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a detailed account of the landing of one of the Formidable's pinaces on the front beach at Lyme Regis by Mrs Ann Harding who was returning home from a social engagement with her family when her daughter Grace spotted in the moonlight the boat full of exhausted men. Her personal account evokes a vivid impression of how many of the townspeople rushed to help, bringing hot drinks, food, and dry clothing and offering shelter in their homes;
an article on Cliff House off Cobb Road which once occupied what is now Lister Gardens until the landslip of 1962, complete with drawings and photographs of the house and a detailed timeline of its occupants over the years since it was built in the 1830s.
information about 6 Coombe Street : first built in the 1600s, the building still exists but has been much altered.

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A new page on the Parish Church....and an account of the gala reopening of the Guildhall in 1889 to celebrate its refurbishment.

There is now a page dedicated to the Parish Church sparked by the Research Team's project to examine materials related to it held in the Museum's Archives, and a news cutting from 1889 describes in so

Real Life Reporting of life in Lyme Regis, 1827 -1830

Probably one of a number of diaries, this one [ the Boteler Diary at bottom left of the linked page] in the possession of Lyme Regis Museum was started by Henry Boteler RN after his arrival in Lyme t

What came before the housing development at the top of Colway Lane, Lyme Regis?

Anyone who knew Lyme before 2016 would most probably say " Woodberry Down" but how many would know just how many different uses the buildings have been put to over their 114 year history? This short

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