 lympne  is a village situated on the former sea cliffs above the romney marsh in kent. it lies approximately  west of folkestone, &nbsp;south of canterbury,&nbsp;&nbsp;miles west of hythe and  east of ashford. in roman times lympne was known as "portus lemanis", from which (or from the british eponym of which) the english name is derived. it lay at the end of the roman road from canterbury, known today as stone street. it was the location of a saxon shore fort, and, according to a fifth-century source was garrisoned by a regiment originally raised in tournai in northern gaul.notitia dignitatum occidentis, xxviii, ed. a. w. byvanck, excerpta romana. de bronnen der romeinsch geschiedenis van nederland, t. i, la haye, 1931, p571. its remains are situated at the bottom of the south-facing cliffs; they lie in private land and cannot be visited, though a reasonable view may be obtained from a public footpath above. in anglo-saxon times the fort was given the name "stutfall", meaning "fold in which a stud, or herd, is kept".glover, j., the place names of kent, batsford, 1976, "stutfall castle". cf. ekwall, e., the concise oxford dictionary of english place-names (4th edition), oxford university press, 1960, "stod" (p. 444). st. stephen's church and lympne castle overlook romney marsh, the church being significantly older, and close by lympne hill figures in the doctor syn stories. from 1923 onwards lympne aerodrome was home to the lympne light aircraft trials and air races. in the 1930s it was the starting point for several long distance record flights, including a solo one to cape town by amy johnson in 1932, and also ones by her later-to-be husband jim mollison. jean batten later flew fr
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