CHARMOUTH, (Dorset) at the mouth of the r. Car, on the N. E. side of Lyme, where the Danes formerly worsted the English in two battles, but anno 838, were here totally routed by the English. K. Cha. II. came hither after the battle of Worcester, with a design to go over to France; but being suspected by the captain of the vessel's wife, withdrew to Salisbury.