Watchet
Watchet is a harbour community, civil parish and electoral ward in the English county of Somerset, with a population of 3,785. It is located 15 miles (24 kilometres) west of Bridgwater, 15 miles (24 km) north-west of Taunton, and also 9 miles (14 km) east of Minehead. The town lies at the mouth of the Washford River on Bridgwater Bay, part of the Bristol Channel, and also on the edge of Exmoor National Park. The initial negotiation may have gone to the Iron Age fort Daw's Castle. It then moved to the mouth of the river and also a small harbour created, named by the celts as "Gwo Coed" indicating Under the Wood. After the Saxon occupation of the area the community established and also was called Weced or Waeced and also was assaulted by Vikings in the 10th century. Trade making use of the harbour gradually grew, regardless of damages throughout numerous extreme storms, with import as well as exports of products consisting of those from Wansbrough Paper Mill till the 19th century when it raised with the export of iron ore, brought from the Brendon Hills through the West Somerset Mineral Railway, primarily to Newport for forward transportation to the Ebbw Vale Steelworks. The West Somerset Railway additionally served the community and port bringing goods and individuals from the Bristol and Exeter Railway. The iron ore trade decreased as well as stopped in the early-20th century. The port continued a smaller sized commercial trade till 2000 when it was exchanged a marina. The church is committed to Saint Decuman that is believed to have died below around 706. A very early church was constructed near Daw's Castle and a brand-new church was erected in the 15th century. It has a number of burial places and monuments to Sir John Wyndham as well as his family members who were the lords of the mansion. Samuel Taylor Coleridge's rhyme The Rime of the Ancient Mariner which was written in the location is celebrated by a statuary on the harbourside.
