Lyme Regis
Major Settlement in the Parish of Lyme Regis
Historical Forms
- Lim (I hid' apud Lim…iuxta occidentale ripam fluminis illius quod vulgo lim vocatum est) 774 SherC 12
- aet lim (mansam unam iuxta ripam maris quem dicitur lim) 998 12 ib
- Lime 1086 DB 1264 Pat 1322 Cl 1535–43 Leland
- Lim 1125(12),1145(12) SherC a1166 CampbCh 1174–91 BMI 1191 Salis 1265 Pat
- Lim' 1252 Cl
- Lima 1259 Cl
- Line (sic) 1307 Cl
- Lym 1086 DB 1163 Dugd 1229,1244 FF 1249 Lib 1390 Fine
- Lyme 1244 Ass 1254,1258 Pat 1477 Cl
- Lymam 1254 ib
- Netherlym 1252,1281 FF 1338–40 Glast
- Nether Lym 1281 Cl
- Nether Lyme 1310 Pat 1795 Boswell
- Netherlyme 1397 HarlCh
- Nitherlim 1338–40 Glast
- Netherelym 1341–2 GlastF
- Nytherlym 1408 Pat
- Lym Rabeyne, Lym p'sone (tithings) 1268 Ass
- Lyme Regis 1285 Ch 1321 Cl 1438
- Lym Regis 1426 HarlCh 1436 ADI
- Kingeslyme 1558–79 ChancP
- South Lym' 1297,1298 Cl
- Lymme 1323 Pat
- Lym(e) Abbatis 1399 Cl 1422 Ct
- Lyme Abbot's (alias Sherbourne Holme) 1539,1544 Hutch3
- Lyme Abbas alias Sherborn Holme 1559 ib
- Netherlym in 1252 FF, 1281 ib, Cl
Etymology
Like Uplyme PN D 649, named from R. Lim, an old r.n. of British origin for which v. RNs.infra . The affixes Nether and South are in relation to Uplyme, v. neoðerra Tower', sūð . The affix Rabayne is manorial: Elias de Rabeyn , Rabayn held in Netherlym in 1252 FF, 1281 ib, Cl. The affix p 'sone is also manorial: it may be for ME persone 'priest' or from the same word used as a surname, cf. unam hidam terre apud Lim quam Geri presbiter tenuit a1166CampbCh , burgagium Joh 'is Persone 1407HarlCh , Person 's home (sic)1584 Hutch3 239 (here identified with Lyme Abbot 's ) and Thomas Parsons 1664 HTax. Regis is Lat regis 'of the king', hence also Kinges -: the place became a royal borough in 1284 (Hutch3 241), cf. Burgus de Lym 1316 FA, 1332 SR, Lym Burgus 1380Ct , villa de Burgh ' Lym 1407HarlCh . The affix Abbatis 'of the abbot', later Abbot 's , relates to the manor here held by the Abbot of Sherborne (v. 1316 FA iip. 45, Hutch3 238), hence also Sherbo (u )rn (e ) Holme (from home in the sense 'manor' as in Person 's home supra ) and Sherborne Lane infra : at a much earlier date, land in Lyme was granted to the church of Sherborne in the two Saxon charters of 774 and 998 cited from SherC .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Alder Grove
- Bell Cliff
- Belmont
- Black Covert
- Boat Close
- Broad Ledge
- Buddel
- Buddle Bridge
- Canary Ledges
- Chippel Bay
- Church Cliffs
- Cliff Ho
- Cobb Gate Beach & Cobb Gate Jetty
- Cockpits
- Cumberland Ctg
- Devonshire Head
- Dragon's Hill
- Fairfield
- Front Beach
- The Grove
- Gun Cliff
- Hatchet
- Hay Holes
- High Cliff
- Higher Mill
- Holme Cleve & Holme Craig, Holmlea Ho
