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Lyme Regis Facts and Figures
  • Lyme Regis has a town population of around 4,500 and in the 13th century it developed into one of the major British ports
  • It was once home to Sir George Somers, the founder of the Somers Isles or now known as Bermuda
  • One of its most famous habitants was Mary Anning, a world famous palentologist and fossil collector
  • The Town Mill dates back to 1340, and The Domesday Book records the existence of a mill in 1086, so the site could be almost 1000 years old!
  • In 1839 eight million tonnes of rock fell into the sea in a major landslide. Even today Lyme Regis is the worst place for land slips in England.