Lyme Regis
Lyme Regis is a community in West Dorset, England, 25 miles (40 kilometres) west of Dorchester and 25 miles (40 km) eastern of Exeter. Styled "The Pearl of Dorset", it lies at Lyme Bay on the English Channel shore at the Dorset-- Devon border. It is kept in mind for fossils located in high cliffs as well as 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, as well as the 1981 film of that name, which was partly fired in the town. A previous mayor as well as MP was Admiral Sir George Somers, who 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 provided the church as well as selecting ward a population of 3,671.