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Lyme Regis

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Lyme Regis, England/UK Lhonborth, Lim, Lime The early British name meant ‘Naval Harbour’. In the 8th century it was renamed after the River Lim, itself a Celtic name meaning ‘stream’. Regis ‘of the king’ was added in 1285 on the order of Edward I (1239–1307), King of England (1272–1307).

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Lyme Regis

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Lyme Regis Dorset. Lim 774, Lime 1086 (DB), Lyme Regis 1285. Named from the River Lim, a Celtic river-name meaning simply ‘stream’. Affix is Latin regis ‘of the king’.

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Lyme Regis

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2008 | Copyright

Lyme Regis , town (1991 pop. 3,447), Dorset, SW England. The town is a tourist resort. Paleontological discoveries have been made in the blue Lias rocks quarried near Lyme Regis.

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Free newspaper and magazine articles

	Why Lyme Regis?(AGM 2004: Los Angeles) Magazine article from: Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal; 1/1/2004
	Landslip blocks beach near Lyme Regis. M2 Presswire; 5/7/2008
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