Encyclopedia >  Places  >  Britain, Ireland, France, and the Low Countries  >  British and Irish Political Geography

Lyme Regis

Lyme Regis (lĪm rēˈjĭs) [key], 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.

The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.

More on Lyme Regis from Fact Monster:

See more Encyclopedia articles on: British and Irish Political Geography