Lyme Regis
Lyme Regis is a community in West Dorset, England, 25 miles (40 km) west of Dorchester as well as 25 miles (40 km) eastern of Exeter. Styled "The Pearl of Dorset", it lies at Lyme Bay on the English Channel coastline at the Dorset-- Devon boundary. It is kept in mind for fossils located in high cliffs and beaches on the Heritage Coast or Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site. The harbour wall-- known as "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 fired in the community. A former mayor and MP was Admiral Sir George Somers, that started the English colonial negotiation of Somers Isles, now Bermuda, where Lyme Regis is twinned with St George's. In July 2015, Lyme Regis additionally joined Jamestown, Virginia, in a Historical Atlantic Triangle with St George's. The 2011 Census gave the church and selecting ward a population of 3,671.