LYMINGTON
"LYMINGTON, a parish, parliamentary borough, and market town, in the
division of Lymington, county Hants, 13 miles S.E. of Ringwood, and 20 S.W.
of Southampton. The London and South-Western railway has a branch line from
Brockenhurst junction to this place. It is situated on the western bank of
the river Lymington, or Boldre, which discharges itself into the Solent,
and is here crossed by a bridge. In Domesday Book it is called Lentune,
when it belonged to the Ivry family. In the reign of Henry I. it appears to
have been a place of considerable trade, mostly in wines from France, and
at that time also it first became celebrated for its salt-works."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of
Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
[Last updated: 4th August 2003 - Brian Pears]
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