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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 172 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LYNTON and LYNMOUTH, two seaside villages in the See also:

Barn-See also:staple See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Devonshire, See also:England, on the See also:Bristol Channel; 17 M. E. of See also:Ilfracombe, served by the Lynton See also:light railway, which joins the See also:South Western and See also:Great Western lines at See also:Barnstaple. Both are favoured as summer resorts. Lynmouth stands where two small streams, the See also:East Lyn and See also:West Lyn, flow down deep and well-wooded valleys to the See also:sea. Lynton is on the cliff-edge, 430 ft. above. A lift connects the villages. The See also:industries are fishing and a small See also:coasting See also:trade. Not far off are the Doone Valley, See also:part of the vale of the East Lyn, here called Badgeworthy See also:water, once the stronghold of a notorious See also:band of robbers and famous through R. D. See also:Blackmore's novel Lorna Doone; Watersmeet, where two streams, the Tavy and Walkham, join amid See also:wild and beautiful scenery; and the Valley of Rocks, a narrow glen strewn with immense boulders. Lynton is an See also:urban See also:district, with a See also:population (1901) of 1641.

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