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Monmouth's Landing

Lyme Regis, Dorset

Where a duke came ashore to seize the crown, and the West Country rose with him.

On 11 June 1685 the Duke of Monmouth, the eldest illegitimate son of Charles II, landed on the beach at Lyme Regis with just 82 men to claim the throne from his Catholic uncle, James II. Thousands of farmers and craftsmen from Dorset and Somerset joined him.

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When
11 June 1685
Where
50.7250, -2.9370
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The beach west of the Cobb in Lyme Regis is still called Monmouth Beach.

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