Lyme Regis
Lyme Regis is a town in West Dorset, England, 25 miles (40 km) west of Dorchester and 25 miles (40 km) eastern of Exeter. Styled "The Pearl of Dorset", it lies at Lyme Bay on the English Channel coast at the Dorset-- Devon boundary. It is kept in mind for fossils discovered in high cliffs and also beaches on the Heritage Coast or Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site. The harbour wall-- called "The Cobb"-- shows up in Jane Austen's novel Persuasion, the John Fowles novel The French Lieutenant's Woman, and the 1981 film of that name, which was partly shot in the town. A former mayor and also MP was Admiral Sir George Somers, who established the English colonial negotiation of Somers Isles, currently Bermuda, where Lyme Regis is twinned with St George's. In July 2015, Lyme Regis additionally signed up with Jamestown, Virginia, in a Historical Atlantic Triangle with St George's. The 2011 Census offered the church as well as selecting ward a population of 3,671.
