Bruton
Bruton is a town, electoral ward, and also civil church in Somerset, England, on the River Brue along the A359 between Frome as well as Yeovil. It is 7 miles (11 kilometres) south-east of Shepton Club, simply south of Snakelake Hill and Coombe Hill, 10 miles (16 km) north-west of Gillingham and 12 miles (19 kilometres) south-west of Frome in South Somerset district. The town and ward have a population of 2,907. The parish includes the communities of Wyke Champflower and Redlynch. Bruton has a gallery of products from its past from the Jurassic onwards. It includes a table made use of by the writer John Steinbeck to create on throughout a six-month stay 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 kilometres upstream from the town.
