Watchet
Watchet is a harbour town, civil parish and also electoral ward in the English area of Somerset, with a population of 3,785. It is situated 15 miles (24 kilometres) west of Bridgwater, 15 miles (24 kilometres) north-west of Taunton, as well as 9 miles (14 km) east of Minehead. The community exists at the mouth of the Washford River on Bridgwater Bay, part of the Bristol Channel, as well as on the edge of Exmoor National Park. The original settlement might have gone to the Iron Age fort Daw's Castle. It after that moved to the mouth of the river and also a little harbour created, named by the celts as "Gwo Coed" implying Under the Wood. After the Saxon occupation of the location the town created and was known as Weced or Waeced as well as was assaulted by Vikings in the 10th century. Trade making use of the harbour gradually expanded, despite damages during a number of extreme storms, with import and also exports of products including those from Wansbrough Paper Mill till the 19th century when it enhanced with the export of iron ore, brought from the Brendon Hills via the West Somerset Mineral Railway, mostly to Newport for forward transport to the Ebbw Vale Steelworks. The West Somerset Railway also served the town and also port bringing products as well as people from the Bristol and Exeter Railway. The iron ore profession decreased and also ceased in the early-20th century. The port proceeded a smaller business profession until 2000 when it was converted into a marina. The church is committed to Saint Decuman that is believed to have actually died below around 706. An early church was developed near Daw's Castle and also a new church was erected in the 15th century. It has several burial places and monoliths to Sir John Wyndham and also his family that were the lords of the chateau. Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner which was written in the area is commemorated by a sculpture on the harbourside.