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  GO BRITANNIA! Lynton and Lynmouth, Devon
Lynmouth is wedged between a steep cliff and the ocean on North Devon's coast, while Lynton looks down from the 500ft (152m) high clifftop on her twin.
The rivers East and West Lyn flow to the sea in a deep cleft between the cliffs, and that was the starting point for disaster when flood swollen waters swept through the village of Lynmouth, hurtling mud and 40,000 tons of boulders and tree trunks on the unsuspecting inhabitants.
Lynton and Lynmouth are on the A39, 18 miles west of Minehead.
www.britannia.com /travel/barbaraballard/lynmouth.html   (712 words)

  
 Lynton & Barnstaple Railway - Signalling at Lynton
Any study of the signalling at Lynton is complicated by the fact that the track layout and associated signalling underwent a number of changes in the first few years of the railway's existence, and there is very limited photographic evidence of the original arrangements.
Lynton signal-box (SB) was a small wooden hut, similar in style to those used at the main intermediate stations, which was mounted at the back of the platform between the station building and the end of the bay platform.
After these changes the general track layout remained unaltered then for the rest of the life of the station, although there were further changes to the signalling installation during the subsequent period of Southern Railway ownership.
www.trainweb.org /railwest/railco/minor/lb-lynton.html   (1692 words)

  
 Lynton & Lynmouth Cliff Railway
The Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway is a water counterbalanced funicular.
Lynton and Lynmouth are located in England, in the Devon County on the south bank of the Bristol Channel.
Lynton is located on the top of the cliff and Lynmouth is located at the see level, just below Lynton, where the East and West Lyn rivers merge.
www.funimag.com /funimag19/Lynton01.htm   (429 words)

  
 The Denes Guesthouse - Lynton And Lymouth
Lynton and Lymouth until the advent of the Napoleonic Wars were unremarkable Devon villages.
Thus Lynton and Lynmouth were discovered for their natural beauty.
And there began a remarkable tale of human endeavour by the communities of Lynton and Lynmouth (and those of the surrounding area) to manhandle the boat overland to Porlock some 15 miles uphill and down valley during the hours of darkness.
www.thedenes.com /Lynton.htm   (1152 words)

  
 Variety.com - Sony pix pulls up chair
Lynton, 43, fills a void created at Sony by the departure of former chairman-CEO John Calley two months ago but also significantly bulks up the strategic and technical prowess so prized by the company's Japanese overseers.
To that extent, Lynton is a natural choice for Stringer, who most recently fished "outside the box" in naming former NBC honcho Andrew Lack to head Sony Music.
Lynton, an erudite generalist, is an executive very much in Stringer's image with a broad-based, global repertoire of managerial experience.
www.variety.com /index.asp?layout=story&articleid=VR1117896952&categoryid=18   (1151 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Lynton Crosby   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Lynton Crosby is an Australian campaign strategist who has been given much credit for Australian Prime Minister John Howard's four election victories.
Labour dubbed this the "Queensland strategy" after a successful campaign run by Crosby in 1995 in that state, electing Rob Borbidge.
The Right Honourable Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Lynton-Crosby   (680 words)

  
 GENUKI: Lynton, Devon - Genealogy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The parish of Lynton is subject to the port of Barnstaple and contains 1027 inhabitants and about 7000 acres of land including Lynmouth, Ilkerton, many scattered houses and a large tract of high moorland hills and wastes,.
There are three good Inns at Lynton, and another at Lynmouth, where there are salt-water baths, a library, a fancy repository, a billiard room, and a small quay.
Chanter, John F. The History of the Parishes of Lynton and Countisbury, their antiquities, manors, churches and families, and some account of the natural history and botany of the neighbourhood.
genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk /DEV/Lynton   (1143 words)

  
 Lynton to head SPE; Pascal tops SPE film group   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Lynton, a surprise choice, inherits the title that John Calley held until early October when he resigned after a five-year run.
Lynton, Pascal, Blake and Landau all will serve on the operating committee, along with Calley, Rob Wiesenthal and Joe Roth, founder of Revolution Studios, in which Sony has an investment.
Lynton, whose current titles include both president, Time Warner International and president, AOL International, may have served but a brief stint in Hollywood as president of Disney's Hollywood Pictures in the mid-'90s, but he also brings with him experience in both traditional publishing and new digital media.
www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2049114   (883 words)

  
 Lynton Award
The annual Ernest A. Lynton Award for Faculty Professional Service and Academic Outreach recognizes a faculty member who connects his or her professional expertise and scholarship to community outreach.
Ernest Lynton conceived of professional service and academic outreach as a reconsideration of the faculty’s service role in the same way that Ernest Boyer conceived of a reconsideration of faculty scholarship: it would find a broader application in addressing critical social issues.
Faculty professional service (also known as the scholarship of engagement, outreach scholarship, scholarship for the common good, and community based scholarship) is characterized by scholarly work that is tied to a faculty member's expertise, is of benefit to the external community, reflects the mission of the institution, and is visible and shared.
www.nerche.org /Lynton_Award/lynton_award.html   (426 words)

