Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LYME (THE)

LYME (THE), a rivulet of Devon and Dorset; rising in the parish of Uplyme; and running about 3 miles southeastward to the sea at Lyme-Regis.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a rivulet"   (ADL Feature Type: "streams")
Administrative units: Devon AncC       Dorset AncC
Place names: LYME     |     LYME THE     |     THE LYME
Place: Lyme Regis

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