Bruton
Bruton is a town, electoral ward, and civil parish in Somerset, England, on the River Brue along the A359 between Frome and Yeovil. It is 7 miles (11 kilometres) south-east of Shepton Club, just south of Snakelake Hill as well as Coombe Hill, 10 miles (16 kilometres) 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 and also Redlynch. Bruton has a gallery of products from its past from the Jurassic onwards. It includes a table made use of by the author John Steinbeck to compose on during a six-month remain in Bruton. The River Brue has a background of flooding. In 1768 it damaged a stone bridge. On 28 June 1917, 242.8 mm of rainfall fell in 24 hr, leaving a water mark on a bar 20 feet over the regular level. In 1984 a protective dam was built 1 km upstream from the community.