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Lymington and Pennington is an administrative area formed in 1974 in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England. It covers the historical settlements of Pennington village and Lymington Town , as well as smaller hamlets, and newer residential areas.
Gerard Vernon Wallop, 9th Earl of Portsmouth (16 May 1898 – 28 September 1984), styled Viscount Lymington from 1925 until 1943, was a British landowner, writer on agricultural topics, and pro-Axis fascist politician.
In 1932, the New Milton Advertiser was bought by Conrad Davies and Frederick Curry, who bought a plot of land on Old Milton Road to house a second-hand printer. They also invested in a property in Lymington to found the Lymington Times. In 1936, Charles Curry, son of Frederick Curry, joined the company as a 16-year-old reporter.
Pennington is a ward (electoral and ecclesiastical) in the civil parish of Lymington and Pennington, in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England, which is defined based on the boundaries of the earlier manor. Pennington Village is at the centre of the ward, with Upper Pennington to the north and Lower Pennington to the south.
Major William Barton Wallop, born 24 Dec 1781, died Dec 1824, married Elizabeth Ward, daughter of Major Ward Hon. Bennet Wallop (29 January 1745 – 12 February 1815), married and had issue Hon. Catharine Wallop (3 January 1746 – May 1813), married on 3 October 1770 Lt.-Col. Hon. Lockhart Gordon , son of John Gordon, 3rd Earl of Aboyne and ...
Lymington was famous for salt-making from the Middle Ages up to the 19th century. There was an almost continuous belt of salt workings along the coast toward Hurst Spit. In the 18th and early 19th centuries, Lymington possessed a military depot that included a number of foreign troops – mostly artillery but also several militia regiments.
This is a list of electoral divisions and wards in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in South East England. All changes since the re-organisation of local government following the passing of the Local Government Act 1972 are shown. The number of councillors elected for each electoral division or ward is shown in brackets.
John Michael Jerwood MC (17 September 1918 – 23 June 1991) was an English businessman and philanthropist.. John Jerwood was born in 1918, some six months after his father, Major John Hugh Jerwood MC, was killed in action.