Crewkerne
Crewkerne is a community and electoral ward in Somerset, England, located 9 miles (14 km) south west of Yeovil and also 7 miles (11 kilometres) eastern of Chard in the South Somerset area near to the boundary with Dorset. The civil parish of West Crewkerne includes the communities of Woolminstone and also Henley. The town rests on the River Parrett, A30 roadway as well as West of England Main Line railway. The earliest composed document of Crewkerne is in the 899 will of Alfred the Great who left it to his youngest boy Æthelweard. After the Norman conquest it was held by William the Conqueror and in the Domesday Survey of 1086 was referred to as a royal chateau. Crewkerne Castle was potentially a Norman motte castle. The town grew up in the late mediaeval duration around the textile market, its wide range preserved in the fifteenth century Church of St Bartholomew. Throughout the 18th as well as 19th centuries the main sector was towel making, consisting of webbing, and also sails for the Royal Navy. Local environmental sites consist of the Bincombe Beeches Local Nature Reserve and the Millwater biological Site of Special Scientific Interest. Crewkerne railway station is offered by South Western Railway on the major south western railway line. There are local grocery stores and neighborhood shops, and some regional market. The town is the native home of numerous noteworthy people and also has actually varied social and showing off centers including those at Wadham Community School.