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Lynton is a small town on the Exmoor coast in Devon, England standing on top of the cliffs above the picturesque harbour village of Lynmouth, to which it is connected by the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway. Lynton was once the terminus for the narrow-gauge Lynton & Barnstaple Railway, which served both towns.
The two communities are governed at local level by Lynton and Lynmouth Town Council.
In Lynton is the Parish Church of St Mary, which stands overlooking the sea, surrounded by shops and hotels. The tower is mainly 13th century but the church itself has been enlarged and altered — most notably in 1741, when the nave was rebuilt, and later in Victorian times. Many of the town's buildings were constructed in the latter part of the 19th century and the early 20th century. The town hall was given to the town by Sir George Newnes, Bart., a major benefactor of the town; it was opened on 15 August 1900. He also gave the town the Congregational church on Lee Road.
Evidence of Iron Age activity can be found at the nearby Roborough Castle. The novel Lorna Doone was set in the Lynton area.
The South West Coast Path and Tarka Trail pass through, and the Two Moors Way runs from Ivybridge in South Devon to Lynmouth; the Samaritans Way South West runs from Bristol to Lynton and the Coleridge Way from Nether Stowey to Lynmouth.
Half a mile to the west are the spectacular Valley of Rocks and Wringcliff Bay.
The British technical modern rock band InMe make semi frequent lyrical references to the Lynton/Lynmouth area in their lyrical material. Lynton is name-checked in "In Loving Memory" on their third album Daydream Anonymous and Lynmouth is name checked in "Saccharine Arcadia" on Phoenix: The Very Best of InMe. Lead singer Dave McPherson also has a song entitled "Sunny Lynton" on his EP Crescent Summer Sessions and refers to Watersmeet on "Waltzing in a Supermarket" on "I Don't Do Requests".
There is an electoral ward called Lynton and Lynmouth whose total ward population at the 2011 census was 1.647.
Lynton is a small village in Devon, England.
Lynton may also refer to:
- Lynton, South Australia, Australia
- Lynton Convict Depot, a convict depot in Western Australia
- Lynton, Western Australia, Australia
People with the given name Lynton:
- Lynton Brent (1897 – 1981), American film actor
- Lynton Crosby (21st century), Australian political strategist
- Lynton K. Caldwell (1913 – 2006), American political scientist
- Lynton Wilson (born 1940), Canadian businessperson
- Lynton Rowlands (born 1961), Australian cricketer
- Lynton Y. Ballentine (1899 – 1964), American politician in North Carolina
People with the surname Lynton:
- Michael Lynton (born 1960), American businessperson
- Norbert Lynton (1927 – 2007), British art historian
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Usage examples of "lynton".
There was a tremendous hill, wriggling down with wicked twists to Lynton, and in the middle we met a car that had torn off all its tires.
At Lynton we stopped at a hotel like an exaggerated, glorified cottage, with a thatched roof and a veranda running all round.
Sir Lionel had meant to stay only one night at the Cottage Hotel, but Lynton was beautiful, with a siren beauty, that would not let us go.
Yesterday morning we said good-bye to Lynton, and Sir Lionel, Dick, Mrs.
The Honorable Charles Lynton entered Rotherham House with a weary sigh.
Sister, my husband and I had a very strange experience once in the Valley of Rocks at Lynton in North Devon.
Worse yet, it was whispered that he might have actually been responsible for the murder of his former business associate, Lynton Spalding.
Rumors concerning the duel and the death of Lynton Spalding were legion.
What he did tell us was only what we should get from the Lyntons as soon as we asked.