  
 Crikey Website - Lynton’s legacy reaches London   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Lynton Crosby and Mark Textor are making their mark in Britain.
Surely a real test for Lynton Crosby and Mark Textor will be how the Tories respond to Labour's inevitable advertising and campaigning that you can't trust the Tories on interest rates.
Just as the ALP were vulnerable on the high interest rates in the early 1990s, so too are the Tories given that interest rates were jacked up to 15% as a result of the devaluation of the pound on Black Wednesday (16 September 1992).
crikey.com.au /articles/2005/04/04-1452-2283.html   (807 words)

  
 ~Letty Lynton~   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Review: Letty Lynton (Joan Crawford) plays a wealthy New York socialite who is vacationing in South America where she meets a charming persuasive man named Emile Renaul (Nils Asther).
Lynton (May Robson), whom she never had a close relationship with and Letty appears to have given up on trying.
When Letty does continue to avoid Emile, he comes to the Lynton mansion and threatens Letty with exposure of the letters to her new fiancé if she does not come to his apartment that night.
joancrawfordma.tripod.com /id28.html   (916 words)

  
 Holidays and Travel in later life - Lynton & Lynmouth
The neighbouring North Devon resorts of Lynmouth and Lynton are completely different in character, but are like Siamese twins connected by a water-powered cliff railway.
Lynton - perched on a 500-ft cliff-top - expanded much later, during Victorian and Edwardian times.
During the 19th century, Lynton's growth was handicapped by the steep 500-ft climb from sea level.
laterlife.co.uk /travel/laterlife-lynton.htm   (1096 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Politics | Special Reports | The Guardian profile: Lynton Crosby
That Crosby feels able to offer such blunt advice shows the strength of his position after he was summoned halfway around the world by Howard in the autumn to revive the Tories' fortunes.
Attacking the prime minister - and reeling off a series of policy initiatives - is not enough, Crosby is telling staff as he reminds them of the importance of his buzzword: values.
The sharpening of the campaign, reminiscent of New Labour in 1997, is impressing Tories who might be tempted to criticise the new regime.
politics.guardian.co.uk /conservatives/story/0,9061,1400369,00.html   (1433 words)

  
 Lynton trailers design and manufacture bespoke exhibition trailers and vehicles for all applications.Light commercial ...
Lynton trailers design and manufacture bespoke exhibition trailers and vehicles for all applications.Light commercial trailers available.Exhibition trailers for hire.
In an increasingly electronic age Lynton has the ability to deliver a hands-on experience that can bring a brand to life in a way few other media formats can match.
Far from just another trailer company, Lynton are specialists - able to combine creative flair with practicality, making products and services stand out with impact, and your events entertaining and memorable.
www.lyntonshowpoint.com /lyntontrailershome.html   (157 words)

  
 The Denes Bed & Breakfast Guest House, Lynton - Great Accommodation a special Lynon hotel
Lynton and its twin village Lynmouth are enveloped within the Exmoor National Park and occupy an area of outstanding natural and coastal scenery.
Our Lynton hotel itself lies at the entrance to the Valley of Rocks just a step or two from our front door, a taste of which can be seen in the photograph below.
The Coast Path between Lynton and Porlock was a favourite route of Samuel Coleridge, the poet, and it is said that whilst gazing down on Lynmouth Harbour inspired him to write "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner".
www.thedenes.com   (375 words)

  
 The Turret Hotel - Bed & Breakfast / Guest House, Lynton, Exmoor, North Devon, England, UK.
The Turret is situated in the centre of the pretty village of Lynton on the North Devon coast.
For many years Lynton, and its sister village Lynmouth, have been referred to as “England's Little Switzerland” because of the dramatic scenery this area has to offer.
The Turret was built in 1889 for a Baronets son as a country retreat by Jones Builders of Lynton.
www.turrethotel.co.uk   (401 words)

  
 Advocate
Lynton, a well-known caller on radio call-in programmes, said it was high time that rights of disabled persons emerged in Barbados and regardless of the fact that not all of the disabled’s issues could be fully addressed at the present time, they would given adequate time.
Remaining undaunted by the challenges such a position poses, Lynton said he would support the government’s programme and would not be afraid to voice any disagreements he may have with any decisions.
Extending his congratulations to Lynton on his achievement, President of the Barbados Council for the Disabled Clevedon Mayers commended the government for using the different organisations recommendation during the constitutional review for parliamentary representation.
www.barbadosadvocate.com /NewViewNewsleft.cfm?Record=13473   (447 words)

  
 Lynton - Destination Guide - Hotel Near   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
West from Porlock, the road climbs 1350ft in less than three miles, though cyclists and drivers might prefer the gentler and more scenic toll-road alternative to the direct uphill trawl.
Coleridge and Hazlitt trudged over to Lynton from the Quantocks, but the greatest spur to the village's popularity came with the publication in 1869 of R.D. Blackmore's Exmoor melodrama Lorna Doone, a book based on the outlaw clans who inhabited these parts in the seventeenth century.
Lynton's tourist office is in the town hall (Easter-Oct Mon-Sat 9.30am-5.30pm, Sun 9.30am-5pm; Nov-Easter Mon-Sat 10am-4pm; tel 01598/752225).
www.hotelnear.com /1511/1672/England-Lynton.html   (336 words)

