Ilminster
Ilminster is a town and civil parish in the countryside of south west Somerset, England, with a population of 5,808. Bypassed in 1988, the community currently lies simply east of the junction of the A303 (London to Exeter) as well as the A358 (Taunton to Chard and Axminster). The parish includes the community of Sea. Ilminster is stated in files dating from 725 and also in a Charter approved to the Abbey of Muchelney (10 miles (16 kilometres) to the north) by King Ethelred in 995. Ilminster is also discussed in the Domesday Book (1086) as Ileminstre meaning 'The church on the River Isle' from the Old English ysle as well as mynster. By this duration Ilminster was a prospering neighborhood and was granted the right to hold a regular market, which it still does. Ilminster belonged to the numerous Abdick as well as Bulstone. In 1645 during the English Civil War Ilminster was the scene of a skirmish in between legislative troops under Edward Massie and also Royalist forces under Lord Goring that fought for control of the bridges before the Battle of Langport. The community has the buildings of a sixteenth-century grade school, the Ilminster Meeting House, which works as the town's art gallery and concert hall. There is also a Gospel Hall.
