Lympstone: Difference between revisions

|official_name= Lympstone yhman

|constituency_westminster=[[EastExmouth Devonand Exeter East (UK Parliament constituency)|EastExmouth Devonand Exeter East]]

|static_image_caption= Lympstone river frontage from Cliff Field: PetersPeter's Tower and the traditional washing poles on the beach are visible

'''Lympstone''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in [[East Devon]] in the [[England|English]] county of [[californiaDevon]]. It has a population of 1,754.<ref>[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790359 Office for National Statistics : ''Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : East Devon''] Retrieved 27 January 2010</ref> There is a harbour on the estuary of the [[River Exe]],<ref>[https://www.lympstoneharbour.org.uk/ Lympstone Harbour]</ref> lying at the outlet of Wotton Brook between cliffs of red breccia.<ref name=villagedesign>[http://www.eastdevon.gov.uk/planning-lympstone_village_design_statement Lympstone Village Design Statement] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090728065807/http://www.eastdevon.gov.uk/planning-lympstone_village_design_statement |date=2009-07-28 }}, East Devon Council</ref> The promontory to the north of the harbour is topped by a flat pasture, Cliff Field, that is managed by the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]] and used for football matches and other local events.

* [[Ralph Lane]], equerry to Queen [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]], was born in Lympstone. He was a soldier who went with Sir [[Walter Raleigh]] on his second expedition to the [[Americas|New World]] in 1585. He founded a colony on [[Roanoke Island]] amidst great hardship and deprivation. He was later present at the defeat of the [[Spanish Armada]].

* Theophilus Rhys-Jones (d. 1959), headmaster of St Peter's Preparatory School, Harefield, Lympstone,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stpetersprep.co.uk|title=St Peter's Preparatory School|publisher=stpetersprep.co.uk|access-date=30 November 2018}}</ref><ref>[http://www.burkespeerage.com/ ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage''], 107th edition, volume 2, 2003. pages 2721–2731.</ref> and paternal grandfather of [[Sophie, CountessDuchess of Wessex#AncestryEdinburgh|Sophie, CountessDuchess of WessexEdinburgh]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage|year = 1973|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0SIMAQAAMAAJ&q=christopher+bournes+rhys+jones&dq=christopher+bournes+rhys+jones|publisher=Kelly's Directories, 1973 – Gentry, page 781|access-date=14 March 2018}}</ref>

* Singer and lead guitarist of [[The Kinks]], [[Dave Davies]], lived in Lympstone in the 1990s.

* Former [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] footballer [[Steve Perryman]] currently resides in Lympstone.

*[[Henry Pollexfen]], Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas bought the Manor of Lympstone in 1685, and is buried in neighbouring Woodbury.
*[[Francis Augustus Eliott, 2nd Baron Heathfield]], British Army officer, and son of the revolutionary general, [[George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield|George Augustus Eliott]], inherited the Lord of the Manor of Lympstone from [[Sir Francis Henry Drake, 5th Baronet|his uncle]], alongside the Manor at [[Nutwell]] (then in Lympstone). Lord Heathfield spent the next 5 years (1798-18031798–1803) rebuilding Nutwell Court to its current appearance, whilst living at nearby [[Gulliford Farm]].