- Horn Bridge
- Jericho
- Jordan
- Kersbrook Ctg
- Ladder's Coppice
- Landford
- Langmoor Gdns
- Leper's Well
- Little Cliff
- Long Ledge
- Lucy's Jetty & Lucy's Ledge
- Lyme Hill
- Middle Mill Fm
- Mill Race
- Morgan's Grave
- Newfoundland
- North Wall
- Overton
- Penard
- Pit Coppice
- Poker's Pool
- Pond Coppice
- Portland Lodge
- Priest's Chamber & Priest's Chapel
- Rhode Barton
- Shire Lane
- Slaughter Ho
- Sleech Wd
- Slopes Fm
- Southernhaye
- Spittles Lane The Spittles
- Summer Hill Ho
- Timber Hill
- Twenty Acre Coppice
- Upper Knapps Fm
- Victoria Pier
- Virtlerock
- Lower Ware
- Westcliff
Field
- Acre Plot
- Akermans Fd
- Ashey Closes
- Barley Close Md
- Barn Cl
- Barton ( Cl )
- Batch
- Bean Cl
- Berrys Fd
- Black Dog Md
- Behind Cobb under the Cliff
- Bowling Green
- Brake
- Brick Fd
- Broad Md
- Broom Cl
- Burrows Md
- Bustart
- Castle Md
- Charmouth Meeting Plot
- Clay Head
- ( Gt ) Cleeves
- Cliff
- ' Cock Moile '
- Cock Road
- Colway Down
- Coppice
- Rough Cowleaze
- the Crabhead
- Croft
- Dark Orchd
- Deers Cl
- Gt Dods Eye & Lt Dods Eye
- Dry Cl
- Hr Dry Grd & Lr Dry Grd
- Hr Early Md & Lr Early Md
- Elleries
- Field
- 5 Acres and 3 Acres
- Lr Foot Path Cl & Middle Foot Path Cl
- The Fountain Gdn
- 4 Acres
- Foxenholes
- Frog Moor
- Garden ( Plot )
- Garlick Md
- Georges Md
- Gores Md
- Gravel Pit
- Gt Green Fd & Lt Green Fd
- Hanging Grounds
- Hayns Fd
- Hoary Head
- Horse Cl
- Lanchy Croft Md & Lanchy Croft Orchd
- Library and Strip of Cliff
- Long Cl & Long Strap
- Lumber Leaze
- Lurches
- Maggots Md
- Marl Pit ( Coppice )
- Meadow
- New Md
- 9 Acres
- 14 Acre Northern Cl & 12 Acre Northern Cl
- Oat Cl & Oat Md
- The Orchard
- Paddock
- ( Lt ) Paradise
- Pen Copse & Pen Mdw
- Pits Cleeves
- Plantation
- Plot
- Plum Plot
- Poulett House
- Prebends Fd & Prebends Plot
- Rack Cl
- Ranscombe
- Rookery Md
- Rough Plot
- Round Cl
- Rushy Cl
- Shelves
- Sideland Cl
- 16 Acres
- Small Md
- Spring Cl
- Square Md
- Squires Md
- Stony Cl
- Swans Md
- Terrace Gdn
- Three Meads
- Town Md
- Walker 's Cl
- Water Md
- West Fd
- West Moor
- Hr Wood & Lr Wood
- Wyatts Grd Long Cl
- Ailward ( ' tenement called Ailward ' )
- Backelesheye ( Will ' Cissore de Backelesheye )
- Beawffrount ( ' tenement called Beawffrount ' )
- Brokham
- ' the Brook '
- Burst de Lym
- ' Carpenters Plot '
- ' Fullibrookes Well '
- ' the King 's Water or King 's Stream '
- la Lympytte iuxta litus maris
- Marlebourghislond
- ten ' … super Lanasse
- Newparke ( ' close called Newparke ' )
- Oseberneristenement
- ' St Andrew 's Well '
- Schirewald ( ' tenement called Schirewald ' )
- ' Shepphard 's Close '
- ' Ten Acres '
- ' the Three Legged Cross '
- Wathe
- ' Whitemores Close '