Lyme Regis
Lyme Regis is a community in West Dorset, England, 25 miles (40 kilometres) west of Dorchester and 25 miles (40 kilometres) eastern of Exeter. Styled "The Pearl of Dorset", it lies at Lyme Bay on the English Channel coastline at the Dorset-- Devon border. It is kept in mind for fossils located in cliffs and also beaches on the Heritage Coast or Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site. The harbour wall-- known as "The Cobb"-- shows up 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 partly shot in the town. A former 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 likewise signed up with Jamestown, Virginia, in a Historical Atlantic Triangle with St George's. The 2011 Census provided the church as well as selecting ward a population of 3,671.