The History of Lymington and the surrounding area in photographs, maps and links
Old photographs of Lymington and the surrounding area      Updated 14 June 2013
 
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Lymington Station - 1964
Southampton Docks - 1960s
Southbourne - c1914
Freshwater Cavern, Isle of Wight - c1831
Lymington High Street - c1910

Milford on Sea - c1900
Bournemouth Beach - c1910
Pilley - c1900
Ford & Co, St Thomas St - c1920

Totland Bay, Isle of Wight - c1900
Lyndhurst Road station bus - 1930s
PS Brodick Castle, Bournemouth Pier - c1905
Royal Lymington Yacht Club - c1950

Avon River, Christchurch - c1910
Bournemouth Pier - c1910
Mrs Wilson, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight -1795
'Lymington from Green Lane' - c1850

Yarmouth Square, Isle of Wight - 1950s
Railway Poster for New Milton-Barton-Milford
Milford on Sea beach - 1920s
The yacht 'Alarm' - Mid 19th century

Everton - c1958
Bournemouth - c1900
Milford on Sea beach - c1900
Solent Sea Baths, Lymington - c1848

Boscombe Chine - c1900
Walhampton House - 1840s
Southampton Central Station - c1900
Lymington Town Hall - c1910

Morant Hall, Brockenhurst - c1910
Bournemouth pier entrance - c1925
Christchurch - 1823
Lymington High Street - c1900

Gordon's zig zag, Southbourne - c1950
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight - 1950s
Old Milton - c1910
Lymington Station - 1928

Burley Street - c1920
Forest Park Hotel, Brockenhurst - c1910
Boscombe Gardens - c1910
Lymington High Street - 1930s

Highcliffe - c1920
Netley Hospital - c1915
Ringwood - c1905
Lymington High Street - c1910

Moat Lane, Barton on Sea - c1900
Yarmouth, IOW - c1840
The Needles, IOW - c1759
The Quay, Lymington - c1780

Milford on Sea - 1960s
Bournemouth Square - c1918
Fleur-De-Lys Public House, Pilley - c1910
View near Lymington in Hampshire - 1800s

Kivernell Hill, Milford on Sea - c1900
Rose and Crown, Brockenhurst - c1925
Boscombe - c1910
Lymington High Street - c1920

Swan Green, Lyndhurst - 1920s
Christchurch Priory and Castle - c1910
High Cliff - c1778
Lymington 1887

Bournemouth Square - c1918
Fawley Station - c1930
Sway Station - c1910
A brick hovel near Lymington, Hampshire c1809

Brockenhurst - 1930s
Wallhampton Monument - c1909
Bournemouth Square - c1910
Lymington Pier - 7 September 1966

Rydal Hotel, Station Road, New Milton - c1959
Brusher Mills - c1900
Totland Bay - 1950s
A Cottage near Lymington - c1770-1812

Titanic departing from Southampton - April 1912
Crown Hotel, Lyndhurst - c1910
Gipsies at Coldharbour (Setley) - c1910
St Thomas St, Lymington - c1905

Bucklers Hard - 1950s
Sydenham's Library, Bournemouth - c1918
Southampton High Street - c1900
Ship Inn, Lymington - c1960

Milford on Sea Post Office - c1910
Bournemouth Square - c1955
 
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Naish Holiday Camp, New Milton - c1953
Lymington High Street - 1920s

Cox's Hill, Milford on Sea
Everton Post Office - c1958
Milton Village - c1905
Lymington High Street - 1950s

Hythe Fete - c1910
Pier Approach, Bournemouth - 1950s
Rose and Crown, Brockenhurst - c1910
Royal Lymington Yacht Club - 1960s

Bournemouth: Children's Corner - c1912
Brockenhurst - 1920s
Lyndhurst High Street - c1935
Lymington Boatyard - 1870s

Keyhaven Village Stores - 1938
Highcliffe beach- c1928
Pilley - c1920
Lymington High Street - c1960

Milford House Hotel - c1947
Bargate, Southampton - c1900
Boldre Village Post Office - c1910
Lymington Pier Station - 1957

Milford on Sea beach - 1950s
Keyhaven - 1950s
East End, near Lymington - c1910
Stanford Hill,
Lymington - c1910

Wesleyan Chapel, Brockenhurst - c1905
Burley Cross - 1960s
Hythe Fete - c1910
Aerial view of Lymington - c1920

Rose and Crown, Brockenhurst - c1960
North Sway Camp - 1904
Wilfrid Ball: Christchurch Quay - c1900
Londesborough Hotel, Lymington c1960

Pier Approach, Bournemouth - c1900
Whale skeleton at Blackgang Chine, IOW
Gorse Cliff Hotel, Milford on Sea - c1930
Lymington High Street c1960

Station Road, New Milton - c1910
Exbury village - c1910
Brockenhurst - c1910
Wilfrid Ball: Lymington c1900

Old Milton - 1950s
Forest Heath Hotel, Sway - c1904
Brockenhurst - c1925
Lymington Quay - c1905

Sir John Barleycorn Inn, Cadnam - 1920s
Beaulieu High Street - c1920
Barton wreck - c1920
New Street, Lymington - c1905

Old Milton - c1910
Bournemouth Square - c1968
Keyhaven - c1910
Lymington Harbour - c1905
 
 
     
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Ashley
Barton on Sea
Beaulieu
Boldre
Boscombe
Bournemouth
Brockenhurst
Buckler's Hard
Burley
Cadnam
Calshot

Christchurch
Eastleigh

East Boldre
East End
  Everton
Exbury

Fawley
Fordingbridge
Highcliffe

Hythe

Isle of Wight

Keyhaven
Lepe

Lymington High St

Lymington River
Lymington - other
Lyndhurst
Milford on Sea
Minstead
  Mudeford
Naish Hol. Camp
New Milton
Norleywood
Old Milton
Pennington
Pilley
Ringwood
Southampton
Southbourne
Sway
Totton
Walhampton
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Local railway
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Links to online books
History of Lymington - David William Garrow 1825
Corporation Records of New Lymington 1848

Songs of Lymington 1867

The New Forest 1912

Old Times Revisited 1879
A New Guide to Lymington 1841
Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch 1915
Tour of the Isle of Wight 1790
Notes from a pedestrian excursion in the island 1832
Vectis Scenery by George Brannon 1840
 
Links to other websites
Lymington and District Historical Society
Milford Historical Record Society

Christchurch History Society

Hampshire Record Office

St. Barbe Museum
Red House Museum
 
Ordnance Survey Maps
1938 - Lymington
1867 - Lymington


















 
     
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