Library
Title:
Old Lyme, Lyme, and Hadlyme
Author:
Kathryn Brown
Subjects:
Old Lyme
Lyme
Hadlyme
Object ID:
F91.KB 2003
Object Name:
book
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
Arcadia Publishing
Publication Place:
Charlestown, South Carolina
Pubication Date:
2003
Collection:
Library
Summary:
The story of Lyme begins in Saybrook in 1639 with the arrival of 24 Englishmen looking for a safe harbor to use if the political scene in England required one. All of the various villages that make up the early eastern side of the Connecticut River were originally called East Saybrook and later Black Hall. Properties were granted, bought, and sold. Churches were built, and the land was worked. Settlers arrived, separate towns were recognized. Even today the old names hold in some places.