Lyme Regis
Lyme Regis is a town in West Dorset, England, 25 miles (40 km) west of Dorchester as well as 25 miles (40 kilometres) east of Exeter. Styled "The Pearl of Dorset", it lies at Lyme Bay on the English Channel coastline at the Dorset-- Devon boundary. It is noted for fossils discovered in high cliffs and beaches 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 also the 1981 film of that name, which was partially fired in the town. A previous mayor and MP was Admiral Sir George Somers, that founded the English colonial settlement of Somers Isles, now Bermuda, where Lyme Regis is twinned with St George's. In July 2015, Lyme Regis also joined 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.