Crewkerne
Crewkerne is a town and also selecting ward in Somerset, England, located 9 miles (14 km) south west of Yeovil as well as 7 miles (11 km) eastern of Chard in the South Somerset district near to the boundary with Dorset. The civil parish of West Crewkerne includes the communities of Woolminstone as well as Henley. The town lies on the River Parrett, A30 road and West of England Main Line railway. The earliest composed document of Crewkerne is in the 899 will certainly of Alfred the Great that left it to his youngest boy Æthelweard. After the Norman occupation it was held by William the Conqueror as well as in the Domesday Survey of 1086 was described as a royal chateau. Crewkerne Castle was possibly a Norman motte castle. The town matured in the late mediaeval period around the textile sector, its wide range preserved in the fifteenth century Church of St Bartholomew. Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries the major industry was towel making, consisting of webbing, and also sails for the Royal Navy. Neighborhood eco-friendly sites consist of the Bincombe Beeches Local Nature Reserve and the Millwater biological Site of Special Scientific Interest. Crewkerne train station is served by South Western Railway on the primary south western railway line. There are neighborhood grocery stores as well as local stores, as well as some local sector. The community is the birthplace of a number of noteworthy people and also has actually differed social as well as showing off centers including those at Wadham Community School.
