Crewkerne
Crewkerne is a town and electoral ward in Somerset, England, located 9 miles (14 kilometres) southern west of Yeovil and 7 miles (11 km) eastern of Chard in the South Somerset district near to the border with Dorset. The civil parish of West Crewkerne consists of the districts of Woolminstone and also Henley. The town rests on the River Parrett, A30 road as well as West of England Main Line railway. The earliest created document of Crewkerne remains in the 899 will of Alfred the Great who left it to his youngest kid Æthelweard. After the Norman conquest it was held by William the Conqueror and also in the Domesday Survey of 1086 was described as a royal mansion. Crewkerne Castle was potentially a Norman motte castle. The town grew up in the late mediaeval period around the textile sector, its riches protected in the fifteenth century Church of St Bartholomew. Throughout the 18th and also 19th centuries the primary industry was cloth production, consisting of webbing, and also sails for the Royal Navy. Local eco-friendly sites include the Bincombe Beeches Local Nature Reserve and also the Millwater biological Site of Special Scientific Interest. Crewkerne railway station is served by South Western Railway on the main south western railway line. There are local grocery stores and regional shops, and some neighborhood sector. The community is the birth place of numerous noteworthy people as well as has differed social and also showing off facilities including those at Wadham Community School.