Crewkerne
Crewkerne is a community as well as selecting ward in Somerset, England, located 9 miles (14 km) south west of Yeovil and 7 miles (11 km) eastern of Chard in the South Somerset district near the boundary with Dorset. The civil parish of West Crewkerne consists of the communities of Woolminstone and Henley. The town lies on the River Parrett, A30 road and West of England Main Line railway. The earliest created document of Crewkerne is in the 899 will of Alfred the Great that left it to his youngest boy Æthelweard. After the Norman conquest it was held by William the Conqueror as well as in the Domesday Survey of 1086 was referred to as an imperial mansion. Crewkerne Castle was perhaps a Norman motte castle. The community matured in the late mediaeval duration around the fabric market, its wide range maintained in the fifteenth century Church of St Bartholomew. During the 18th and also 19th centuries the major market was fabric production, consisting of webbing, as well as sails for the Royal Navy. Regional eco-friendly sites consist of the Bincombe Beeches Local Nature Reserve and the Millwater biological Site of Special Scientific Interest. Crewkerne railway station is offered by South Western Railway on the main south western railway line. There are neighborhood supermarkets as well as local stores, and also some neighborhood industry. The community is the birth place of several remarkable people and also has varied cultural as well as sporting facilities including those at Wadham Community School.
