Lympstone, Devon, England Genealogy: Difference between revisions

LYMPSTON (St. Mary), a '''parish''', in the union of St. Thomas, hundred of East Budleigh, Woodbury and S. divisions of Devon, 2½ miles (N.) from Exmouth. The parish comprises 1120 acres, of which 54 are common or waste; it is pleasantly situated on the eastern bank of the river Exe, and the country is agreeably diversified. Here are places of worship for '''Wesleyans''' and '''Unitarians'''; and a national school partly supported by several trifling bequests.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A., ''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51126 A Topographical Dictionary of England]''(1848), pp. 198-203.</ref>