In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Lynemouth like this:
LINMOUTH, a township in Woodhorn parish, Northumberland; on the coast, at the mouth of the river Line, 7 miles NE by E of Morpeth. Acres, 315. Pop. in 1851,38; in 1861,17. Houses, 5. Dunes or sand-hills are here, 40 feet high. A whale, 61 feet long, was killed on the coast in 1822.
Lynemouth through time
Lynemouth is now part of Castle Morpeth district. Click here for graphs and data of how Castle Morpeth has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Lynemouth itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Lynemouth, in Castle Morpeth and Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9470
Date accessed: 30th April 2024
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