Beaminster
Beaminster is a village and also civil parish in Dorset, England, located in the Dorset Council management area about 15 miles (24 km) northwest of the county town Dorchester. It is sited in a bowl-shaped valley near the source of the tiny River Brit. The 2013 mid-year quote of the population of Beaminster parish is 3,100. In its history Beaminster has actually been a centre of manufacture of linen and also woollens, the raw products for which were generated in the bordering countryside. The community experienced 3 serious fires in the 17th as well as 18th centuries; the initial of these, during the English Civil War, nearly damaged the textile of the community. Beaminster parish church is notable for its style, particularly its tower.