Bruton
Bruton is a town, selecting ward, and also civil church in Somerset, England, on the River Brue along the A359 in between Frome and also Yeovil. It is 7 miles (11 kilometres) south-east of Shepton Mallet, simply south of Snakelake Hill and Coombe Hill, 10 miles (16 km) north-west of Gillingham and 12 miles (19 kilometres) south-west of Frome in South Somerset area. The town as well as ward have a population of 2,907. The parish includes the hamlets of Wyke Champflower as well as Redlynch. Bruton has a gallery of products from its past from the Jurassic onwards. It includes a table used by the writer John Steinbeck to compose on throughout a six-month remain in Bruton. The River Brue has a history of flooding. In 1768 it destroyed a stone bridge. On 28 June 1917, 242.8 mm of rainfall fell in 24 hr, leaving a water mark on a pub 20 feet above the typical degree. In 1984 a safety dam was built 1 kilometres upstream from the town.
