Crewkerne
Crewkerne is a community as well as electoral ward in Somerset, England, situated 9 miles (14 km) southern west of Yeovil and also 7 miles (11 km) eastern of Chard in the South Somerset area near the boundary with Dorset. The civil parish of West Crewkerne includes the communities of Woolminstone as well as Henley. The town pushes the River Parrett, A30 roadway and West of England Main Line railway. The earliest written record of Crewkerne remains in the 899 will of Alfred the Great that left it to his youngest son Æthelweard. After the Norman conquest it was held by William the Conqueror and in the Domesday Survey of 1086 was called a royal manor. Crewkerne Castle was perhaps a Norman motte castle. The town grew up in the late mediaeval period around the fabric industry, its wealth protected in the fifteenth century Church of St Bartholomew. During the 18th as well as 19th centuries the primary market was cloth making, including webbing, as well as sails for the Royal Navy. Regional environmental sites include the Bincombe Beeches Local Nature Reserve and the Millwater organic Site of Special Scientific Interest. Crewkerne train station is served by South Western Railway on the main south western railway line. There are local supermarkets and also neighborhood stores, as well as some local sector. The town is the native home of numerous significant individuals as well as has actually differed social and showing off centers consisting of those at Wadham Community School.
