Badminton
Badminton (population 271) is a town and also civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. It contains Great Badminton and Little Badminton. In 1612 Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester, bought from Nicholas Boteler his manors of Great and Little Badminton, called Madmintune in the Domesday Book while one century earlier the name Badimyncgtun was recorded, held by that family considering that 1275. The village houses the Duke of Beaufort's home, Badminton Home, which has actually been the primary seat of the Somerset family members since the late 17th century. Badminton House likewise offers its name to the sporting activity of badminton. The village is well-known for its horse tests, which occur in very early May yearly in the grounds of Badminton House.