LYNTON  and LYNMOUTH, two seaside villages in the See also:

• BARN

Barn-See also:

• STAPLE

staple See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

• DEVONSHIRE (DEvoN)
• DEVONSHIRE, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Devonshire, See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, on the See also:

• BRISTOL
• BRISTOL, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF
• BRISTOL, GEORGE DIGBY, 2ND EARL OF1 (1612-1677)
• BRISTOL, JOHN DIGBY, 1ST EARL OF 6 (1580-1653)

Bristol Channel; 17 M . E. of See also:

• ILFRACOMBE

Ilfracombe, served by the Lynton See also:

• LIGHT

light railway, which joins the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Western and See also:

• GREAT

Great Western lines at See also:

• BARNSTAPLE

Barnstaple . Both are favoured as summer resorts . Lynmouth stands where two small streams, the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Lyn and See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Lyn, flow down deep and well-wooded valleys to the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea . Lynton is on the cliff-edge, 430 ft. above . A lift connects the villages . The See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries are fishing and a small See also:

• COASTING

coasting See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade . Not far off are the Doone Valley, See also:

• PART

part of the vale of the East Lyn, here called Badgeworthy See also:

• WATER

water, once the stronghold of a notorious See also:

• BAND

band of robbers and famous through R . D . See also:

• BLACKMORE, RICHARD DODDRIDGE (1825-1900)
• BLACKMORE, SIR RICHARD (c. 1650-1729)

Blackmore's novel Lorna Doone; Watersmeet, where two streams, the Tavy and Walkham, join amid See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild and beautiful scenery; and the Valley of Rocks, a narrow glen strewn with immense boulders . Lynton is an See also:

• URBAN
• URBAN (Urbanus)

urban See also:

• DISTRICT

district, with a See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population (1901) of 1641 .