Montacute
Montacute is a little town as well as civil parish in Somerset, England, 4 miles (6.4 kilometres) west of Yeovil. The village has a population of 831 (2011 census). The name Montacute is thought by some to derive from the Latin "Mons Acutus", describing the conically severe St Michael's Hill dominating the village to the west. An alternate sight is that it is called after Drogo de Montagu, whose family originated from Montaigu-les-Bois, in the arrondissement of Coutances. Mortain held Montacute after 1066, Drogo was a close associate. The village is developed practically entirely of the local hamstone. From the 15th century up until the beginning of the 20th century it formed the heart of the estate of the Phelips household of Montacute House. The town has a fine middle ages church, and was the website of a Cluniac priory, the gatehouse of which is now an exclusive house. At the centre of the village is a huge square called the 'District' around which are organized attractive cottages as well as a bar, the Phelips Arms; there is a 2nd hostelry as well as hotel positioned in the town, called the King's Arms.