Beaminster
Beaminster is a town as well as civil parish in Dorset, England, positioned in the Dorset Council management area around 15 miles (24 kilometres) 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 church is 3,100. In its history Beaminster has actually been a centre of manufacture of linen and also woollens, the raw products for which were generated in the bordering countryside. The town experienced three severe fires in the 17th as well as 18th centuries; the first of these, throughout the English Civil War, practically destroyed the textile of the town. Beaminster parish church is notable for its design, particularly its tower.