Watchet
Watchet is a harbour town, civil parish and selecting ward in the English county of Somerset, with a population of 3,785. It is located 15 miles (24 km) west of Bridgwater, 15 miles (24 kilometres) north-west of Taunton, and also 9 miles (14 km) eastern of Minehead. The community lies at the mouth of the Washford River on Bridgwater Bay, part of the Bristol Channel, as well as on the edge of Exmoor National Park. The original settlement might have been at the Iron Age fort Daw's Castle. It then transferred to the mouth of the river and a tiny harbour developed, named by the celts as "Gwo Coed" implying Under the Wood. After the Saxon occupation of the location the town created and also was called Weced or Waeced and was attacked by Vikings in the 10th century. Trade making use of the harbour slowly expanded, in spite of damage during numerous serious tornados, with import as well as exports of products including those from Wansbrough Paper Mill until the 19th century when it boosted with the export of iron ore, brought from the Brendon Hills via the West Somerset Mineral Railway, mainly to Newport for onward transport to the Ebbw Vale Steelworks. The West Somerset Railway additionally served the town as well as port bringing products as well as individuals from the Bristol and Exeter Railway. The iron ore profession lowered and also discontinued in the early-20th century. The port continued a smaller sized business trade till 2000 when it was exchanged a marina. The church is devoted to Saint Decuman that is believed to have actually died right here around 706. A very early church was developed near Daw's Castle and also a new church was erected in the 15th century. It has a number of burial places and monuments to Sir John Wyndham and his household that were the lords of the manor. Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner which was written in the area is honored by a statuary on the harbourside.
