Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Lympston

Lympston, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Devon, on Exe estuary, 8½ miles SE. of Exeter, 1400 ac. (280 water), pop. 1070; P.O., T.O.; is noted for its oysters, and has considerable trade in fish.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Lympstone AP/CP       Devon AncC
Place: Lympstone

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