Ilminster
Ilminster is a town as well as civil parish in the countryside of south west Somerset, England, with a population of 5,808. Bypassed in 1988, the community currently exists just east of the joint of the A303 (London to Exeter) and also the A358 (Taunton to Chard and also Axminster). The church includes the community of Sea. Ilminster is mentioned in papers dating from 725 as well as in a Charter granted to the Abbey of Muchelney (10 miles (16 km) to the north) by King Ethelred in 995. Ilminster is additionally discussed in the Domesday Book (1086) as Ileminstre indicating 'The church on the River Isle' from the Old English ysle and mynster. By this duration Ilminster was a growing community and was granted the right to hold an once a week market, which it still does. Ilminster became part of the numerous Abdick and Bulstone. In 1645 throughout the English Civil War Ilminster was the scene of a skirmish in between parliamentary soldiers under Edward Massie and also Royalist pressures under Lord Goring that fought for control of the bridges prior to the Battle of Langport. The town has the structures of a sixteenth-century grammar school, the Ilminster Meeting House, which functions as the community's art gallery as well as auditorium. There is likewise a Gospel Hall.
