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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 is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Lynemouth itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Lynemouth in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9470
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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