Lyme Regis - The Pearl Of Dorset - 2017
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DELVE INTO HISTORY<br />
DELVE INTO HISTORY<br />
<strong>Lyme</strong> <strong>Regis</strong> is a town steeped in<br />
history; it featured in the Domesday<br />
Book, and received its royal charter<br />
from Edward I in 1284.<br />
For many years, <strong>Lyme</strong> was one of the<br />
south coast’s major trading ports and<br />
a vast array of goods passed through<br />
the town’s harbour, running the risk of<br />
pirates and smugglers.<br />
<strong>Lyme</strong> gained a reputation for rebellion<br />
when in 1644, during the English Civil<br />
War, the town withstood an eightweek<br />
siege by Royalist forces. In 1685<br />
the Duke of Monmouth landed on the<br />
west beach and started the ill-fated<br />
Monmouth Rebellion.<br />
Many notable figures in history have<br />
either lived in or have connections<br />
with <strong>Lyme</strong> <strong>Regis</strong>, including Sir George<br />
Somers, who founded Bermuda,<br />
Thomas Coram, who established the<br />
Foundlings Hospital for children, and<br />
Joseph Lister, also known as Baron<br />
Lister of <strong>Lyme</strong> <strong>Regis</strong>, the pioneer of<br />
antiseptic surgery.<br />
<strong>The</strong> town is also home to the original<br />
Lassie. Following the sinking of HMS<br />
Formidable by German torpedoes on<br />
New Year’s Day 1915, the victims were<br />
taken to the Pilot Boat Inn, where the<br />
landlady’s collie Lassie saved the life<br />
of a sailor by licking his face.<br />
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