A ROAD in west Dorset once connecting Charmouth to Lyme Regis was lost to landslips. Timber Hill once used to be the main route into Lyme Regis from inland Dorset. As this old picture taken in 1925 ...

Here are just a few instances of small jails and village lock ups from Dorset, with a few still visible today. The lock up in Lyme Regis is found at a still used site in the town- under its Guildhall ...

Bridport Borough Prison was opened in 1818 and closed in 1837. Whilst referred to as a Gaol it was established in 1835 that it was merely two lock-up rooms for the safe custody of accused persons ...