Crewkerne is a community and also electoral ward in Somerset, England, located 9 miles (14 km) southern west of Yeovil and 7 miles (11 kilometres) east of Chard in the South Somerset district near to the border with Dorset. The civil parish of West Crewkerne consists of the communities of Woolminstone and Henley. The town lies on the River Parrett, A30 roadway as well as West of England Main Line railway. The earliest created record of Crewkerne remains in the 899 will certainly of Alfred the Great that left it to his youngest child Æthelweard. After the Norman conquest it was held by William the Conqueror and also in the Domesday Survey of 1086 was referred to as an imperial mansion. Crewkerne Castle was possibly a Norman motte castle. The community matured in the late mediaeval period around the fabric market, its riches preserved in the fifteenth century Church of St Bartholomew. During the 18th and also 19th centuries the major market was cloth production, including webbing, as well as sails for the Royal Navy. Local eco-friendly 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 main south western railway line. There are regional grocery stores as well as neighborhood shops, and some local market. The community is the native home of several noteworthy people as well as has varied cultural as well as showing off facilities including those at Wadham Community School.