Lyme Regis
Lyme Regis is a community 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 found in cliffs and 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 film of that name, which was partially shot in the community. A previous mayor and MP was Admiral Sir George Somers, that started the English colonial negotiation of Somers Isles, currently Bermuda, where Lyme Regis is twinned with St George's. In July 2015, Lyme Regis also signed up with Jamestown, Virginia, in a Historical Atlantic Triangle with St George's. The 2011 Census gave the church and also selecting ward a population of 3,671.