  
 Lynton B&B Accommodation in North Devon & Exmoor Hotel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Longmead House is a perfect example of an establishment where you can be sure of a warm and friendly welcome, whilst remaining one of Lynton’s best kept secrets.
Longmead is a beautiful old Lynton house with a picturesque garden and ample car parking which is quietly situated towards the spectacular 'Valley of Rocks' and dramatic coast path, yet only a couple of minutes from the village centre, and we are confident that you will enjoy the peace and tranquillity of the setting.
Longmead is a non smoking residence (no dogs please) with eight comfortable and attractively decorated bedrooms, each with its own charming character but all equipped to the highest standards including en-suite facilities.
www.longmeadhouse.co.uk   (249 words)

  
 Lynton and Lynmouth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Lynton is an attractive village with a museum and good range of restaurants, cafes, tea shops and 'art/craft' shops.
Lynton and Lynmouth owe a great deal to one very generous benefactor - Sir George Newnes, the publisher who loved the place and lived at a great mansion called Hollerday House.
In the early days of motoring when the road hill was too steep for cars between the two villages the railway transported cars up the gradient for between 7s.
www.whatsonexmoor.co.uk /villages/Lynton.htm   (1656 words)

  
 Lukas and Lynton Book Awards Presented
Mark Lynton's belief in the importance of understanding history led him to envision a prize that would recognize and reward excellence in narrative historical writing.
We were blessed again by the decision of the Lynton family -- Mark's widow and their two children -- to join forces with the Lukas prize committee, and to generously underwrite the entire project.
I'm delighted to be able to award the Mark Lynton History Prize to John Dower for "Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II." And I will also read to you what the judges have said: "'Embracing Defeat' is an extraordinary work of history, fresh, authoritative, entertaining and important.
www.nieman.harvard.edu /events/honors/lukas/lukas_ceremony00.html   (7835 words)

  
 Fernleigh guest House   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Situated on the glorious north coast of Devon, where Exmoor meets the sea, Lynton and Lynmouth are often referred to as the 'Little Switzerland of England'.
Lynton and Lynmouth grew up slowly around two splendid deep and wooded river valleys, those of the East and West Lyn which have their origins in a maze of tiny streams high up on Exmoor and meet as they reach the sea at Lynmouth.
Travel to Lynton & Lynmouth in the early part of the nineteenth century was made very difficult by the lack of proper roads, this meant that only the most intrepid of travellers made the difficult journey, but also meant that the smugglers could ply their trade with little fear of being caught.
www.fernleigh.net   (3174 words)

  
 Conservative Party - News Story
Lynton Crosby has played a pivotal role in the four consecutive General Election victories of the Australian Prime Minister, John Howard.
And his firm was responsible for the polling and research in John Howard's fourth election victory earlier this month.
Lynton Crosby added "Throughout my friendship with Michael I have seen first hand someone who is direct, means what he says, and has the determination to get the job done - not just to talk."
www.conservatives.com /tile.do?def=news.story.page&obj_id=116728   (178 words)

  
 Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Signals
The Lynton and Barnstaple Railway was opened in 1898, which was relatively late in terms of railway construction.
With the exception of the early double-armed Down Home signals at Lynton, all the original signals appear to have consisted of a single lower-quadrant (LQ) arm on a straight wooden post with a spike finial, although obviously there were variations in the height of the posts.
The new brackets erected at Lynton look rather ‘old fashioned’ for that period and it has been suggested that they might have been second-hand from elsewhere.
www.trainweb.org /railwest/railco/minor/lb-signals.html   (1177 words)

  
 AOL's Lynton Gets More International Clout
Michael Lynton, former Harvard Business School graduate, will manage the overseas efforts of one of the largest companies in the world as AOL Time Warner's executive vice president and International president.
Like the United Kingdom of yore, the sun never sets on the AOL Time Warner empire, and its international operations are in fact one of the few areas not under the gun at the financially- and strategically-mired mega-media company.
Lynton "sealed the deal" on his promotion with his efforts to get AOL in China, a country notorious for its foreign business-ownership laws.
www.internetnews.com /bus-news/article.php/3_1094131   (623 words)

  
 Lynton Guest House Accommodation
Lee House is a 4 diamond guest house offering superior bed and breakfast accommodation which is ideally located in Lynton to explore the North Devon coast and Exmoor National Park path.
Lynton is set in a valley 500 feet above its twin village of Lynmouth with its picturesque harbour where the rivers of East and West Lyn meet the sea.
Lee house is situated close to the centre of Lynton and the famous cliff railway that unites Lynton with Lynmouth.
www.leehouselynton.co.uk   (310 words)

  
 VIS 22   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Giorgio de Chirico, The Philosopher’s Conquest (1914), Lynton, 149.
Diego Rivera, Workers of the Revolution (1929), Lynton, 169.
Salvador Dali, The Birth of Liquid Desire (1932), Lynton, 179.
aal.ucsd.edu /reserves/va22   (418 words)

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