netherlyme-supra-mare

Updated: May 4, 2025

Lyme seems to have started life in the salt boiling line, and to distinguish it from Uplyme was called Netherlyme-supra-mare. The first patrons of the industry were the monks of Sherborne Abbey. This was in the days of Cynwulf of Wessex.

Edric Holmes - Wanderings in Wessex: An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter