Lynton and Lymmouth

Lynton and Lymmouth, two villages of North Devon, on the Bristol Channel, 18 miles NE. of Barnstaple by rail (1896), 17 E. of Ilfracombe, and 20 W. of Minehead. Lymmouth stands close to the sea, and Lynton half-way up the cliff, 428 feet above. They were 'discovered' in 1883, and have since been developed, now possessing a cliff-railway 1000 feet in vertical ascent, electric light, nine hotels, &c. Shelley stayed at Lymmouth in 1812; and Southey called it 'the finest spot, except Cintra and Arrabida [near Lisbon], that I ever saw.' Joint population (1881) 1212; (1890) 2300.