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{{Short description|Village in Devon, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country= England
|official_name= Lympstone
|coordinates = {{coord|50.6460|-3.4298|display=inline,title}}
| population = 1,754
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|shire_county= [[Devon]]
|region= South West England
|constituency_westminster=[[
|post_town= EXMOUTH
|postcode_district= EX8
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|os_grid_reference= SX990839
|static_image_name= Lympstone8cx6c.jpg
|static_image_caption= Lympstone river frontage from Cliff Field:
}}
'''Lympstone''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in [[East Devon]] in the [[England|English]] county of [[
Lympstone has rail services on the [[Avocet Line]] to [[Exmouth, Devon|Exmouth]] and [[Exeter]] from [[Lympstone Village railway station]].
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It is known locally for Peter's Tower, an Italianate riverfront brick clock tower built around 1885 by W.H. Peters as a memorial to his wife,<ref>[http://pmsa.cch.kcl.ac.uk/BL/DE304.htm Peter's Tower] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109193153/http://pmsa.cch.kcl.ac.uk/BL/DE304.htm |date=2010-01-09 }}, Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project</ref> and for its tradition of residents drying washing on the foreshore.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/4652015.stm Washing line row hits flood plans], BBC News, online, 5 July 2005</ref> The riverside houses back directly on to the shore, with no continuous seawall, and the passageways between them to the beach are equipped with metal flood gates that are closed by residents when they are warned of high tides by a local alert network.<ref>[http://www.exe-estuary.org/news/Exe-press-spring06i.pdf Waterproof! Lympstone tidal defence scheme complete]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''Exe-press News'', Spring 2006</ref>
Lympstone celebrates the annual tradition of the Furry Dance on the first Saturday of August. The Furry Dance attracts thousands of visitors to the village each year, with various events throughout the day preceding the dance. Dozens of villagers perform the traditional dance in fancy dress, accompanied by a brass band, processing from the centre of the village to The Saddlers Arms and back again.
[[Lympstone Manor, Exmouth|Lympstone Manor]] is an historical house which now provides hotel and restaurant accommodation. The parish church is the [[Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Lympstone|Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary]].▼
[[Lympstone Manor, Exmouth|Lympstone Manor]] (formerly Courtlands House) is an historical house which now provides hotel and restaurant accommodation.
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Near the village is the [[Commando Training Centre Royal Marines]] (CTCRM), the principal military training centre for the [[Royal Marines]]. The training centre has its own dedicated railway halt, [[Lympstone Commando]] (not in public use), on the [[Exeter]]–[[Exmouth railway station|Exmouth]] branch line.
==Sport and leisure==
Sailing and other watersports are a major part of village life. The village has a sailing club, established in 1947 and based in the harbour.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lympstone Sailing Club {{!}} Family Friendly Sailing on the Exe |url=https://www.lympstonesailingclub.co.uk/ |access-date=2024-10-05 |website=www.lympstonesailingclub.co.uk}}</ref>
Lympstone AFC were formed in 1895, they have 2 sides in the Devon & Exeter Football League & 16 youth teams (7-16)in the Exeter & District youth league.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lympstone Association Football Club |url=http://www.lympstoneafc.org.uk/ |access-date=2024-10-05}}</ref>
Lympstone has a [[non-league football]] club [[Royal Marines A.F.C.]] who play at Endurance Park CTCRM. They have since folded in April 2012.
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== Notable people ==
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*[[John Nutt]] (before 1600 – after 1632) was an English pirate. He was one of the more notorious brigands of his time raiding the coast of southern Canada and western England for over three years before his capture by Sir John Eliot in 1623. His arrest and conviction caused a scandal in the English court, after Nutt paid Eliot £500 in exchange for a pardon, and was eventually released by Secretary of State George Calvert.
*[[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 ( *[[Hugh Lyons-Montgomery]], Irish Conservative politician, was born in Lympstone.
*[[Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom|Rear-Admiral]] Percy Pitt Luxmore lived in Lympstone in the 1870s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kelly's Directory of Devon & Cornwall, 1893. [Part 1. Devon: County & Localities] - Page 476 |url=https://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/173013/ |access-date=2024-10-05 |website=specialcollections.le.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Thomas Hussey (Lyme Regis MP)|Col. Thomas Hussey]] lived at Highcliffe and died in Lympstone in 1894. His sister, Lady Mary Chetwynd, widow of the 6th [[Viscount Chetwynd]], also lived here until her death in 1901.
*[[James Hewitt]], a Household Cavalry officer known for his affair with [[Diana, Princess of Wales]], frequently stayed at his family’s cottage in Lympstone.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Hide at Ebford |url=https://www.lympstone.org/businesses/the-hide-at-ebford |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=Lympstone Village Website |language=en-GB}}</ref>
==See also==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140821232240/http://eastdevon.gov.uk/lympstone_village_design_statement.pdf Lympstone Village Design Statement], East Devon Council
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140502224749/http://www.britannia.com/lympstone/lympstone.html The Early History of Lympstone], Britannia.com, reproduced from ''The Lympstone Story: The Red Cliffs of Lympstone'', Lympstone Society
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[[Category:Civil parishes in Devon]]
[[Category:Seaside resorts in England]]
[[Category:Ports and harbours of Devon]]
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