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  • The Royal Marines Band from nearby Lympstone on top form and looking top notch in full regalia and the Tinker of course looking resplendent in medals and white beret.

    Beating the Retreat 2007

  • The Royal Marines Band from nearby Lympstone on top form and looking top notch in full regalia and the Tinker of course looking resplendent in medals and white beret.

    Beating the Retreat 2007

  • The Royal Marines Band from nearby Lympstone on top form and looking top notch in full regalia and the Tinker of course looking resplendent in medals and white beret.

    42 entries from July 2007 2007

  • She who spawned Pither and he who climbed out her womb first live in Exmouth and Lympstone respectively so I'd steer clear of those places during the festive frolics - God knows I'm going to!

    I can't fold shirts. Fathorse 2007

  • Woodbury and Lympstone -- a village on the edge of the estuary -- were once owned by the family of De Albemarle, which name was gradually transformed into Damarel, and in this guise is not uncommon in the West to-day.

    Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts Rosalind Northcote

  • It is 60 feet high, and from the summit the view comprises the city of Exeter, the broad estuary of the Exe, the village of Lympstone, and the little town of Topsham, where the spars of the ships appear to mingle with the trees on the river's banks.

    Exeter Sidney Heath 1907

  • Lympstone, a large parish where there is little spiritual light.

    The Life of Trust: Being a Narrative of the Lord's Dealings With George Müller George M��ller 1851

  • School days passed; Great Aunt Enid and Great Uncle Gilbert died peacefully of old age - not of toxicity, as their death certificates would have you believe - and since then we haven't had any cause to go back to Lympstone.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • The fishing village of Lympstone, on the Exe Estuary in Devon, is not a "destination" like Padstow; but its cluttered streets have their own pre-Farrow & Ball charm.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • As a child growing up in Devon, I associated Lympstone with two institutions: my school, which occupies an imposing position looking over the estuary; and the nursing home behind the church, into which, once a week, my father would smuggle a case of clandestine booze for Great Aunt Enid and Great Uncle Gilbert.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

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