Badminton
Badminton (population 271) is a town and also civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. It contains Great Badminton and Little Badminton. In 1612 Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester, purchased from Nicholas Boteler his mansions of Great and also Little Badminton, called Madmintune in the Domesday Book while one century earlier the name Badimyncgtun was recorded, held by that household because 1275. The town houses the Duke of Beaufort's home, Badminton Home, which has actually been the primary seat of the Somerset family members because the late 17th century. Badminton House also provides its name to the sport of badminton. The town is popular for its equine trials, which happen in early May every year in the grounds of Badminton House.
