Bruton
Bruton is a village, electoral ward, as well as civil church in Somerset, England, on the River Brue along the A359 in between Frome and also Yeovil. It is 7 miles (11 km) south-east of Shepton Mallet, simply southern of Snakelake Hill as well as Coombe Hill, 10 miles (16 km) north-west of Gillingham and 12 miles (19 km) south-west of Frome in South Somerset district. The town and ward have a population of 2,907. The church includes the hamlets of Wyke Champflower as well as Redlynch. Bruton has a gallery of things from its past from the Jurassic onwards. It includes a table used by the writer John Steinbeck to write on throughout a six-month remain in Bruton. The River Brue has a history of flooding. In 1768 it ruined a rock bridge. On 28 June 1917, 242.8 mm of rain fell in 24 hr, leaving a water mark on a club 20 feet above the regular level. In 1984 a protective dam was constructed 1 km upstream from the community.