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'''Lynnford''' is a lightly populated locality in the Mid-[[Canterbury, New Zealand|Canterbury]] region of [[New Zealand]]'s [[South Island]].<ref>{{LINZ|18533||21 March 2007}}</ref>  It is situated between [[Hinds, New Zealand|Hinds]] and [[Eiffelton]] on the banks of the [[Hinds River]], which reaches the [[Pacific Ocean]] not far to the southeast, between the nearby localities of [[Longbeach, New Zealand|Longbeach]] and [[Lowcliffe]].  Other localities close to Lynnford are [[Willowby, New Zealand|Willowby]] and [[Windermere, New Zealand|Windermere]] to the north.

Lynnford had a primary school until the 1930s.  During that decade, it was closed along with the primary schools in [[Ealing, New Zealand|Ealing]] and [[Maronan]] and students from the three schools sent to the primary school in Hinds.<ref>Hinds School, [http://www.ashburton.co.nz/education/hinds/ "About the School"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070407145029/http://www.ashburton.co.nz/education/hinds/ |date=7 April 2007 }}, accessed 21 March 2007.</ref>

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[[Category:Populated places in the Canterbury Region]]