Watchet
Watchet is a harbour town, civil parish as well as electoral ward in the English area of Somerset, with a population of 3,785. It is positioned 15 miles (24 km) west of Bridgwater, 15 miles (24 km) north-west of Taunton, and also 9 miles (14 kilometres) east of Minehead. The community lies at the mouth of the Washford River on Bridgwater Bay, part of the Bristol Channel, and also on the edge of Exmoor National Park. The initial settlement might have gone to the Iron Age fort Daw's Castle. It then transferred to the mouth of the river and also a small harbour developed, called by the celts as "Gwo Coed" meaning Under the Wood. After the Saxon conquest of the area the community created and also was known as Weced or Waeced as well as was attacked by Vikings in the 10th century. Profession using the harbour gradually expanded, regardless of damage during a number of extreme tornados, with import as well as exports of products including those from Wansbrough Paper Mill until the 19th century when it enhanced with the export of iron ore, brought from the Brendon Hills by means of the West Somerset Mineral Railway, primarily to Newport for onward transportation to the Ebbw Vale Steelworks. The West Somerset Railway likewise offered the town and also port bringing products and also individuals from the Bristol and Exeter Railway. The iron ore profession decreased as well as stopped in the early-20th century. The port continued a smaller commercial profession till 2000 when it was exchanged a marina. The church is committed to Saint Decuman who is believed to have actually died right here around 706. A very early church was built near Daw's Castle and a new church was erected in the 15th century. It has numerous tombs as well as monoliths to Sir John Wyndham and also his family members that were the lords of the mansion. Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner which was written in the area is honored by a statue on the harbourside.
