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    Lynmouth is a village in Devon, England, on the northern edge of Exmoor. The village straddles the confluence of the West Lyn and East Lyn rivers, in a...
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  • The Lynmouth Flood occurred on the night of the 15–16 August 1952, principally affecting the village of Lynmouth, in North Devon. A storm with heavy rainfall...
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    Lynton and Lynmouth is a civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon, England. The parish is named after its two main settlements of Lynton, which...
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  • between 1949 and 1952. A conspiracy theory has circulated claiming that the Lynmouth Flood was caused by Project Cumulus. This claim is still ultimately unproven...
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    The Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway is a water-powered funicular joining the twin towns of Lynton and Lynmouth on the rugged coast of North Devon in...
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    the pier of Lynmouth, in Devon, England, originally built in the 19th century. It is Grade II listed. The tower has been called "a Lynmouth icon". It is...
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    Lynton (category Lynton and Lynmouth)
    governed at local level by Lynton and Lynmouth Town Council. The two settlements are connected by the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway. The South West Coast...
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    Lynmouth in a storm in 1854. The ship had lost her masts, and was in very bad condition. A fishing boat was sent out to rescue the crew, as Lynmouth possessed...
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    coast of Somerset, Devon and Cornwall through Williton, Minehead, Porlock, Lynmouth, Barnstaple, Bideford, Stratton, Camelford, Wadebridge and St Columb Major...
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  • disasters Mary Celeste (1872) RMS Titanic (1912) Great Kantō earthquake (1923) Lynmouth Flood (1952) Dyatlov Pass (1959) Lost Cosmonauts (1950s–60s) JAT Flight...
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