Bruton
Bruton is a village, electoral ward, and also civil church in Somerset, England, on the River Brue along the A359 between Frome and Yeovil. It is 7 miles (11 km) south-east of Shepton Mallet, simply southern 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 community as well as ward have a population of 2,907. The parish includes the districts of Wyke Champflower as well as Redlynch. Bruton has a gallery of things from its past from the Jurassic onwards. It consists of a table used by the author John Steinbeck to create on during a six-month stay in Bruton. The River Brue has a background of flooding. In 1768 it ruined a rock bridge. On 28 June 1917, 242.8 mm of rain fell in 24-hour, leaving a water mark on a pub 20 feet above the normal degree. In 1984 a safety dam was constructed 1 km upstream from the town.