UPLYME, a parish in the hundred of AXMINSTER,
county of DEVON, 1 mile (N. W.) from Lyme-Regis,
containing 848 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in
the archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter, rated in the
king's books at £20. 8. Ill-, and in the patronage of
the Rev. H. T. Tucker. The church, dedicated to St. Peter,
and St. Paul, has lately received an addition, of one
hundred free sittings, the Incorporated Society for the
enlargement of churches and chapels having granted
£45 towards defraying the expense. In this parish
are extensive beds of blue and white lias, replete with
organic marine remains, and applicable to building,
paving, or burning into lime.