Crewkerne
Crewkerne is a community and electoral ward in Somerset, England, situated 9 miles (14 kilometres) south west of Yeovil and 7 miles (11 km) east of Chard in the South Somerset district close to the boundary with Dorset. The civil parish of West Crewkerne includes the districts of Woolminstone as well as Henley. The town rests on the River Parrett, A30 road and West of England Main Line railway. The earliest composed record of Crewkerne is in the 899 will of Alfred the Great that left it to his youngest boy Æthelweard. After the Norman conquest it was held by William the Conqueror and also in the Domesday Survey of 1086 was described as an imperial estate. Crewkerne Castle was perhaps a Norman motte castle. The town matured in the late mediaeval period around the textile industry, its wide range maintained in the fifteenth century Church of St Bartholomew. During the 18th as well as 19th centuries the major market was cloth production, consisting of webbing, and sails for the Royal Navy. Regional environmental sites include the Bincombe Beeches Local Nature Reserve and the Millwater organic Site of Special Scientific Interest. Crewkerne train station is offered by South Western Railway on the primary south western railway line. There are local grocery stores as well as regional shops, and also some neighborhood industry. The community is the birthplace of a number of notable individuals as well as has varied cultural and showing off facilities including those at Wadham Community School.