Beaminster
Beaminster is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, located in the Dorset Council management area roughly 15 miles (24 km) northwest of the county town Dorchester. It is sited in a bowl-shaped valley near the source of the small River Brit. The 2013 mid-year quote of the population of Beaminster church is 3,100. In its history Beaminster has been a centre of manufacture of linen and also woollens, the raw materials for which were created in the surrounding countryside. The town experienced 3 significant fires in the 17th as well as 18th centuries; the initial of these, throughout the English Civil War, virtually ruined the material of the town. Beaminster parish church is noteworthy for its design, especially its tower.
