Lympne
Lympne | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | HYTHE | |
Postcode district | CT21 | |
Dialling code | 01303 | |
Police | Kent | |
Fire | Kent | |
Ambulance | South East Coast | |
UK Parliament | ||
Lympne (
History
In Roman times Lympne was known as Portus Lemanis, from which (or from the British eponym of which) the English name is derived in identical written form to one of its Middle English written recorded forms. It lay at the end of the Roman road from Canterbury, known today as Stone Street. It had a Saxon Shore fort, and, according to a fifth-century source was garrisoned by a regiment originally raised in Tournai in northern Gaul.[2] Its remains are at the bottom of the south-facing cliffs; they lie in private land but can be visited due to a public footpath crossing the area. In Anglo-Saxon times the fort was given the name "Stutfall", meaning "fold in which a stud, or herd, is kept".[3] One of the oldest houses in the village is The Sanctuary; parts of the building date back to 1774.[4]
From 1923 onwards
Landmarks
Governance
Lympne is part of the electoral ward called Lympne and Stanford. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 2,004.[7]
Amenities
Lympne has a village hall, a convenience/grocery shop, a hairdresser and a large pub-restaurant: The County Members.[8]
Sports
A village football team plays in Kent leagues and trains new sides in the sport: Lympne Village Football Club, LVFC. Neighbouring villages provide other sports, such as cricket in the summer which is played informally in Lympne.
Transport
Lympne straddles the B2067 road from Hythe to
In literature, film and the media
Early 20th century
In
Lympne was the written and spoken setting of the 1945 David Lean's film production of Noël Coward's play Blithe Spirit, starring Rex Harrison and Margaret Rutherford (filmed in and around Denham, Buckinghamshire).[9]
Lympne Hill figures in the Doctor Syn stories by Russell Thorndike.
In the book Biggles Pioneer Air Fighter by W. E. Johns, this place has an airfield where his Camel is stationed while Biggles is on holiday.
See also
Notes
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ^ Notitia Dignitatum Occidentis, XXVIII, ed. A. W. Byvanck, Excerpta Romana. De bronnen der romeinsch geschiedenis van Nederland, t. I, La Haye, 1931, p571.
- ^ Glover, J., The Place Names of Kent, Batsford, 1976, "Stutfall Castle". Cf. Ekwall, E., The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names (4th edition), Oxford University Press, 1960, "stod" (p. 444).
- ^ "The Sanctuary, Lympne". Retrieved 11 September 2015.
- ^ Lympne Church Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1101780)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
- ^ Lympne Castle (private) Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1101773)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
- ^ "Lympne and Stanford ward population 2011". Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ^ The County Members Accessed 29 May 2015
- ^ "Blithe Spirit" filming locations, IMDb