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Lynton (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 51 13 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 51.2167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 003 50 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -3.8333 decimal degrees |
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Note: New town is located on the cliffs; below is the old fishing village of Lynmouth which was the site of a disastrous flood in 1952. |
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| Lynton (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Linton (NA,V,English,U)
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| Lintona (H,V,Anglo-Saxon,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
| Lintone (H,V,Anglo-Saxon,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
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Devon (county) (P) |
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Lynton (inhabited place) (P) |
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