Place:Lyminster, Sussex, England

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NameLyminster
Alt namesLeominstersource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeVillage
Located inSussex, England
Also located inWest Sussex, England    
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Lyminster is a village in Lyminster and Crossbush civil parish, in the Arun District of West Sussex, England. It is just north of Littlehampton, about north of the town centre. The civil parish covers an area of and the 2001 Census recorded a parish population of 351 people.

Just to the north of the village is a knuckerhole which, according to legend, was once the home of a dragon, the Knucker. The 11th-century Saxon Church of England parish church of St Mary Magdalene contains a tombstone called the Slayer's Slab, which is supposed to be from the tomb of the dragonslayer. The church has a ring of six bells and the local public house is called The Six Bells. There is a view of the South Downs from the north side of the church.

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