Crewkerne
Crewkerne is a town and selecting ward in Somerset, England, situated 9 miles (14 kilometres) south west of Yeovil as well as 7 miles (11 km) east of Chard in the South Somerset area near the boundary with Dorset. The civil parish of West Crewkerne includes the districts of Woolminstone and Henley. The community rests on the River Parrett, A30 road as well as West of England Main Line railway. The earliest written document 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 as well as in the Domesday Survey of 1086 was referred to as an imperial estate. Crewkerne Castle was possibly a Norman motte castle. The community matured in the late mediaeval duration around the fabric sector, its wide range protected in the fifteenth century Church of St Bartholomew. Throughout the 18th and also 19th centuries the major sector was cloth making, consisting of webbing, and sails for the Royal Navy. Neighborhood eco-friendly sites include the Bincombe Beeches Local Nature Reserve and also the Millwater biological Site of Special Scientific Interest. Crewkerne train station is offered by South Western Railway on the main south western railway line. There are regional supermarkets and also regional shops, and some local industry. The town is the birth place of numerous noteworthy individuals and also has varied social as well as sporting facilities consisting of those at Wadham Community School.
