Lyme Regis
Lyme Regis is a community in West Dorset, England, 25 miles (40 km) west of Dorchester and also 25 miles (40 km) east of Exeter. Styled "The Pearl of Dorset", it exists at Lyme Bay on the English Channel coastline at the Dorset-- Devon border. It is noted for fossils located in cliffs as well as beaches on the Heritage Coast or Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site. The harbour wall-- referred to as "The Cobb"-- appears in Jane Austen's novel Persuasion, the John Fowles novel The French Lieutenant's Woman, and the 1981 movie of that name, which was partly fired in the community. 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 Historic Atlantic Triangle with St George's. The 2011 Census offered the church and selecting ward a population of 3,671.