Uplyme (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Uplyme is a village which lies in East Devon on the Devon-Dorset border and the River Lym, adjacent to the Dorset coastal town of Lyme Regis. It has a population of approximately 1700. The parish of Uplyme has one of the largest boundaries in England-in excess of 16 miles (26 km), the area of the village being approximately 3,618 acres (14.64 km2). The remains of a Romano-British villa were excavated near to the village in 1850. The earliest recorded reference to the parish was in AD740 when Cynewulf, King of Wessex gifted the manor of Uplyme to Glastonbury Abbey. The Domesday Book also mentions the village.