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) east of Exeter. Styled "The Pearl of Dorset", it lies at Lyme Bay on the English Channel shore at the Dorset-- Devon boundary. It is kept in mind for fossils found in high cliffs as well as coastlines 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 town. A previous mayor and also 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 signed up with Jamestown, Virginia, in a Historical Atlantic Triangle with St George's. The 2011 Census offered the parish and electoral ward a population of 3,671.