Editing Lyme, Connecticut (section)

==History==
[[File:HamburgCoveLymeCT07302022.jpg|thumb|right|Marinas at Hamburg Cove in Lyme.]] 
In February 1665, the portion of the territory of the [[Saybrook Colony]] east of the [[Connecticut River]] was set off as the plantation of '''East Saybrook''', which included present-day Lyme, [[Old Lyme, Connecticut|Old Lyme]], and the western part of [[East Lyme, Connecticut|East Lyme]]. In 1667, the Connecticut General Court formally recognized the East Saybrook plantation as the town of Lyme, named after [[Lyme Regis]], a coastal town in the southwest of [[England]]. The eastern portion of Lyme (bordering the town of [[Waterford, Connecticut|Waterford]]) separated from Lyme in 1823 and became part of East Lyme. The southern portion of Lyme (along [[Long Island Sound]]) separated in 1855 as South Lyme (renamed Old Lyme in 1857). Both changes were consistent with the then-existing laws of the state of Connecticut.