Beaminster
Beaminster is a village and also civil parish in Dorset, England, positioned in the Dorset Council administrative location around 15 miles (24 km) northwest of the county town Dorchester. It is sited in a bowl-shaped valley near the source of the tiny River Brit. The 2013 mid-year price quote of the population of Beaminster parish is 3,100. In its history Beaminster has actually been a centre of manufacture of linen as well as woollens, the raw products for which were produced in the surrounding countryside. The community experienced 3 severe fires in the 17th as well as 18th centuries; the very first of these, during the English Civil War, nearly destroyed the textile of the town. Beaminster parish church is significant for its design, especially its tower.