Boldre)
• Robert Southey (Writer and former Poet Laureate - author of 'The Three Bears')
• David Stride (ex Chelsea Footballer)
• John Tutchin (17th Century Poet, Journalist and radical Whig)
• Dennis Wheatley (Writer)
• Sam Vokes (AFC Bournemouth and Wales U-21 Striker)
• Neville Duke (World War II fighter pilot and holder of the world air speed record)

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Famous Visitors

• Edward Burne Jones (Pre-Raphaelite Artist)
• Adair Crawford (18th Century Chemist, died in Lymington)
• Daniel Defoe (Writer)
• Celia Fiennes (Writer)
• Jane Goodall (The UK HQ for the Jane Goodall Institute was based in Lymington)
• William Morris (Artist)
• Thomas Rowlandson (Artist and Caricaturist)
• G. O. Smith (19th century footballer, died in Lymington)
• Alfred Lord Tennyson (Poet)
• George III (Monarch)
• Paul Verlaine (French Writer briefly taught in Lymington)
• James Wolfe (18th Century British General)

Love Among the Ruins, by Edward Burne-Jones. ... Adair Crawford (1748-July 1795), a Scots-Irish chemist, was responsible for discovering the element strontium in 1790 along with William Cruickshank. ... Daniel Defoe (1659/1661 [?] â€“ April 24 [?], 1731)[1] was an English writer, journalist and spy, who gained enduring fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe. ... Celia Fiennes (7 June 1642 - 10 April 1741) was an English traveller. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... William Morris, socialist and innovator in the Arts and Crafts movement William Morris (March 24, 1834 – October 3, 1896) was an English artist, writer, socialist and activist. ... Thomas Rowlandson (July 1756 - April 22, 1827) was an English caricaturist. ... England captain G.O. Smith was regarded by contemporaries as the first great centre forward despite his slight build, chronic asthma, and principled reluctance ever to head the ball. ... Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (August 6, 1809 - October 6, 1892) is generally regarded as one of the greatest English poets. ... George III (George William Frederick) (4 June 1738–29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain, and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until 1 January 1801, and thereafter King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. ... Paul Verlaine illustrated in the frontispiece of , 1902 Paul Marie Verlaine (March 30, 1844 – January 8, 1896) is considered one of the greatest and most popular of French poets. ... General James Wolfe, Who, at the expense of his life, bought immortal Honour for his County? By the Reduction of Quebec, Septr General James Wolfe (2 January 1727 – 13 September 1759) was a British military officer, remembered mainly for his defeat of the French in Canada and establishing British rule...

Famous MP

• Edward Gibbon (Author of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire)

Edward Gibbon (1737–1794). ...

Twin Towns

• Vitré (France)
• Mosbach (Germany)
• Almansa (Spain)
• Messina (Italy)
• Odessa (The Ukraine)

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External links

• Lymington Live Streaming Webcams & Magazine/ Directory
• Lymington River - Lymington Harbour Commissioners
• Sir Charles Burrard
• Sir Harry Burrard Neale Info
• Hampshire Local Pages (Lymington)
• Lymington Obelisk - memorial to Sir Harry Burrard Neale
• Smugglers Britain Website - includes long article on Lymington smuggler Tom Johnstone
• More from Smugglers Britain website
• Local Histories.org (Lymington)
• Lymington.org website
• Old Towns of England (Lymington)
• St Barbe Museum (Lymington)
• The two Lymingtons of Tasmania
• Lymington Workhouse
• Welcome to Lymington (Chamber of Commerce site)
• Lymington Baptist Church

Coordinates: 50°45′N, 1°33′W
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