Lymington

Lymington, a municipal borough of Hampshire, at the mouth of the Lymington River in the Solent, 12 miles (by a branch-line 18) SW. of Sonthampton. The salt-works belong to the past; and yacht-building is now the principal industry. Lymington is also of some importance as a watering-place. It commands fine prospects of the Isle of Wight, and its vicinity abounds in charming scenery. Till 1867 it returned two members to parliament, and then till 1885 one. Pop. (1851) 2651; (1881), with extended area, 4551. See works by Garrow (1825), Grove (1835), and King (1879).