Crewkerne
Crewkerne is a town as well as electoral ward in Somerset, England, situated 9 miles (14 km) southern west of Yeovil and 7 miles (11 kilometres) east of Chard in the South Somerset district close to the border with Dorset. The civil parish of West Crewkerne consists of the communities of Woolminstone and also Henley. The town lies on the River Parrett, A30 roadway and also West of England Main Line railway. The earliest written record of Crewkerne remains in the 899 will of Alfred the Great who left it to his youngest kid Æthelweard. After the Norman occupation it was held by William the Conqueror and in the Domesday Survey of 1086 was referred to as an imperial mansion. Crewkerne Castle was potentially a Norman motte castle. The town matured in the late mediaeval period around the textile industry, its wide range preserved in the fifteenth century Church of St Bartholomew. Throughout the 18th as well as 19th centuries the primary industry was towel production, consisting of webbing, as well as sails for the Royal Navy. Local eco-friendly sites consist of the Bincombe Beeches Local Nature Reserve and also the Millwater biological Site of Special Scientific Interest. Crewkerne railway station is served by South Western Railway on the major south western railway line. There are local supermarkets as well as local shops, as well as some regional market. The community is the native home of a number of remarkable people and also has varied social as well as showing off facilities including those at Wadham Community School.
