The name stems from it being the district around the Limen, which was the old name for the Eastern Rother.
The history of Lyminge goes back much further, at least to the Roman period, when a villa was built close to the site of the current parish church. Queen Ethelburga of Northumbria founded an abbey here in about AD 633.
Lyminge used to be a stop on the now defunct railway line, and the old station building is still there. It has been repurposed as the village library, but they have cleverly kept the outside appearance the same, even down to it being painted in British Rail green and white
There has been continuous settlement since at least the 5th, century AD, and Lyminge is now a thriving village with a selection of shops and two doctor's surgeries. It is the source of the Nailbourne river, which emanates from St. Ethelburga's Well. St. Ethelburga was the widow of Edwin, king of Northumbria, and the daughter of King Ethelbert of Kent in the 7th. century AD.
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