Travel Guide Lyme Regis

Lyme Regis is not only a beautiful port and charming Regency resort. Historically, the town dates back to the Saxon era. In 774, a Saxon king granted land to the church of Sherbone, so that monks could harvest marine salt. In 1284, the city received the first Royal Charter, a document at which Edouard I apposa his signature, offering Lyme Regis his first title of glory.Over the centuries, the city attracted many personalities: Jane Austen, the th century novelist, after two visits to Lyme Regis, used his Framework for one of his most famous novels, Persuasion.More recently, John Fowles, for the film adaptation of his novel La Mistress du Lieutenant français, located in Lyme Regis the love of Meryl Et and Jeremy Go. The extras were recruited locally, among the inhabitants…