Lyme Regis
Lyme Regis is a town in West Dorset, England, 25 miles (40 km) west of Dorchester and also 25 miles (40 km) eastern of Exeter. Styled "The Pearl of Dorset", it lies at Lyme Bay on the English Channel shore at the Dorset-- Devon boundary. It is noted for fossils found in high cliffs as well as coastlines on the Heritage Coast or Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site. The harbour wall-- known as "The Cobb"-- appears 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 fired in the community. A previous mayor and also MP was Admiral Sir George Somers, that started the English colonial negotiation of Somers Isles, currently Bermuda, where Lyme Regis is twinned with St George's. In July 2015, Lyme Regis likewise joined Jamestown, Virginia, in a Historic Atlantic Triangle with St George's. The 2011 Census provided the church and also electoral ward a population of 3,671.