Lyme Regis
Lyme Regis is a town in West Dorset, England, 25 miles (40 kilometres) 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 coast at the Dorset-- Devon border. 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"-- appears in Jane Austen's novel Persuasion, the John Fowles novel The French Lieutenant's Woman, and also the 1981 movie of that name, which was partially fired in the town. A former mayor and MP was Admiral Sir George Somers, who founded the English colonial settlement 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 offered the church and also electoral ward a population of 3,671.