2009 Lymington Summer Spectacular, Woodside Park
The Rotary Club of Lymington organised, once again, a fantastic family day out in the form of their annual car show.
Veteran, vintage and classic cars were on display, supported by a car boot sale and dog show.
Trophys were given out to the car owner who had travelled the furthest and the oldest car on display.
Around £5000 was raised from the event which will be distributed to local charities and key Rotary humanitarian causes.
Louisa Braithwaite spoke to Janet Durrant and Jan Hawker, President of the local Rotary Club and Mayor of Lymington respectively, about how the show supports communities both in the town and further afield.
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Credits:
Louisa Braithwaite, Interview
George Wood, Music
Cat Lake, Filming & Production
Addiscombe and Elmer's End railway stations. Film 18007
Station. The railway stations of Addiscombe and Elmer's End at the time tramway was disused in 1998
Lymington Woodside parkrun - Winter Course
26th Nov 2016
Mon Voyage à Lymington (UK)
Petit séjour à Lymington et The New Forest dans le sud de l'Angleterre . Découvertes de lieux très paisibles. Magnifiques balades et très bons moments en famille.
Wellworthy Lymington In The 1950's
Wellworthy Piston Factory In Ringwood And Lymington in The 1950's.
The New Forest, and places to visit here, Lymington, Hampshire, England ( 3 )
Lymington is a port on the west bank of the Lymington River on the Solent, in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England. It is to the east of the South East Dorset conurbation, and faces Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight which is connected to it by a car ferry, operated by Wightlink. The town of Lymington lies within Southampton and S.W. Hampshire and contains the villages of Beaulieu, Boldre, Hordle, Milford-on-Sea, Pennington and Sway. The town has a large tourist industry, and is situated near the beautiful New Forest. It is a major yachting centre with three marina's. A beautiful, Georgian market town, Lymington ( population 14,330 ) is situated on the southern edge of the New Forest, between Southampton and Bournemouth and at the western end of the Solent. The town is world renown as a sailing resort; there are two large marinas Berthon and Haven and two sailing clubs RLYC and Lymington Town.
Lymington has several interesting independent shops including some designer boutiques. On Saturday a market is held in the High Street, the origins of which probably date back to the 13th century. At the top of the High Street is the Parish Church, St Thomas Church ( built around 1250 ), from the bottom of the High Street a cobblestone road leads down to the Old Town Quay, still used as a base by commercial fishing boats.
The earliest settlement in the Lymington area was around the Iron Age hill fort known today as Buckland Rings. The hill and ditches of this fort still remain, and an archaeological excavation of part of the Walls was carried out there in 1935. It has been dated to around the sixth century BC. There is also another supposed Iron Age site at nearby Ampress Hole. Evidence for later settlement (as opposed to occupation) however is sparse before Domesday. Lymington itself began as a Anglo-Saxon village. The Jutes arrived in what is now South West Hampshire from the Isle of Wight in the 6th century and founded a settlement called limentun. The Old English word tun means a farm or hamlet while limen is derived from the Ancient British word lemanos meaning elm-tree.
The town is recorded in the Domesday book of 1086 as Lentune. About 1200 the lord of the manor, William de Redvers created the borough of New Lymington around the present quay and High Street while Old Lymington comprised the rest of the parish. He gave the town its first charter and the right to hold a market. The town became a Parliamentary Borough in 1585 returning two MP's until 1832 when its electoral base was expanded. Lymington continued to return two MP's until the Second Reform Act of 1867 when its representation was reduced to one. On the passage of the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 Lymington's parliamentary representation was merged with the New Forest Division.
From the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century Lymington was famous for making salt. Salt works comprised almost a continuous belt along the coast toward Hurst Spit. From the early nineteenth century it had a thriving shipbuilding industry, particularly associated with Thomas Inman the builder of the schooner Alarm, which famously raced the American yacht America in 1851. Much of the town centre is Victorian and Georgian, with narrow cobbled streets, giving an air of quaintness. The wealth of the town at the time is represented in its architecture.
Lymington particularly promotes stories about its smuggling history; there are unproven stories that under the High Street are smugglers tunnels that run from the old inns to the town quay. Lymington was one of the boroughs reformed by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. In addition to the original town, 1932 saw a major expansion of the borough, to add Milton ( previously an urban district ) and the parishes of Milford on Sea and Pennington, and parts of other parishes, from Lymington Rural District - this extended the borough west along the coast to the border with Christchurch.
Under the Local Government Act 1972 the borough of Lymington was abolished on April 1, 1974, becoming an unparished area in the district of New Forest, with Charter Trustees. The area was subsequently parished as the four parishes of New Milton, Lymington and Pennington, Milford-on-Sea and Hordle. Lymington New Forest Hospital opened in 2007, replacing the earlier Lymington Hospital. This is a community hospital and has a Minor Injuries Unit but no Accident and Emergency.
Ruana House, Lymington
Ruana House, Milford Road, Everton, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 0JD, England
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Ghosts of lymington
Strange noises from lymington pub.
Super Sheebee does Lymington
Here's what happened when Sketchy Bandicoot hit Lymington, on the South Coast of England. Crime fighting isn't as easy as it looks!
Friends of Woodside Park - Jazz Picnic
Interview with Michael Cordwell-James of the Friends of Woodside Park at the 10th annual Jazz picnic in Woodside Park
My Morris Marina at Lymington Classic car show 2012
Lymington classic car show 2012. Had a great day out with Maggie having a look at some lovely old cars. The car received some nice comments 'my Dad had one of those etc etc'. Maggie loved the car boot sale and although 8 months pregnant with Toby managed to walk round twice! We attended the show with Sandra and Dean from the Classic Hearse Register.
Smallest house in World Lymington
Lymington River, Balmer Lawn
Fishing for Sticklebacks in the Lymington River. New Forest
drunken idiot in the angel
old man singing like a prick
Bed and Breakfast in Lymington
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Bed and Breakfast in Lymington ~ Britannia House
If you are looking for a comfortable home from home Bed & Breakfast accommodation, why not make the most of your New Forest holidays and short breaks and stay in our historic building in Lymington?
Built in 1865 as the Britannia Commercial Hotel, our quiet location is extremely convenient with only 2 minutes walking distance to the quay, harbour, waterfront and the High Street with its many shops, pubs and restaurants. The New Forest National Park is only a short 5 minute drive away. We offer unrestricted and unlimited parking, both on and off site.
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2009 New Forest Show - Preview
Credits:
Louisa Braithwaite, Interviewer
Cat Lake, Filming & Production
Keith Jay, New Forest Show Ad
Lymington Italia Festival 2016
50 Ferrari's from the UK Ferrari owners club turn out to take over Lymington for the day!